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When I return a gas powered hire car, I'm required to return it with the same amount of fuel as I picked it up with. I sign a contract that states I'll be charged a higher-than-pump price to top up the car if I breach this requirement.

Does the same (or an equivalent, eg: Plug it in to charge upon return) requirement not apply to electric cars?




Car rental is different than auto share here. Car rentals work as you depicted. Auto share, is not that.

When they tried this with the pay per minute vehicles (both electric and gas) the reality is the time to fill electric made them completely untenable.

They also tried battery swaps, that was truly disastrous.




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