The chapter explores the personal experience of renting an electric vehicle, detailing the challenges faced by non-early adopters on road trips. It touches on issues such as the surprise of receiving an EV, lack of transparency, difficulties in communication, and the absence of charging options at the rental location. The speaker reflects on feeling scammed yet benefiting from the relatively low daily rental cost despite encountering various setbacks.
Ed's recent misadventure renting an electric car prompts the gang to share similar experiences, and consider what they might mean for EV adoption. Plus: discussion of Ford's new affordable EV skunkworks, Cruise's CPUC penalty hearing and Waymo's cyclist collision in San Francisco.