The rental industry which is represented by the ACRA and American Car Rental Association is going to make a big push into the electric vehicles and it can now have a major role in the increase of market share of the electric vehicles in United States.
As per the spokesman of ACRA, the first exposure of the electric vehicles is going to be through the rental cars and it has been that way for a very long time. The people who have never driven an electric vehicle ever are going to get a chance to drive the electric vehicle and then make a decision that their next car is going to be an electric one. This would also take care of the range anxiety and fear that the vehicle is going to be lacking in performance.
All the major companies which rent cars, Hertz, Enterprise and Avis have been moving very aggressively to acquire the electric vehicle fleets. Hertz has also ordered 100,000 Tesla vehicles. Hertz has also ordered 175,000 from the General Motors.
ACRA which represents the companies with 1.8 million vehicles which are in operation is going to support the use of the electric vehicles particularly at the airports.
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It has particularly been asking for the Congress to approve a fund of $10 billion over the coming five years for helping in providing charging including the fast charging at the rental facilities which are in airports and another $10 billion for the rental lots on the property which is owned by the airports.
Some of the rental companies arrange the electric vehicle offerings in to special categories. These are high end and luxury cars which are offered for rent at a higher price and for only a few customers who can afford driving this car at a higher price than the usual cars.