Charging a Rental MachE

[guinn]

I have reserved a MachE rental from Budget for next week in Austin, TX. Having been a MachE owner for over 3-1/2 years, I obviously know how to use the car. My question has to do with charging a rental. Here is what I think will happen, but if anyone has any better advice, it would be appreciated.

• I should be able to charge the rental at any CCS charger where I have an account. In particular, since I have a ChargePoint card, that should be no different than charging my own car.
• I should be able to start a charging session from the FordPass app for any charger in the Ford network.
• I would not expect the rental to have Plug and Charge set up.
• I am thinking about taking my Tesla adapter, just in case. I should be able to start a charge either through the Tesla app or the FordPass app. It seems like this should work just as it does for my car.

I really don't expect this to be an issue since there are plenty of chargers in and around Austin. And I don't expect to do a lot of driving, although we might take a trip to San Antonio to eat on the River Walk. This post is intended to find out if there might be any problems I am not aware of. Thanks to all!

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[bmwhitetx]

I wonder if they will try to pre-sell you a full tank of gas for $80 .

Seriously, when my Lightning was in the shop they provided a Mach-E but they treated it like a rental. They recorded out and in "fuel" readings.

 

[AZBill]

I had a Mach E rental recently and the nav did not have access to chargers, seemed to not have any connected services. You will have to rely on your apps to find chargers.

 

[MrLoganRoss]

I rent mache and lightning when traveling. No issue charging anywhere include Tesla. Which app depends upon which works at that moment.

 

[Tbird]

Depends on how far you are driving each day. I was in Houston last year for 5 weeks. I rented a Mach E and used a 120v Level 1 charger most of the time. I bought a Lectron Level 1 just for this purpose.

 

[PA27]

Just dropped a gas car at Avis, guy in front of me was getting a lecture for returning an electric not charged and they were telling him he was going to pay a lot extra for doing so ?‍. Would be interested to hear your follow up to your questions above after the rental, did your account work or did you have to pay a premium and it use the rental company account etc.

 

[RickMachE]

In my experience, you can use any account to activate a charger, and then plug in any compatible vehicle.

 

[Maui]

The electric cars I have returned to budget were not checked for SOC. When I asked they said they weren’t too concerned, and that it can be tough to find a charger. Might be a local management policy. Btw, I have requested the MME several times from Budget and so far have gotten a Hyundai.

 

[kindofblue]

The electric cars I have returned to budget were not checked for SOC. When I asked they said they weren’t too concerned, and that it can be tough to find a charger. Might be a local management policy. Btw, I have requested the MME several times from Budget and so far have gotten a Hyundai.

So then you couldn't charge at Tesla's SC network eh?

 

[MrLoganRoss]

I have paid no attention when returning EV to Avis. While I don’t return it empty, it often depends on how far away I am from the airport.

 

[RickMachE]

So then you couldn't charge at Tesla's SC network eh?

No, you cannot charge any Hyundai at Tesla Superchargers except Magic Dock locations.

 

[woody]

I wonder if they will try to pre-sell you a full tank of gas for $80 .

Seriously, when my Lightning was in the shop they provided a Mach-E but they treated it like a rental. They recorded out and in "fuel" readings.

They will certainly try to sell you a full charge though. Have fun w/ the L1/L2 supply equipment as well.

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