“plans to have 3,000 charging stations in North America by the end of 2022.”
"bp pulse will manage the EV charging hubs, which will be open to Hertz customers as well as the general public.
Bp pulse aims to install more than 100,000 chargers globally by 2030, with about 90% of them being rapid or ultra-fast chargers."
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“plans to have 3,000 charging stations in North America by the end of 2022.”
"bp pulse will manage the EV charging hubs, which will be open to Hertz customers as well [/quote]
The article doesn’t say how many of these are fast DC chargers or how many locations vs charging cables.
Hertz should be able to provide good data on how far and where people drive.
3000 may not be that many if they are mostly L2 chargers at Hertz lots…but still needed.
The unstated strategy might be to have a dozen or two L2 chargers and 4 or 8 fast chargers in each lot. Or some other mix since they know how long cars tend to sit waiting to be rented. This would help minimize peak electric draw, lowering costs.
Mike
If Hertz plans to have 50% of its rentals EVs, putting in charging stations makes sense.
If the average state has 100 counties, there are about 5000 counties. So 3000 charging stations would put one in about every other county across the US. They will need to have them at or near their rental lots. Many at airports and probably near tourist locations.
Partnering with BP will put many at service stations across the country and especially near interstate highways. BP does state most of theirs will be fast chargers. And I can’t imagine Hertz lots spending hours charging every car on the lot. Multiple fast chargers seem likely.
I agree they need some number of fast chargers. But what are they going to do at night when the lot is closed or there are very few customers, but lots of cars waiting around?
Have an employee move each car to the fast charger(s) and move them every 15-30 minutes? Or have a few fast chargers plus a few dozen much cheaper L2 chargers that can allow lots of cars to be parked and plugged in when they close down? And the peak power drops, lowering their utility demand fees. (generally demand fees are based on your peak usage during a month. Fast chargers cost $10K - $40K plus another $4K - $50K to install. An L2 charger can be less than $1K if it is just made “free” And since they have tire spikes in the lots why not make them like a home charger?
US Dept of Energy link to costs
Mike