Peri, On the car2go electric Smart car you are required to plug in the vehicle at a charging station at the end of your trip if the charge level has fallen below 20% during your rental. Their website lists the range of about 84 miles on one page and 70 on another. On another page is says that if you end a trip with less than 20% battery, the car is placed out of service until a car2go employee can find the car and get it to a charging station. If you end a trip at a charging station, the car needs to be plugged in and charging. The car has a charge card attached to the key ring, and you can use the in car navigation to find a station and charge during your trip. If you run the car down to 0% and it needs a tow, there will be charges.
Car2go has home areas where you can pick up and drop off a car. They are large parts of the city. There are general guidelines at to where you can drop off a car. If you were to need a charge in the middle of a trip, you could drop the car at a charging station and end the trip and look for another car that was available. Or wait for the charging car, and hope no one else rents it or reserves it. Or, you could place the car in stopover mode, still incurring rental charges, charge the car, and resume your trip. There are daily and hourly maximum charges that you could look at to see what made the most sense financially. You can reserve a car up to 30 minutes before you need it. On their website there are materials to explain membership, parking, charging, drop off, tickets, penalties, finding a car, home area, etc. Alan -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Peri Hartman via EV Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 11:18 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Redesigned Smart EV w/ American drivers in mind r:100mi -I think am pleased with what they've done, too, although I don't use them myself. Do you know how well the process of charging works? Let's say I need to get from A to be and it takes 10 min by car. Do I have to spend an additional 15-20 minutes to charge it if the charge is low? -Can I leave it parked at a level 2 charger, if I can find one? How far does one have to go out of his way to find a charger, typically? -Peri _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
