The Tritium Veefil 50kW ones defaulted to 80%. Not sure if that's the case for all Chargenet chargers.

Jase2985:

bagheera: Chargenet standard charge setting stops at 80%, ...

really? ... Where does one find that setting?

Half lit button, just left of centre or half lit button with black centre, to the right of the hand.

Picture taken from https://charge.net.nz/knowledge-article/comprehensive-guide-ev-charging/

Amazing. You have to spend time charging the EV up within your rental window - probably a lot longer than it'd take to fill a tank of gas - in order to return the car (at which point it'll sit idle at the rental depot until next serviced or taken by a client).  Feels impractical somehow.

jonathan18:

 

CYaBro: Same thoughts on the Polstar 2 after I rented one for a week.
Nice to drive but wouldn’t want to live with one as a daily driver, not enough room.

We had to hand it back with 80% charge and that’s what it was at when we picked it up.
Didn’t quite calculate it correctly and it had 84% when we handed it back. 😂

 

Obviously they gave you a refund on the overcharging?!

 

Base rate for the car was pretty good - about $38 a day, which is just a little more than a Corolla and a bit less than a CX5. 

 

All up, pleased I rented it - not just to avoid having to drive an ICE (only done this once in 20 months - the weirdest experience having to fuel up!) but also the chance to drive a different EV.  I was pleasantly surprised at the boot space - way easier to access than a Model 3 (thanks to the hatchback opening) and I reckon a decent amount larger. The looks have really grown on me over the past couple of years - at the start I wasn't at all keen, but now I like it (though best in darker colours like the black car we had).

 

 

 

$38 a day for your rental? That seems real cheap. Did you have a discount/corporate code to use?

sonyxperiageek:

 

$38 a day for your rental? That seems real cheap. Did you have a discount/corporate code to use?

 

AA membership discount so 20% off, but that's just the base rate per day before other charges... and looking at the bill it was $35.33 ex GST, so actually $40.63 per day.

If I'd elected not to take the full insurance cover the total cost would have been $133 for two days (40.63 x 2 + 51.75 'airport concession fee recovery'), but with that included it was $249.

Speaking of insurance coverage - I had forgotten our credit card's insurance offering provides some coverage: is this adequate for most/some situations?