This rental companies proportion of cars are not at all satisfied with the new one Climate Change Act of the Generalitat, which will push them already this year. 9% of vehicles to renew their fleet, they must be all-electric. A necessity they consider unacceptable both for now high price such as these tools lack of charge public, which drives away potential customers.
“We have a Nissan Leaf and no one wants it because they’re afraid its battery will die. Most of the time we stopped“The president of the Community Rental Car Businessmen’s Association (Aecoval) complains, Mauro Derqui, He said that he had a meeting with Generalitat a few days ago and conveyed the sector’s complaints to the regional directorate and requested a change in the bylaws as well as assistance.
Specifically, according to the data provided by the association, while offering an average value for the fleet of such companies, degree of use from the environment 85%, in the case of electric vehicles fall to 55%. The main reason for this is that customers afraid of running out of battery Due to the lack of public chargers, the industry feels that the availability of adequate ports must be ensured before forcing them to buy a certain percentage of vehicles.
But in addition to that, car rental introduces another problem, which is that chargers already available at some gas stations or public parking lots force you to drop a car. application and sign up, what complicates the task especially foreign tourists, which are the main customers of these companies. Therefore, they were included in their claims. You can only pay for this service with your card. credit
In any case, the lack of demand isn’t the only reason for the low percentage of use of electric vehicles. As the head of Aecoval recalled, very charging times They also allow more time to pass between one rental and the next. In addition, the sector questions the capacity of the network at the points where this type of service is most intense. “There is enough power at the airport to connect all the electric cars that will be needed?” he wonders.
20 million
In addition to the shorter operating times of these vehicles, highest cost. According to the employer, each electric vehicle is approximately Average 30.000 Euros, a burn does not reach 18,000 euros. In other words, they represent an additional cost of approximately 70% that SMEs in the sector have difficulty facing above all else. In total, Aecoval calculates that the requirement to register 9% of pure electric vehicles would cost companies in the Valencian Community a cost of 20 million euros. Some companies also find it difficult to access the help from Moves Plan for purchasing this type of car.
from the sector that they are willing to cooperate in reducing emissionsAutonomy, although they emphasize that there is no real problem in rental fleets, which are only two years old compared to the average age of 14 and make up only 2% of the vehicles circulating on Turkey’s roads.
bonds
Faced with this situation, Aecoval asked Generalitat to make changes to the regulations that made their implementation more flexible. To begin with, they are demanding that a hand be opened and rental companies record the percentage of electric vehicles. including hybrids and plug-in hybrids. A more affordable type of vehicle that customers tend to welcome more positively, they no longer see the same autonomy issues as all-electric ones.
But in addition to this, the car rental claim help both for vehicle purchase and to encourage its use. Thus, they propose to create a genre. to connectAs in hotels, to cheer up drivers demand an electric car.
Likewise, they demand a detailed map of the existing charging points, be made available to customers, and allow card payments in all of them.
records
At a global level, alternative engines already represent a third of cars and SUVs registered in Alicante. Especially between January and April Represented 33.44% of the market in the provinceAccording to data from Faconauto, Ganvam and Anfac, with a total of 4,846 units. it’s a number one thing below the national average The fact that such vehicles currently account for 41.72% is precisely due to the significant weight of purchases from rental companies in the region that still rely more on gasoline vehicles.
Up to 3,591 of the total number of alternative engines are hybrids, representing a 65% increase over the previous year; pure electricity added 1,061 records, 59% more.
For its part, 194 petrol-powered cars have been sold, making it an unpopular alternative.