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Under a new program announced today called Drive Electric Orlando, anyone budget rental car upgrade coupons who rents one of 15 Nissan Leaf cars from Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be able to charge the car for free. There are about 300 charging stations in the greater Orlando area, with many located at hotels, near theme parks and even downtown budget rental car upgrade coupons outside of City Hall.
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The group, whose aim is to get more people behind the wheel of electric cars, is made up of business executives, including some from Nissan — which means they have an interest in marketing the rental cars in hopes of courting future buyers.
Here s how it works: Once a driver rents the Leaf (at a cost of about $30 a day or less) at the Enterprise counter at the Orlando International Airport, they can stop at any of the kiosks in the area when the car has a low charge. budget rental car upgrade coupons More than 25 hotels, including The Peabody Orlando and Renaissance Orlando, have charging stations, and valets will charge the cars overnight. Other large public places, such as the Orlando Convention Center, have charging stations budget rental car upgrade coupons in the parking lot.
If the car runs low on power while on the road, its dashboard budget rental car upgrade coupons screen displays the nearest charging stations. If the vehicle s battery dies entirely, then AAA will come to charge the car for free, said Lisa Martini, a spokeswoman for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
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Electric car sales are only a tiny fraction of overall U.S. auto sales. Automakers sold just over 12,000 pure-electric vehicles in the U.S. through April, budget rental car upgrade coupons according budget rental car upgrade coupons to WardsAuto InfoBank, an industry database, and Tesla Motors, which designs electric vehicles. That s fewer than 1 percent of the 4.97 million cars and trucks sold during the same period. Even a $7,500 tax credit from the U.S. government that effectively lowers prices couldn t persuade most car buyers.
budget rental car upgrade coupons Renting a car and driving it while on vacation or on a business trip is a try before you buy scenario, said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who took reporters on a cruise around downtown Orlando on a recent day in a Leaf.
He pointed out the charging station in front of City Hall, at the Amway Center — where many concerts and sporting events are held — and at other county-owned locations, all within a 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) radius budget rental car upgrade coupons of downtown. At one location, he popped the car s tiny hood and clicked a charging pump into the socket.