No extra 'charge' for uncharged electric vehicle return: Enterprise Rent-a-Car

Enterprise Rent-a-Car recently announced it would begin offering the Chevrolet Volt at the company's Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, CA, and since rental car companies are famous for penalizing folks when they return a car with a gas tank not filled up, some were wondering if they'd find a way to charge for a battery not charged fully. Apparently, the answer is no.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car, responding to concerns by Engadget, made the following statement:

"[Enterprise] does not plan to charge customers for bringing back EVs without a full charge. Enterprise is installing charging stations at locations that will offer EVs, and plans to charge the vehicles once they're returned."

This would really be more of an issue with a full EV, like the Nissan Leaf. Realistically, the Volt is a plug-in hybrid, since it has a gasoline tank as well as a battery, that's where any concerns over extra charges should come in.

On the other hand, this statement is pretty much a blanket statement, and should apply to full EVs as well, so good for Enterprise.