With only one month left until Tet Nguyen Dan, Hung, who lives in Hanoi, has started to explore the car rental market for the Tet holiday. This year, he will bring his family to Thanh Hoa to celebrate Tet with his wife’s family, so he wants to rent a car for about 20 days for transportation.
Unlike previous years when there were only gasoline cars to choose from, this year, the electric car rental market has started to thrive, especially with the introduction of the VinFast Taxi Xanh SM electric car rental program with various prices and car models. More importantly, Hung wants to try a new experience after many years of driving only gasoline cars.
Should you rent an electric car during Tet?
Not only Hung, many others who want to rent a car for traveling during Tet also want to experience electric cars, but they are worried about running out of power on the road and not knowing where to charge, whether they can charge the car at home or not, how long it takes to charge, and many other questions.
The convenience of gasoline cars compared to electric cars is undeniable. It only takes an average of 2 to 5 minutes to refuel once, while charging an electric car takes longer. For example, VinFast electric car users can choose fast charging mode with a charging power of 60 kW, enough to travel about 180 km after charging for about 18 minutes.
When charging VinFast electric cars at charging stations, customers have to pay 484 VND per km. Therefore, if the VinFast electric car is fully charged to travel about 180 km, the user will have to pay 87,120 VND, which is about the price of 4 liters of A95 III petrol according to the price on January 5, 2024.
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