Electric Vehicles Rental

[Ricky Marimira]

Hello

If your Tesla is damaged and the other party is at fault, for rental should you be able to request an eclectic vehicle for rental now that Hertz has a fleet or reimbursement for gas?

 

[adjusterjack]

If your Tesla is damaged and the other party is at fault, for rental should you be able to request an eclectic vehicle

Eclectic?

Meaning "including things taken from many different sources."

I suppose that could describe a Tesla but it could also describe any vehicle whether gas or electric.

You can "ask" for anything and everything. Just understand that the other driver's insurance company is not your insurance company and owes you nothing unless and until a court of law says so and says how much.

Meantime, the other driver's insurance company could offer you the lowest cost box on wheels. You could go to court on it if you wanted to but that has costs and consequences and you still might not get your Tesla.

Do you have rental reimbursement on your own policy? If you do, see if your own company will agree on a Tesla. If you don't have rental reimbursement on your own policy then it couldn't have been very important.

 

[ICACharleston]

The last (and only) time I got a rental on the other insurance company's nickel, they tried to give me an econobox while my Isuzu pickup got fixed. I asked for an equivalent vehicle and they gave me brand new F-150. YMMV

 

[adjusterjack]

Nice of them.

 

[ICACharleston]

Isn't niceness what adjusters get hired for?

 

[LeeV]

Hello

If your Tesla is damaged and the other party is at fault, for rental should you be able to request an eclectic vehicle for rental now that Hertz has a fleet or reimbursement for gas?

Instead of asking here, why don't you call the insurance company and ask them?

 

[scagnt83]

Most auto policies ive seen have a cap on the daily rental cost. So you could get anything they offer within that daily price range.

 

[ICACharleston]

When it's the other party's insurer paying for it, isn't it a liability issue with no daily cap? Aren't they responsible to make the injured party whole?like kind and all that.
I don't sell p & c, just buy it - so somebody educate me.

 

[adjusterjack]

Isn't niceness what adjusters get hired for?

Absolutely. I was always nice and got hundreds of positive customer service surveys that said so.

Most auto policies ive seen have a cap on the daily rental cost. So you could get anything they offer within that daily price range.

First party policies (your own) are the ones with the daily limit. Example $60 per day with a $600 limit. Sometimes just a limit so if you wanted your $100 a day Tesla you get it for 6 days even if your car is in the shop for two weeks or more.

When it's the other party's insurer paying for it, isn't it a liability issue with no daily cap? Aren't they responsible to make the injured party whole? like kind and all that.

Make whole and legal liability are two different things. As a practical matter nobody is ever really made whole. "Like kind" applies to first party coverage. In negligence law, damages must be reasonable and the injured party must mitigate his damages.

Mitigation of Damages legal definition of Mitigation of Damages (thefreedictionary.com)

The at-fault driver would not necessarily owe for a Tesla if the victim's normal driving just involved going back and forth to work. An economy car would suffice. That somebody got reimbursed for a Tesla in a third party liability claim would be the exception, not the rule.

 

[babbles]

Instead of asking here, why don't you call the insurance company and ask them?

Why can't he ask for opinions here?? you don't have to answer just move on