Comment on Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles
gaael@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Amended title: Rental giant to take a huge step back in climate change fight and generate more GHG to protect their bottom line.
yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Alternate alternate title: EVs’ cost of ownership too high compared to ICEs.
cooopsspace@infosec.pub 5 months ago
Real alternate title: EV manufacturers are trying to be like apple and misrepresenting your ability to repair your shit for profit.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 5 months ago
I'm not even sure it's just that. A guy i know had to wait a couple of month until he could get his tesla windshield replaced. I still don't really know where all these tesla owners around here go to service their cars, because i only know of a dealership, but that's no garage. The only people i know with a teala bring their car there and they bring it somewhere from there. And service and shit takes for ever.
Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Took 11 months to get my Tesla repaired because they were waiting for suspension parts from Tesla. There are only three Tesla certified repair shops in my whole city (of 2 million people) but that wasn’t the issue. The issue was Tesla.
If the EV’s they’re talking about in the article are Teslas, then I can understand why they would want to get rid of them.
And to be clear, I love my Tesla, but nobody should be buying one until they get their supply chain shit together. I already passed on buying a Tesla when I had to replace my second car recently. (Went with a PHEV because I need to road trip regularly and non-Tesla charging is still pretty terrible in that area.)
Vodulas@beehaw.org 5 months ago
In Seattle, there is a dealer in the city, then there is a repair center in the city across the lake (Bellevue). There used to be a repair center in Seattle, but Tesla closed it. It is a terrible service model and like you said, everything takes forever.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 months ago
If you read the article, it’s nothing to do specifically with EVs, they just had an unusually high crash rate.
yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
“Likelihood of crashing” is part of the cost of ownership (regardless of engine type). For example, suppose a particular model comes with certain features that are more likely to distract the driver, thus increasing the rate of highway collisions, thus either increasing the cost of repairs over the life of the vehicle or just shortening the life of the vehicle—all else equal, this vehicle has a higher cost of ownership than a different model with fewer distractions, collisions, repairs, etc.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Uh, no, it’s definitely not.