Posted on 06/24/2024 9:25:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
I go out of my way to rent Teslas because they’re excellent cars that are an absolute pleasure to drive; and there is fast charging nearby. Virtue signal? No comprende.
“… the costs involved in owning an EV…”
Wow, even with all those massive manufacturer and seller and buyer subsidies?
I like that I’m smarter than all these people.
All that wasted time at charging stations just to virtue signal.
Every time I go past ann overpopulated charging station populated by morons I love to wave and honk from my ICE car.
And the other half is lying ...
LOL that’s why Hertz is jettisoning their electric fleet...
What car do you own?
CEO steps down after being hit with expensive EV repairs and low resale prices following purchase of 100,000 Teslas
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. is replacing its chief executive officer in the wake of a disastrous bet on electric vehicles that the company began unwinding in recent months.
Stephen Scherr, who ran Hertz for just over two years after three decades at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has decided to step down, the rental-car company said late Friday in a statement. It’s replacing him with Gil West, the former chief operating officer of General Motors Co.’s Cruise robotaxi unit.....
https://fortune.com/2024/03/15/ceo-steps-down-prices-following-purchase-teslas/
Who would have guessed what people here and other conservatives have said based on facts were true. Someday, maybe. However not yet .
LOL What exactly does that have to with why I rent them — besides allowing me to get a great rate?
Snap! You beat me to it!
Your link:
“It still plans to offer a range of electrified vehicles and “stick to our goal to electrify 70-90 percent of our rental fleet in Europe by 2030”, it said on Thursday.”
It’s replacing him with Gil West, the former chief operating officer of General Motors Co.’s Cruise robotaxi unit.....
IMO that’s whistling in the dark or eating our crow in installments.
German rental car company Sixt said in December it had not purchased Tesla vehicles since 2022 and was selling its fleet of Teslas “as part of our regular de-fleeting process”.
It still plans to offer a range of electrified vehicles and “stick to our goal to electrify 70-90 percent of our rental fleet in Europe by 2030”, it said on Thursday.
BTW. Your quote was for Sixt not Hertz.
“Nolte: Almost Half of U.S. Electric Car Owners Regret Purchase...”
Anc the other half will eventually too.
I guess my point was different than your take. If Hertz is selling them off and has canceled plans to buy more Telsa cars that means most customers are not wanting to rent Telsa.
“Hertz reported Tesla renters were getting in more crashes, costing more per crash, and that customers simply weren’t requesting them at the rate expected”
two years ago the Biden administration allocated $7.5 billion to build a charging infrastructure.To the surprise of no one, two years later, only eight charging stations have been built.
$937,500,000 per charging station. About par for this administration.
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