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> Not sure about the maintenance cost being higher Sixt and Hertz seem fairly sure, and they are the ones with statistically-significant data on this: https:/
by logifail 3y ago
> Not sure about the maintenance cost being higher
Sixt and Hertz seem fairly sure, and they are the ones with statistically-significant data on this:
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/08/sixt-dumping-teslas-due-to-high-repair-costs-depreciation/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/08/sixt-dumping-teslas-due...
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-sell-about-20000-evs-us-fleet-2024-01-11/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-...
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoSixt seem to have a specific problem with Tesla, not EVs: > Sixt is directly singling out Tesla here, as it continues to increase its electric fleet,” they write. “The company’s goal is to slowly replace its gasoline and diesel-powered cars until at least 90 percent of its fleet is electric, and it aims to do so by the end of this decade. Unless Tesla improves its quality, collision repair costs, and residual values, the second-largest rental fleet in Europe (and fourth-largest in the U.S.) won’t include cars from the American automaker.”