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You bring up a valuable point that should not be ignored: The article seems to erroneously include "repair", where Consumer Reports seemingly did not: > When
by inanutshellus 2y ago
You bring up a valuable point that should not be ignored: The article seems to erroneously include "repair", where Consumer Reports seemingly did not:
> When comparing cumulative costs by brand for years one through five
> and six through 10, we found that Tesla had the lowest maintenance costs.
If the quote from the article is correct (I haven't looked on CR's site), Consumer Reports' claim is specifically about maintenance, not repair.
Hertz's situation was particularly noteworthy because of how much their purchases of Teslas affected the company itself, though that was partially because Hertz started to firesale their Tesla fleet just as Tesla itself lowered prices, further exacerbating the loss.
- tzs 2y agoThe CR article [1] uses the phrase "maintenance and repair" nearly everywhere. That quote from the article is one of only two paragraphs where "maintenance" is not "maintenance and repair". The other is a paragraph talking about the "free maintenance periods" that some new cars include, and even that paragraph also mentions repairs. [1] https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cost-of-car-ownership-a1854979198/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cos...
- inanutshellus 2y agoThanks for clarifying!
- ghaff 2y agoEven their own site--don't have access to the actual report--is very unclear whether they're just talking routine maintenance or if they're also talking about (accident) repair.