Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs
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The rental car company will replace them with gasoline-powered vehicles.

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 years ago

    Apparently it’s related to “expenses related to collision and damage” and they’ve had to put speed and torque limitations on the fleet cars.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-sell-about-20000-evs-us-fleet-2024-01-11/

    Telsas and Polestars are not slow cars, and it sounds like renters are driving them aggressively. I wouldn’t be surprised if torque and speed are also the reason why Tesla is #1 with recent car accidents stats.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      Telsas and Polestars are not slow cars, and it sounds like renters are driving them aggressively.

      Driving a rental car - any rental car - more aggressively than your own car has been pretty typical behaviour since the beginning of rental cars.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        Exactly. Only now they’re twice as fast and require you to play a video game to turn the air vents.