https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934691/hertz-tesla-uber-ev-plans-damage-repair-price-cuts
Rental car company Hertz once envisioned itself as the ultimate EV broker, doling out battery-powered vehicles to business travelers, ridehail drivers, and tech newbies in an ambitious plan to grease the wheels for the EV revolution. The company inked agreements with Tesla and Polestar to buy nearly 200,000 EVs. Tesla’s valuation topped $1 trillion on the news.
But like many other aspects of the EV switch, that plan is running into some headwinds. This week, Hertz said it was tapping the brakes on its EV rollout, citing the plummeting resale value of its EVs and the high cost of repair.
Tesla has been slashing prices to spark sales as it finds itself wrestling with softening demand and more competition. And repair costs are about double what the company spends on gas car fixes, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr told Bloomberg.
I hadn't thought about -- didn't actually know about -- the rapid hardware changes you mentioned. Software yes, hardware, no. That DOES sound like a problem.
I have a nephew with a Tesla and he loves it. I don't have a problem with electric vehicles (although I don't want one personally) but rather with the government and the entire Cabal team pushing them down our throats while telling us we MUST give up internal combustion vehicles, including the EPA and CA making rules that require automakers to move quickly to a mostly and then fully electric fleet.
SOME EVs on the road are fine, but there are many reasons that this full-court press to REPLACE gas-powered vehicles with electrics is a disaster and, as you know, is being done as part of the Great Reset: make travel harder and give the Authorities, including your banker, a say in when and if you CAN travel. You can't pay to "fill up" at an EV station with cash, you need a bank card. "Oops, you made a social media post we don't like; no gas for you!"