Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoHertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicleswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkHertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicleswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareRadiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35·edit-211 months agoIMHO the full title should read, “Hertz replaces shoddily built and expensive-to-fix cars, which just happen to be EVs, with more reliable models, which happen to be ICE cars.” That, and there was something about charging infrastructure.
minus-squareThevenin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoExactly. Hertz vocally blames higher repair costs and long repair times for the Teslas that make up the bulk of their EV fleet. Other EV manufacturers don’t share those problems.
IMHO the full title should read, “Hertz replaces shoddily built and expensive-to-fix cars, which just happen to be EVs, with more reliable models, which happen to be ICE cars.”
That, and there was something about charging infrastructure.
Exactly. Hertz vocally blames higher repair costs and long repair times for the Teslas that make up the bulk of their EV fleet. Other EV manufacturers don’t share those problems.