For a business, downtime to get a repair could easily be more valuable than the repair itself. Tesla is known for being quite slow with their repairs/parts, so a $200 repair could cost $1000 in down time. Tesla just handily beat almost everyone is lowest cost of ownership by Consumer Reports.

I have a Tesla and am in the same boat as Hertz.. If I were to sell it its devaluated so quickly that I am underwater on the loan. At this point I’ll drive it until it breaks or the loan is paid then get rid of it. I got the loan with a super cheap interest rate that when these cars were “good” I didn’t mind that I…

I’ve never understood the idea that people would want EVs as a rental car.  Going to a location like a hotel or VRBO, not knowing if there’s charging stations nearby (or how to use them, if ICE is all you know)...seems like a nope.  Not a headache I want to deal with while traveling for biz...

They do have low maintenance. Tires are one thing that does cost a bit more on an EV. The high torque also means you’ll tear that rubber off faster with a lead foot. I highly doubt anyone renting an EV is babying it and that cost would eat into Hertz bottom line.

Tesla infamously prioritises new car production over spare parts for repairs. The repair itself being cheap is meaningless if you’re waiting weeks or months for parts to become available. Downtime is a big consideration for fleet maintenance. A Ford might have a higher cost to repair, but you can go pretty much…

It is most likely a combination of tires and repair costs outside of warranty.

I’m curious as well as to the maintenance costs. I’d imagine frequent tire replacement is one, but perhaps it’s just the service network.

you need to run the math on the continued use cost or mothballing cost to keep these on the books and “trickle” them out slower. The added depreciation is likely not worth the wait. Also, they are probably balancing when to take the loss on the overall financial year.

Also, let’s be frank, the old CEO was ousted after…

Pretty sure Elon dunks on himself, they’re just reporting on his own self pawning.

Imagine waking up each day to find a new stupid thing he’s done.

washing his balls is 100% worse

Shut the fuck up.

Hey, it worked for Jack Welch!

he’s not gonna fuck you, dude

A lot of them are on visas. So it’s either work this way, find someone else to sponsor your visa, or quit and get deported.

Musky like most other billionaires is a deadbeat.

Enough parts for two engines, but probably not enough for one running engine.

The buyer of this will resell it in two years at half the price.

Well I mean, if this is the plan you came up with, to go “take back” your own car, you’re going to need 2 drivers.

well, it’s not like he had his own car to drive