On 24 Dec 2024 at 17:27, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > After the 2 hour learning curve, it's been the *best* EV I've owned, 108K > trouble-free miles so far (Tesla-Y 2021).
I realized after reading my last post that I sounded negative on this. It's actually a super testimonial. I wish that we could get across to more potential buyers how reliable and useful EVs are. The problem is that we're fighting the mass media, including many places on the internet. They're very often anti-EV. Also, because in the US Tesla is the EV sales leader, media tend to equate "Tesla" and "EV." This article seems to be where the subject of Mark's post comes from: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/after-bad-bet-electric- vehicles-hertz-selling-low-mileage-2023-teslas-less or shortcut https://cntp.me/bia289N If you read the article carefully, you'll see that Hertz got burned NOT by EVs, but specifically by Teslas. In a different situation, it could just as well have been a brand of ICEVs that Hertz lost money (or made less profit) on. However, the way the article is written, especially the title, you'd think that it was *EVs as a vehicle type* that gave Hertz grief. . Hertz found that, or at least claimed that, Teslas were expensive to maintain. Teslas are luxury cars, so that shouldn't be a surprise. A Model 3 isn't in the same price class as a Toyota Corolla ($40.6k vs $23.1k). If Hertz didn't charge rent for Teslas in the same class as their upmarket cars, that's Hertz's own bad business decision. Hertz's Teslas also depreciated rapidly. That disrupted their business model. Car rental companies make some of their profit by selling used cars, and Hertz unexpectedly took a beating on the price of used Teslas. When demand for Teslas was rising, Tesla kept raising their prices, in line with a pure capitalist view of the market. This differs from most other automakers, who usually try to hold their prices as steady as they can. I guess that Hertz got caught by this difference. They assumed that Tesla demand would continue to rise, and so would Tesla prices. That didn't happen. Hertz bet and they lost. Sometimes that happens in business. Hertz didn't lose that bet because they were EVs, but rather because of a Tesla business decision, and Hertz's own lack of foresight. As I said above, there are a couple of problems for us as EV proponents. One is the general media anti-EV (and anti-anything-different) bias, and the other is the way for many writers, "EV" == "Tesla." We have to work on correcting those impressions. Testimonials like Mark's will at least help overcome the first one. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ronald Reagan said that the scariest words in the English language were "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Clearly Reagan had never been trapped in a burning building, where those are the exact words that every person wants to hear. -- Nathan J. Robinson = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
