SIXT ditches Tesla cars for BYD in its electrification push citing abysmal depreciation and repair costs
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Tesla's big vehicle price fluctuations and repair wait times are putting rental car companies at a loss both in the figurative and literal sense. Tesla has cut prices by 30% this year and those rental companies which bought at the peak are suffering.
  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
    271·
    1 year ago

    What a bullshit reason.

    Hertz, however, cited absolutely the same poor depreciation and repair rates arguments when it recently said it will slow down Tesla car purchases.

    Hmmm, two car rental companies saying the same thing…nah they must be lying.

      • kugel7c@feddit.de
        6·
        1 year ago

        BYD makes cars for longer than Tesla as far as I can read, if they were a total failure it’d be known by now, so if Sixt says the lifetime cost estimates for byd are better than for Tesla maybe just Believe them. Cars can exist and you can gather data on them without the cars being sold in the US.

          • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            They aren’t selling to you, they are rental companies. They are making decisions based on entirely different criteria and priorities than a private owner. But I’m sure your 5 minute googling is better than their combined several decades of experience running their business.