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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:24:54 JST Ars Technica

   Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs

   The rental car company will replace them with gasoline-powered vehicles.

   https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/hertz-is-selling-20000-used-evs-due-to-high-repair-costs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Unmesh Das (unmeshd@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:27:15 JST Unmesh Das

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     @arstechnica They should also rename from Hertz to Pistons

   • RobieTheCat (spookierobiethecat@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:30:22 JST RobieTheCat

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     @arstechnica This is an interesting quote, "...Additionally, its rental EVs were damaged or crashed more often..."
     It would be interesting to know why they crash more often if they're supposed to be safer. I drove a Tesla rental with another company and found it to be very distracting and the powerful acceleration is too much for the average person. The regenerative breaking is also a very unexpected shock.

   • Animal Spirits (animalspirits@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:30:52 JST Animal Spirits

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     @arstechnica The crazy thing about this is that the high repair costs are a specific design decision manufacturers. Probably to appease dealers who make most of their money fixing cars rather than selling them. With the exception of batteries, EVs are much simpler and should be less costly to manufacture.

   • Ken Goldsholl (kgoldsholl@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:32:03 JST Ken Goldsholl

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     @arstechnica I've been driving EVs for 15 years now, so I guess I must be lucky as my repair costs have been lower than all the ICE cars I drove before then.

   • Martianman (martianman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 00:55:10 JST Martianman

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     @arstechnica I've gotten so many emails from Hertz about "PLEASE RENT A TESLA IF YOU TRULY LOVE US"

   • writermonki (writermonki@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 01:30:49 JST writermonki

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     @arstechnica
     We'll see how this shakes out in the next few years once reporters can look at the data. What corporations report as the issue and what independent investigators find don't always match.

   • Fahri Reza (dozymoe@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 02:37:45 JST Fahri Reza

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     Wait, they can resell Tesla? @arstechnica

   • John (amazing_joncon@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 19:04:56 JST John

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     @arstechnica 🤣😂