Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi...
by RHSeeger on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:07PM
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I'd be interested in seeing how this applies to consumers/owners. From what I've seen, the items that tend to cost more in maintenance for EVs are things like the battery; ones that last a long-ish time but are extremely expensive to fix/replace when they go. Given that rental companies (and people that lease) likely won't have the cars long enough to reach that point, the overall maintenance cost is lower for them. Does this hold true when you start to consider people that own/use the cars for 10+ years?
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Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi...
by jqpabc123 on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:31PM
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Does this hold true when you start to consider people that own/use the cars for 10+ years?
According to Tesla, their battery packs typically exhibit less than 10% degradation after 150K miles.
Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi...
by CydeWeys on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:18PM
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Most EVs won't ever have their batteries replaced; it simply won't be necessary. This is a perennial concern about EVs that simply isn't a big deal in practice, and EVs have been around long enough to have data points here.
Most people don't own and use cars for nearly long enough to fully wear out a battery pack on an EV that they've bought new.
Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi...
by bumby on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:12PM
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>Most people don't own and use cars for nearly long enough to fully wear out a battery pack
The average car age in the US is over 12 years. I can see why it’s much less with the current EV owners as early adopters tend to…well, adopt the next technology newer. But wouldn’t this also imply the environmental impacts are lessened by continual churn in manufacturing?