Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by mikepurvis on Thursday April 04, 2024 @01:49PM
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I dunno about the back end business parts of it, but I've rented a few cars recently, and Hertz was not only 20-30% more expensive than Enterprise, but getting a Model 3 from them was over double the price of a comparable gas car. There's no way I was going to get enough miles in to make the fuel cost worth that differential.
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Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by thinkling on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:51PM
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Pricing is going to depend a lot on the dynamics of the local market and the number of cars each company has available. (Article mentions that rental companies will truck cars between markets and that anticipating demand is key to being profitable.)
For a while last summer, EVs from Hertz were the cheapest cars you could rent in the Seattle area because they had many and customers didn’t want them. Sounds like they’ve been selling them off.