There famous car rental brand Hertz was one of the first on an electric car. Since 2020, the company has been offering its customers electric cars. She announced in 2021 about 100,000 Teslas for their fleets, a record $4.2 billion order for the manufacturer. Next year it was the turn Polestar, from which the American company ordered 65 thousand cars more than 5 years. The goal then was to eventually replace the fleet of thermal vehicles with electric ones. This means that if American society had little big ambitions in this area!
Hertz is disappointed with its electric fleet
Since then, Teslas, like Polestars supplied by Hertz, travel the roads and sometimes return from small and large sores. And here the rental company is disappointed: the repair costs would be staggering if damaged. “Collision and damage claims for an electric vehicle are often twice as high as for a vehicle with a similar internal combustion engine,” he complains. Stephen Scherr, CEO of Hertz. So much so that the company decided limit your purchases in this area, without specifying whether this calls into question previous agreements already made. Mr Scherr announced that it was “adapting accordingly” to the evolution of its electric offering “slower than expected”, while remaining positive about the future: “We will be stronger for starting the journey when we did.”
Fewer breakdowns and cheaper electrical repairs
According to a study by the SRA (Automotive Safety and Repairs), the additional cost, which is mainly related to body parts, electric cars are cheaper to repair. They are also less prone to destruction by being mechanically simpler than their thermal equivalents. Fewer parts means fewer breakdowns and lower maintenance costs. In the absence of a gearbox, clutch or spark plugs, maintenance is often reduced to annual control visit. In other words, the Achilles heel of an electric car is its body, not mechanics…
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Source: Auto Plus
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