This page is ridden of ads, popups, and sensational writing. They may be facts but its written as clickbait filler to scroll past even more ads.<p>Clicking the back button redirects me to a never-seen-before and full-screen Ad page before returning to Hacker News.<p>I am never visiting insideevs.com again. If this is real news, a real news website shall report it.
I half-thought about one of these just to have something to rip around in.<p>Until a colleague in a Model Y hit a turkey and the very minor front end damage turned into a $9000 insurance claim.<p>I don't want to buy a $20k used Tesla and immediately run into a 4-5 figure repair as soon as one minor thing goes horribly wrong, even <i>with</i> insurance.
When they announced that they will buy 100k despite being in a dire financial situation a few years ago, I knew that it would be an epic failure for them. Looks like to be confirmed.<p>But 2 other things shock me in this story:
First that the cars are still valued at 20k despite being a little bit old and used for rental when you know that like expectancy of Tesla is not that long without costly repairs.<p>Second, even if I'm not an American tax payer, is that the gov will give back 4k if you buy one, supporting the effort of this company to recoup their loss despite them totally not deserving it.
Some questions:<p>1. Can't Hertz's sue Tesla to get "cashback" or something? Mom and Pop can only stare helplessly, but surely a bigco can demand something?<p>2. Link from "We'll let you be the judge" gives a strong impression that ex-Hertz's _Teslas_ are problematic, but can "Tesla" be omitted and it's still the same? (Meaning, nothing to do with Tesla or EV, just "ex-Hertz's are bad").
This really blows for me, as EVs are all I rent when I travel. (We have two EVs at home.) I get it, though. Most travelers want gas cars; they are familiar and easier to refuel.<p>That said, I can definitely confirm that it is way harder to rent a Tesla (or any EV) on Hertz than before. Avis still has a good inventory of them, though.