<story><title>Hertz is scaling back its EV ambitions because its Teslas keep getting damaged</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934691/hertz-tesla-uber-ev-plans-damage-repair-price-cuts</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>alexose</author><text>The headline doesn&amp;#x27;t really match the point of the article, which is that they&amp;#x27;re using half the vehicles for rideshare, thus causing more wear and tear than a typical rental.  Apparently they didn&amp;#x27;t factor this into their math and had to fess up during their earnings call.&lt;p&gt;The bigger problem is that their Teslas are so expensive to fix.  I suspect a lack of replacement parts and&amp;#x2F;or qualified techs is to blame.  Too bad, because if they had better repairability then Tesla would have a real claim to lowest cost-per-mile.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hertz is scaling back its EV ambitions because its Teslas keep getting damaged</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934691/hertz-tesla-uber-ev-plans-damage-repair-price-cuts</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>p1mrx</author><text>&amp;gt; Uber drivers also tend to drive their vehicles into the ground. This higher rate of utilization can lead to a lot of damage&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not just the &amp;quot;utilization rate&amp;quot;, Ubers have to go everywhere. Imagine what your own car would look like if you spent a month driving to random addresses.  The Uber heatmap of a city probably covers its worst-maintained roads, on days with the worst weather.</text></comment>