wilkes

And yet they keep on making 'em, they keep on selling and they keep on buying 'em. I guess there's a few smart folks out there like DumbBell that know better than Mercedes etc.

Good god, we've talked about this so many times. You refuse to learn anything, why would anyone waste time trying to help you?

EV Market Layoffs: Thousands Jobless, Is This the New Reality? Major layoffs happening in top companies like Tesla, Rivian, GM, Ford, and NIO.

At the start of the year, after Hertz announced it was selling off its fleet of Teslas - backtracking on a plan to buy up 100,000 of the electric vehicles - the news sounded good for Bijay Pandey, a 34-year-old self-employed data worker in Irving, Texas. "I have another vehicle, and I was trying to add one for my wife because gas prices were too high," he said. When he found out that it came with a $4,000 tax credit - even better. "That's what attracted me," he added. So, the day after Valentine's Day, he bought a red 2022 Long Range Model 3 with 70,000 miles on it. It ended up costing just about $25,000, not a bad deal for a car that can sell for about $47,000 new.

But almost immediately, there were problems. After getting a temporary title, he found the car wasn't reading voltage correctly. Soon, a body shop found a quarter-size hole in the undercarriage he hadn't seen before, which led to revelations of deeper issues inside. "The high-voltage battery pack is damaged and could cause extreme safety concerns," a Tesla technician texted him. Because the hole was "exterior damage," it wasn't covered by the warranty, which meant a $13,078.58 repair bill. Hertz said that it would swap the car for Pandey, but for about two months he waited - making $500 payments on his auto loan - before getting a replacement. "I realized why they were trying to get rid of those Teslas," he said. "If anything happens to a Tesla, then the bill is too high."

https://nymag.com/intellige...hertz.html