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SIXT ditches Tesla cars for BYD in its electrification push citing abysmal depreciation and repair costs - NotebookCheck.net News (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What a bullshit reason.

Hertz, however, cited absolutely the same poor depreciation and repair rates arguments when it recently said it will slow down Tesla car purchases.

Hmmm, two car rental companies saying the same thing...nah they must be lying.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I was looking at stats. For instance, Volkswagen E-Golf models and Polestar 2 have similar (or worse) depreciation rates, and BYD hasn't been in the market long enough to know how it depreciates. Why do you want to listen to bullshit some companies say when you can look at raw data? Because that bullshit agrees with your preconceptions?

    Look, you can have preconceptions and you can make decisions based on those. That's fine. But of course people will call them out if they are uttered in public.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    BYD makes cars for longer than Tesla as far as I can read, if they were a total failure it'd be known by now, so if Sixt says the lifetime cost estimates for byd are better than for Tesla maybe just Believe them. Cars can exist and you can gather data on them without the cars being sold in the US.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Well, I have fortunately the privilege of not having to believe anyone, since I already have my EV and have no reason to change in several years. But I'll certainly take a look at the data when it comes the time to acquire the next one. Who knows, BYD might be on the short list.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They aren't selling to you, they are rental companies. They are making decisions based on entirely different criteria and priorities than a private owner. But I'm sure your 5 minute googling is better than their combined several decades of experience running their business.

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