Pretty sure they are #1 due to their touchscreen focus. Its incredibly hard to operate a Tesla safely.
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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Apparently it’s related to “expenses related to collision and damage” and they’ve had to put speed and torque limitations on the fleet cars.
reuters.com/…/hertz-sell-about-20000-evs-us-fleet…
Telsas and Polestars are not slow cars, and it sounds like renters are driving them aggressively. I wouldn’t be surprised if torque and speed are also the reason why Tesla is #1 with recent car accidents stats.
GenEcon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Yeah, last time I’ve rented a car I wanted an electric but my insurance would not cover me for a Tesla.
They are in the sport car category.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Hertz is also famous for renting Mustang GTs which are much faster and much more likely to be driven aggressively.
I’m guessing it has more to do with the misconceptions around “self-driving” that these cars don’t even include.
anon232@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I wouldn’t say a mustang GT is any faster. Most EV’s have a sub 5 second 0-60, which is what a Musang GT has. EVs are just incredibly fast, especially Teslas.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
I wouldn’t say a mustang GT is any faster.
Well if you said anything different you’d simply be wrong.
Most EV’s have a sub 5 second 0-60
This isn’t “most EVs”, this is a Tesla Model 3 standard range (AKA RWD).
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, but they usually only don’t have a lot of those things on the lot to rent. They have a butt load of Model 3s. My guess is that it’s a numbers game.
They also have a ton of data and footage to tell them what people are doing when they’re getting into accidents, and after looking at that stuff, they’re choosing to basically put these cars into a form of valet mode to limit acceleration.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Driving a rental car - any rental car - more aggressively than your own car has been pretty typical behaviour since the beginning of rental cars.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly. Only now they’re twice as fast and require you to play a video game to turn the air vents.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I mean, technically you’re not supposed to be fiddling with neither radio, AC or other crap on any car, touch or not, when you’re driving. All of that should be set before you start driving anywhere. If you follow the law to the letter, he only thing you should operate while driving is what can be done from the steering wheel controls.
Of course that’s now how most people actually drive their cars…