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This is correct. You coast by feathering the accelerator.
This seems insane to me. "Do nothing and the car coasts" versus "balance this pin and the car coasts" is such a massive dichotomy shift that it seems like poor design. It's a car, not a helicopter.
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Someone found Hertz's updated Terms & Conditions. tl;dr you are expected to return the car with at least 10% charge. TESLA These Electric Vehicle Rental Terms (“Rental Terms”) are between The Hertz Corporation (“Hertz” or “us”) and You and apply to a rental of an electric vehicle (“EV”) from Hertz. An EV is defined as a vehicle that exclusively uses battery power rather than gasoline or diesel fuel. These Electric Ve…
Could you provide a source? What date and locale is this from? etc.
I was very pessimistic about Tesla and confused by their stock price. But I now believe that they indeed are doing it and that we’re finally at the EV revolution. I’m not an early adopter type and the Teslas don’t excite me at all, but I’m really delighted that the market is evolving. I’m delighted that I was wrong.
It's not going to be a revolution despite all the EV bull market folks say, it will be an orderly transition, people are slow to change and adapt and STEM people should accept that. Electric cars are not in any way an order of magnitude upgrade in tech, which is a necessary trait for any technology that claims to be disruptive. Sure from a green perspective it is but not from a pragmatic one. I of course welcome the…
https://www.drive.com.au/news/norway-to-hit-100-per-cent-ele...
I'd call that a revolution on a small country scale.
Rental companies buy cars on leverage, and sell them used after a short lifespan. They sold off their inventory at the start of the pandemic and now can’t refill due to chip shortages, etc.
The used market is also crazy inflated, currently, but these companies couldn’t take advantage of that appreciation.
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Tesla’s stock price is confusing if you compare them to a car company. But they are not just a car company. They are also a car manufacturing supply chain, having brought much of their component production in house. They are also an energy company, both generation and storage, but also distribution, like gas stations. Think Exxon, BP, Chevron, ARCO, etc. They are probably a few other things, but this is the mystery o…
For the record, their market cap is also greater than "Australia's Woodside Petroleum, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Energy North America, Canadian Natural Resources, ConocoPhillips and French group Total [combined]" [1], so they're also valued kind of crazy compared to energy companies...and that was in January 2021 before the most recent spike. Sure, part of that is faith in renewable…
Tesla surges by over $100B on a $4B (revenue) deal, likely at very low margins. Memes galore.
That's only if you consider this a one time thing. Those 100K vehicles are going to need replacement in a few years. And considering, Hertz's stock price increase, investors are clearly believing this is a great deal for them. Which raises the question about where all their competitors will be buying their EVs. There are millions of rental vehicles. Close to 2M in the US alone. The reasons Hertz is considered to be g…
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To me this entirely seems like a marketing stunt and a last ditch effort. Looking at recent major wholesale orders of Tesla cars, Las Vegas' Tesla loop comes to mind. A fleet of Tesla cars in a glorified cave taking tourists from point A to point B which was marketed to be a Boring company project with that concept video that blew everyone's mind off. It may as well be an underwhelming private transport facility that…
I guess you missed the news that they're expanding it? https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/20/22737228/elon-musk-borin...
I enjoyed this video which reflects my pessimism of Las Vegas Loop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvK2i9Jxy5c
I think there are better options for public transport.
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Isn't Tesla one of the least capital efficient ways to invest in transport electrification? How much of that will end up in genuine R&D and furtherance of your aims, as against paying for transient meme interest and massive risk loading?
Tesla spends like 5x as much per car on R&D. They literally developed a completely new battery manufacturing factory and cathode plant from the ground up. Plus of course their own batteries with their own chemistries. No other car company comes even close to that. They are vertically integrating to the point where they themselves are building their own battery manufacturing equipment. They are even slowly getting int…
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/566060/automotve-firms-b...
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I'm not sure that should be a problem so long as they are returned . I don't know the exact turn-around times for rental car companies but you can charge a Model 3 to full in 5 hours or so with a 240. Though I think another issue could be wear and tear on the battery as you're not supposed to charge to full - can rental companies software lock the charge rate? Not yet as far as I know.
These cars are probably going to use the cheaper iron based batteries which are fine to charge to 100%.
I've wanted to try a Tesla for a while now with a view to purchase. There's nowhere near me to rent one (Turo isn't available in my state) and I'd gladly rent one from Hertz. This is a move that could do wonders for EV sales. Exposing people, without commitment, to EVs may just quench some lingering doubts re: charging, etc.
Is there no Tesla showroom/dealership near you? How else would you take delivery?