What a bullshit reason. Tesla’s depreciation is almost identical to that of every other car model. And BYD is a newcomer so there’s no data on how much it will depreciate.
Just say that you don’t like Teslas and/or Elon Musk, or that China is giving you money. Those are all fine reasons to make decisions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think you’re forgetting who is attached to that brand…
BYD isn’t exactly better… But I guess this will be cheaper. You lose out on the really handy supercharging network tho… Don’t know how this will work out…
You lose out on the really handy supercharging network tho
Are BYD not switching to NACS like the rest of the automakers?
Its safe to assume sixt will probably use BYD cars outside of the US. Not sure why Americans think everything revolves around them.
FUCK OFF !
As if a rental company give a flying toss about depreciation !
Idk, but until the infrastructure is more solid, fuck renting an EV. Most of the time, you’re in a foreign place, so God knows where the chargers are. To top it off, you’re typically spending your most cherished time when renting a car… Your vacation time. No one wants to spend up to 4 hours of their vacation charging an EV. If a rental car agency offered to "upgrade me to a Tesla at no extra cost, I would politely decline.
