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Hertz Is Selling 20,000 Used EVs Due To High Repair Costs (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I drive a Tesla. The same one they bought a whole fleet of. Can confirm: is unnecessarily fast and fun. And it's the slowest one they make.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, people in my area definitely haul ass with their EVs in my part of down. They accelerate quickly, and people very much enjoy punching it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I paid for the whole speedometer and I’m gonna use it.

For real though people should absolutely maximize the capability of EVs to get up to speed with the intention of reducing traffic and keeping flow. That’s the best part about them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I find the acceleration quite dangerous. I was trying to pass a truck the other day and move to get in the left lane. As I’m doing so, a Tesla that I couldn’t see pops out from the car behind me and starts trying to pass the truck too. I swerved back into the right lane to avoid being rear ended. With the fast acceleration, Tesla drivers are prone to doing erratic things faster than other cars on the road can predict and react to.