Recently, the American car rental giant Hertz announced that it will sell approximately 20,000 electric vehicles in its fleet and purchase fuel vehicles, citing the higher costs associated with collisions and damage to electric vehicles. On Hertz’s U.S. official website,There are already 755 electric vehicles listed for sale, the vast majority of which are Teslas. The lowest price is a Model 3 standard range version, which has traveled 86,929 miles and has a price tag of US$20,700 (approximately RMB 148,500);
As for the reason for selling off the Tesla fleet, although electric vehicles are cheaper to use, maintenance costs are high.
During its third-quarter earnings call, Hertz announced its intention to shrink its fleet of electric vehicles, particularly Tesla vehicles.
Hertz believed thatOn the one hand, it is due to Tesla's price cuts, which has led to the decline in the value of the company's electric vehicles; on the other hand, it is the expensive maintenance costs of electric vehicles.
Hertz pointed out that Tesla does not have the large inventory of replacement parts and trained repair personnel that other car companies have, which makes repairs costly and time-consuming.
A previous study by the American automotive news website Automotive News showed that the average maintenance cost of Tesla vehicles in the United States is about 40,641 yuan, which is about $1,347 more than that of fuel vehicles.
This data organization, WePredict, conducted research on the service and repair of approximately 19 million vehicles from 2016 to 2021 and found that the current maintenance cost of electric vehicles is 1.6-2.3 times that of fuel vehicles.
In addition, the time it takes to repair a car creates cost pressure on car rental companies at another level.
CCCIntelligentSolutions data shows,The average maintenance time for electric vehicles is about 57 days, which is a full 12 days longer than that of fuel vehicles. For the car rental industry that emphasizes efficiency, it is not cost-effective.