Hertz began the sale of 20,000 EVs last month, a disposal that is slated to proceed throughout 2024. This divestment was disclosed in a recent regulatory filing where the company also noted an expected non-cash charge of around $245 million for the fourth quarter, attributed to increased net depreciation expenses.
After reading the article, it looks like electric vehicles are not all they promise to be.
Obiden has nothing to do with this, so stay on topic.
Andy
The added home electricity to charge electric fleets would be something. I don't know how much utilities oversize things when they put in power for a sub division for example.
The automobile was in production before gas stations existed. Owners had to stop at drug store and hardware stores for naphtha.
It will take a long time but the infrastructure will upgrade over time. Cars will be much different in five years with better battery technology.
Sure, there are negatives to overcome but the Wright brothers did not wait for airports to be built before they flew.
Look at this BS:
EV charger ready is simply having a large enough feed and breaker box. In my community of 750 houses, every one meets that requirement even though not required. Most new constriction does.
Really???? Most people charge overnight, but use the stove for an hour near dinner time.
If the EV has some charge you do nothing, no reason. If you have 3 feet of snow you are not going out anyway.
Frank,
Well stated!
This is insane. The first thing that goes out in a natural disaster is the ELECTRIC GRID. How will you evacuate? STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
Next up, the "Green Hole", where our tax dollars disappear, was sighted in ...
-T
oops. I should have stated "where our tax dollars and freedom disappear"
Sorry I will get it right next time.
Hi Frank,
I only have one car. I use rental car when mine is in the shop, usually Hertz and Enterprise.
I noticed that the local Enterprise now has charging stations. I called them and they assured me I can still rent and ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicle. I wonder how long Enterprise is going to put up with coal powered rolling fire bombs. The insurance must be through the roof.
I am not surprised the Hertz dropped BEV's. I am surprised the both Enterprise and Hertz even fell for the BEV grifters to start with. Say bye bye to your investment down the Green Hole.
-T
It's not unreasonable. It's not difficult or terribly expensive to make it ready for a charger during new construction. Later it can be very expensive, it's not like just adding a 15A outlet. If the panel happens to be in or close to the garage, it's easy. If it's at the other end of the house with no basement or clear shot through the attic, it's going to be expensive. Also for the owner, it's a benefit, even though they may not want an electric car, a future buyer may find it an essential item.
You really are uneducable. You've called electric cars coal powered before and I've corrected you. Coal is only used for 20% of US power today, it's been steadily declining for a couple of decades. And of course you had no problem with coal when Trump was endorsing it, calling for more coal to be used. Yet here you are, still at it. Have you no shame?
In my last house, built in 1978, it would have been an issue. This house, built 1978, I'll have the charger hooked up in 15 minutes, maybe less.
My parent's house, built in 1975 had two 200A services (the house originally had electric forced air heat in the upper midwest, $$$$ even then).
My current home, built in 1978, has 200A (and there's an additional 200A available on the transformer if needed).
Reports are in Washington State the power company sent out notices asking consumers to turn down their thermostats in the cold snap to prevent grid overload. I don't think they're quite ready for EVs.
That is true, but it does not mean we should abandon it. The automobile was built before gas stations. Wright brother did not wait until airports were built.
The cold snap is a push to get them moving.
And Washington is one of the few states that has a lot of hydro power.
Add to that, in a natural disaster (or man made one), the first thing to go out is the power grid. Good luck evacuating. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Remember the Chrysler turbines? Some things work, some don't.
I like the way Toyota is hedging their bets with the PHEVs. You plug in your Prius Prime and get about 44 miles as a pure EV. Then the 220 hp IC hybrid kicks in and you start to rock. 0 to 60 in 6.6 ain't your aunt's Prius. The third gen isn't too bad looking in that generic modern car way.
We used to be able to tell cars apart. Maybe today's kids can but I certainly can't. Most annoying is if I see a car that really looks interesting half the time it's too modest to identify what it is.
It's probably a moot point. After WWIII we'll be back to horses if we're lucky.
I'm in a co-op that contract with the BPA so I'm probably using hydro.
Friday night at 0048 the lights went out at the start of a stretch of weather with lows down to -22. I have a gas furnace but it's forced hot air so that was down. When it's that cold I leave a trickle of hot water going in the bathroom or the pipes freeze up. It's a pumped well, so that was down too. Being a degenerate, redneck, racist, Trump voter I have a gas range that lights with a match so that was functional.
As I lay there I contemplated just how screwed we would be in that sort of weather with a wide-spread Texas style grid failure. Luckily it was a local outage and it the power was back up a little after 5. The inside temperature was down to 51, which I can handle, and a little work with a hair drier got the water going again.
Many of those post-apocalyptic novels are a little optimistic if anything. A lot of people are going to die.
The notices I receive asked us to reduce electric AND gas consumption.
It probably meant "natural gas" for the furnace.
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