My brother and a couple of friends have Tesla cars. I think they will do what you need if your price is good for your purposes. None have had any substantial problems with theirs. Two are from 2018 and one is from 2020. None have over 60 k miles (about 100k km). They've all purchased tires and one had to replace the 12 volt battery.
From that link.Not necessarily:
Hertz early terminates 20,000 EVs from US fleet
The rental giant is selling one third of its global EV fleet due to lack of customer demand and high repair costs.www.globalfleet.com
Great advice, as people crash cars for fun.
Sorry but selective picking isn't realistic. Also in the end it depends on the mileage used and how the used price market will evolve, I agree though that for people driving few and changing cars often they can be a good choice.
I would be an attractive customer: I have never crashed or even slightly damaged a car, or had a ticket. I saw some European data that suggest that such powerful EVs are accident prone in the hands of inexperienced drivers, but that accidents come down once drivers are more used to them. I certainly remember that when I had moved to North Carolina and acquired a second hand Dodge Diplomat with a V8 engine, the engine torque was quite surprising, and demanded some deft handling on my part. Getting all that torque again would certainly be an attraction of an EV. Anyway, maintenance costs would not concern me if I were to lease the car.
The model 3 Tesla will hit 100 kph in less than half the time that Diplomat would.
My comments are about the least powerful versions. I think that contributed to excess crashes as rentals. The most powerful Diplomat would do 0 to 100 kph in around 12 seconds. The basic Tesla in about 5 to 5.2 seconds. Now they do this smoothly and are not scary to drive. You never need drive it that way. Not hard to imagine lots of rental customers wanting to try that out causing extra crashes.
Tesla has a setting "Chill" that throttles down the torque to a civilized level making it easy to drive in local traffic and perfectly acceptable on the highway. On my particular car (a dual motor Y) that means 0-60 mph in about 7 seconds vs. 4.5 seconds in the standard setting, but more to the point, it won't throw your head back against the seat when accelerating from a stop, which your passengers will in particular appreciate. This does not affect the maximum speed of about 145 mph for those suicidal enough to care. I found it very easy to drive after about a week to get used to the semi-automatic braking.
It's not a 12 volt battery any longer. It is a 16 volt Lithium Ion battery. If I have to replace it, so be it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it lasts the life of the car.
Our 2 litre Peugeot 406 is faster than the Diplomat, and handles far better. What I liked about the V8 in the Diplomat was the smooth feeling of the torque, and I expect any EV to replicate that, and more. As for maintenance, that would be free when I lease the car, but equally from what I read here it does not involve much. A brief trip to the service centre once a year would do it, I guess.
And hope you don’t need to replace the batteries as that is quite expensive.Not necessarily:
Hertz early terminates 20,000 EVs from US fleet
The rental giant is selling one third of its global EV fleet due to lack of customer demand and high repair costs.
Misinformation. Yes overall EV'S are cleaner. If someone pushes the idea on you they aren't you should not trust them.
Generalised like is this it is not correct, according to several studies it depends on the usage, source of electricity and observed system limits. For many users its rather a comfortable way of green washing their lower (often partially subsidised) costs and new toy syndrome like many other things which are in fashion today.
