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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
Exactly. That and the emissions rules are tougher and OEM fines more onerous. Plus they now have low cost Chinese EVs coming in at prices below domestic (for them) ICEs. In the US, IRA is designed to prevent that.
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Ah yes, the glorious "Somehow Reduce Inflation through Massive Spending Act".
https://jalopnik.com/rental-company-...due-1851081220
While Hertz is taking a step back from electric cars altogether, Sixt is directly singling out Tesla here, as it continues to increase its electric fleet. The company’s goal is to slowly replace its gasoline and diesel-powered cars until at least 90 percent of its fleet is electric, and it aims to do so by the end of this decade. Unless Tesla improves its quality, collision repair costs, and residual values, the second-largest rental fleet in Europe (and fourth-largest in the U.S.) won’t include cars from the American automaker.
What is being done about quality, collision repair costs, and residual value? Should Tesla bother doing anything when they don't have to compete with Chinese manufacturers for US sales, with the IRA wind in their sails (sales)?
Pun intended.