• kugel7c@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    BYD makes cars for longer than Tesla as far as I can read, if they were a total failure it’d be known by now, so if Sixt says the lifetime cost estimates for byd are better than for Tesla maybe just Believe them. Cars can exist and you can gather data on them without the cars being sold in the US.

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      11 months ago

      Well, I have fortunately the privilege of not having to believe anyone, since I already have my EV and have no reason to change in several years. But I’ll certainly take a look at the data when it comes the time to acquire the next one. Who knows, BYD might be on the short list.

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        11 months ago

        They aren’t selling to you, they are rental companies. They are making decisions based on entirely different criteria and priorities than a private owner. But I’m sure your 5 minute googling is better than their combined several decades of experience running their business.

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          But I’m sure your 5 minute googling

          Oh, I used way less than 5 minutes on this one ;)