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#LancasterCountyReport: Hertz sells off its 20,000 Teslas in part due to customer complaints about EV infrastructure. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatin

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 24 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#LancasterCountyReport: Hertz sells off its 20,000 Teslas in part due to customer complaints about EV infrastructure. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://www.motortrend.com/news/hertz-ev-fleet-sale-tesla-report/

1942 Armistice Day Lanaster PA

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is CVSI on the world. I'm John Batser. The Lancaster County report.

0:24.4

Lancaster County, the best county in the best state, Tstone State, Jim McTag is here,

0:29.5

formerly Washington editor Barron's, now a novelist in Lancaster County, and a Tesla owner.

0:36.6

Mr. McTae, what has happened?

0:39.2

You're now driving a sporty-looking red Tesla M. Very fashionable. How did this happen? a And Hurts, the Renicar Company is holding a fire sale.

0:55.0

It decided that it didn't want to be in the EV rental business so soon with little infrastructure around the country and little

1:07.8

demand for EV rental cars.

1:12.3

So I had looked at Tesla's before for a second car

1:17.8

to run around Lancaster, which is a very small city.

1:22.2

And this model at 38 and 9 was it would be ridiculous to have a second

1:27.0

car at that price. I have an SUV with all the bells and whistles you could ever think of that I bought in 2019.

1:36.8

It only cost me 35.

1:39.3

I'm a cheapscape.

1:41.2

So anyway, these prices are slashed.

1:45.0

I got this car so inexpensively that it's a little more than a luxury golf cart cost and it will you know take my wife and

1:59.6

I all over town Philadelphia Philadelphia, you know, maybe Washington, D.C. if I'm feeling adventurous and that's

2:11.0

about it.

2:12.0

All right, let's deal with the infrastructure.

2:13.5

There is the added bonus that you're virtuous.

2:16.1

You know, everywhere you drive people look at you like he's saving the planet.

2:20.1

So how much does it cost to save the planet charging how many miles do you get on a

2:25.3

full charge? Yeah now allegedly I get 279 miles but I think I'm really getting

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