A hybrid has all the ICE stuff plus all the EV stuff crammed into the same box. It doesn’t seem you are reflecting well upon your own line of reasoning.
That's not at all my point. My point is a car with 15,000 parts in it is statistically more likely to have problems than a car with 7,000 parts in it. Hybrid vehicles by their very nature tend to have high part counts, lots of custom components to support the hybrid drivetrains, and increased difficulty of maintenance because everything is so tightly packed. IMO it's complete and total insanity to think that long term ownership will be anything but the worst of both worlds; all you need to do is look at the Toyota Prius to understand the long tail is gonna work there.
Yes, the article talks about the plug-in problems, but it also mentions that consumers are getting cold feet about other problems with the vehicles. There's no owner competition here, just people trying to make an informed decision. Besides, the Prius was a sort of entry level concept that went to production with mixed results. Hyundai is a much better example.
True, but if a huge company is willing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars and sell off it's EV fleet, that's gotta be a sign of things to come. (just how much does it cost to replace those batteries and how often? Ask Hertz.)
Hertz has an extremely different use case than the average consumer.
They put wildly more mileage on cars with drivers who, at best, don't care a bit about the long-term survival of the vehicle. Those drivers are also not typically at home, so they have to find public charging stations rather than plugging in at home at night.
Your points are well taken. I am an average consumer, one who is retired, I can't afford to gamble on a product that costs so much to maintain. So, I do research to see what is happening in the market. I can't think of a test case better then the one Hertz provides me for free. They ran the numbers and determined EVs just aren't worth the gamble. (most rental cars are usually driven in town, which is mostly what I do.) They're getting out and I'm not getting in.
