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Car rental company SIXT drops Tesla EVs from its fleet due to poor resale value, high repair costs

January 23, 2024 -

In an email to customers obtained by Bloomberg, the company cited higher repair costs for EVs compared to gas-powered counterparts as a main reason for the move. These higher costs, according to the outlet, have compounded the issues with lower resale values. Moreover, Bloomberg added that "Tesla's aggressive price cuts [have] hurt residuals."

The family-owned SIXT, which hails from Germany, arrived in the U.S. in 2011. Currently the nation's fourth-largest car rental ...

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United Airlines revolutionizes “hostility industry” with launch of car rental company where violent thugs rip you out of the driver’s seat and beat you for “resisting” (SATIRE)

April 10, 2017 - car rental concept due to its amazingly low business operations costs. Labor costs are reduced to zero thanks to United's ability to recruit the violent thugs who deliver the beatings at virtually no cost.

Through a brilliant recruitment advertising campaign run on pizza boxes -- previously used to recruit TSA thugs -- United promises applicants "unrestrained beatings of innocent travelers without consequence" and has been flooded with applications.New hotel ...

Nearly 800,000 Californians behind on rent, with over $5B accumulated rental debts

August 01, 2023 -

California continues to suffer from some of the most expensive rent prices in the nation, and local organizers warn that the ending of eviction moratoriums could make the situation worse and put approximately 721,000 children at risk of homelessness.

According to real estate listing company Zillow, as of July 21, average rent prices in California are $2,902 across all sizes and property types. In places perceived as high value like Orange, San Diego, Santa Clara and San ...

Gases from a car air freshener caused a car to explode

July 12, 2018 -

The vehicle was in the parking lot of a B&Q home improvement retail store in Essex during the time of the accident. The explosion was strong enough to send the hatchback's doors and roof flying.

One person suffered minor injuries during the incident.

The Essex Fire and Rescue Service reported that gases from the air freshener accumulated inside the vehicle. When the driver lit a cigarette inside the car, the concentrated gases ignited and caused the explosion.

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Australia’s rental market becomes the unwilling testing ground for digital national ID system

November 11, 2025 -

In a move that critics warn is a trojan horse for unprecedented state control, the Australian government is quietly transforming the nation's rental market into a live-fire testing ground for its expansive digital identity system. Under the banner of convenience and security, a new federal pilot program will soon require prospective tenants to use a Digital ID and share their financial data through a government-backed framework. This initiative, announced ...

Bumpy road ahead: Rental giant Hertz dumps electric vehicles for gas-powered counterparts

January 22, 2024 -

A regulatory filing disclosed this business decision by the company to sell EVs from Tesla, Chevrolet and BMW. The company cited higher repair costs following collisions as the primary decision for the move, according to Newsweek.

Hertz's decision to sell off EVs came about two years after it made a deal with Elon Musk to offer Tesla vehicles for rent. The rental company had earlier aimed to convert a quarter of its fleet to EVs by the end of 2024. According to Reuters, ...

UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING: US home rental rates set new record for 17th straight month

August 31, 2022 -

This is up 12.3 percent from 2021 based on data from Realtor.com and across listings for studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom dwellings. Meaning, larger apartments and houses are excluded from the median rate.

Rents are soaring at a double-digit pace, but the rate of increase has cooled down from the peak surge of 17.3 percent in January.

Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale said landlords have eased up on rent increases, but many still feel the burden on ...

ZAP leaps into the electric car market with plug-in sports car

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Thursday, February 01, 2007 by: David Gutierrez, staff writerTags: electric cars, green energy, health newsThe ZAP-X is basically an electric version of Lotus Engineering's Aluminum Performance Crossover (APX) car. By removing many parts that are not necessary for an electric engine, ZAP -- so called because it produces "Zero Air Pollution" -- claims that it was able to make a car that runs a record 350 miles ...

Overwhelmed New York funeral home resorts to storing decomposing bodies in unrefrigerated rental trucks

May 04, 2020 -

With strict restrictions on funerals, it is incredibly difficult for the loved ones of COVID-19 victims to say goodbye. To a large extent, it is up to the funeral homes that receive the bodies of such victims to provide the families with a sense of closure and the knowledge that their loved ones were treated kindly and with dignity at the end.

Sadly, crematoriums in New York state are under immense pressure from the overwhelming number of COVID-19 victims, and the result ...

Beware of Big Brother: 'Rental' computers discovered tracking users' locations, passwords and private lives

December 26, 2012 - Beware of Big Brother: 'Rental' computers discovered tracking users' locations, passwords and private lives

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writerTags: rental computers, spying, Big Brother

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New car incentives surge by 53% amid growing car inventories and decreasing demand

July 29, 2024 -

More and more consumers are deciding to hold off on purchasing new cars amid elevated interest rates and rising inflation, causing auto dealers to see their inventories grow. In response to this noticeable downturn in new car sales, dealers are cutting prices and raising the value of the incentives they are offering.

This is according to data obtained by Motor Intelligence, which found that major car manufacturers like Hyundai, General Motors and Volkswagen are improving ...

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August 19, 2024 -

(Article by Coach Dave Daubenmire republished from NewsWithViews.com)

Don’t get me wrong, I believe a good butt-whipping is in the future for once-Christian America.  You know, that country that still has the motto IN GOD WE TRUST written on the dollar bill.  It is not so much that we cannot trust God, but rather, WHICH God do Americans put our trust in?

“GOD” is pretty much a generic term.  The term “god” can refer to many different things.  Webster defined GOD ...

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Hertz to sell 20k EVs from rental fleet, says electric cars too expensive to repair

January 14, 2024 -

Representing roughly one-third of its entire electric fleet, the 20,000 EVs Hertz is selling include Teslas, Chevrolet Bolts, Volvos, and other EV brands. Many of the cars are already up for sale, many of them at a steep discount.

When rental car companies sell cars this cheap, it is a sign that the vehicles in question must be disposed of quickly to keep the business functioning smoothly and profitably.

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