If you're referring to what happen to companies like Hertz, then according to them the problem wasn't reliability.

The cars had more accidents, probably because some were not used to the speed or would get an EV just to test the speed. Why buy Tesla in that case then, when their repairs are known to be super expensive and slow? Then you had people who are not used to EVs and charging trying to use EVs and the companies themselves didn't build the charging infrastructure so customers left with a full battery, but that has nothing to do with reliability. Vehicle depreciation? Again, a Tesla problem because they sold them the cars at a high price before dropping prices (the covid years were very weird).

So again, what makes EVs unreliable? It's a simple question.

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wg0 4 days ago | parent [-]

You can't charge them within five minutes like you would load up a traditional car.

Battery starts to lose range. Even more so in extreme temperatures.

Battery replacement is super expensive. In that amount you can get your engine rebuilt multiple times over.

	▲	throw123xz 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		You're mixing different problems and clearly have no experience driving or owning EVs. > You can't charge them within five minutes like you would load up a traditional car. Nothing to do with reliability. > Battery starts to lose range. Even more so in extreme temperatures. Yes, you lose ~20% of range if it's snowing or very cold. Is this a reliability issue? > Battery replacement is super expensive. In that amount you can get your engine rebuilt multiple times over. It is very expensive, but batteries are not failing. Again, we now have 10-15 year old cars on the road without battery problems.