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Submission + - Hertz CEO Resigns After Blowing Big Gamble on EVs (thegatewaypundit.com) 1

Submitted by Press2ToContinue
Press2ToContinue writes: Stephen Scherr, chief executive officer of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and a member of its board of directors, will step down on March 31, following the car rental company’s largest quarterly loss since 2020 after a risky bet on electric vehicles.

Scherr, 59, joined Hertz two years ago as the company was emerging from bankruptcy and putting a big focus on EVs during that time. Hertz soon discovered that EVs are more expensive to maintain than they had initially thought.

Scherr reportedly told investors that Hertz’s profits experienced a $348 million loss, which he blamed EVs for.

In January, Hertz announced its plan to offload 20,000 electric vehicles from its U.S. fleet throughout 2024, and switch back to gas cars.

In November, the Associated Press reported on a Consumer Reports survey that found EVs from the 2021 to 2023 model years are significantly less reliable than gasoline-powered vehicles.

A whopping eighty percent less reliable, according to the AP, particularly with battery and charging systems, as well as fit issues with body panels and interiors.

Car dealers and manufacturers are reportedly also struggling to sell EVs despite using deep discounts and promotional tactics.

Submission + - Harvard doctor says animal products are essential for mental health (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ‘The brain needs meat.’

“One study published in 2022 surveyed 14,000 Brazilians between 35 and 74 years old and found those who followed a vegan diet were twice as likely to be depressed — even if they had similar nutrient intakes to carnivores. And a meta-analysis published in 2020 and including 160,000 meat-eaters and 8,500 meat-abstainers also found those who cut meat from their diet were significantly more likely to be depressed.”

Submission + - Boeing whistleblower was murdered (nypost.com) 1

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett made a grim prediction that he could potentially end up dead after raising safety concerns about the jetliner giant, allegedly telling a family friend: "If anything happens, it's not suicide."

Boeing should be investigated and people responsible should be prosecuted.

Comment Re:In other news... (Score 1) 151

In other news, fast food corporations won't do anything to fight obesity. Gambling casinos won't do anything to reduce or treat gambling addiction. The gun industry (in America) won't do anything to prevent mass shootings or even accidental shootings. The tobacco industry...

You are talking about corporations, TFA is about nations.

The five countries -- the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark -- have failed to align their oil and gas policies

See the difference?

Submission + - Boeing whistleblower found dead one day after testifying (npr.org)

Submitted by wgoodman
wgoodman writes: Police in Charleston, S.C., are investigating the death of John Barnett, a former Boeing quality control manager who became a whistleblower when he went public with his concerns about serious safety issues in the company's commercial airplanes.

Barnett's body was found in a vehicle in a Holiday Inn parking lot in Charleston on Saturday. One day earlier, he testified about the string of problems he says he identified at Boeing's plant where he once helped inspect the 787 aircraft before delivery to customers.

Police say officers were sent to the hotel to conduct a welfare check after people were unable to contact Barnett, who had traveled to Charleston to testify in his lawsuit against Boeing.

"Upon their arrival, officers discovered a male inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to the head," police said in a statement sent to NPR. "He was pronounced deceased at the scene."

The office of Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal said that Barnett, who had been living in Louisiana after retiring from Boeing, died "from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Comment Re:DEI can be part of the corruption too (Score 1) 132

by 0xG (#64302725) Attached to: United Plane Veers Off Runway in Third Boeing Incident This Week

When Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas merged, Boeing was an engineer-driven company with a track record of producing high quality aircraft, and McDonnell was an MBA-driven company with a track record of producing shoddy, problematic airccraft. Since Boeing has a much better reputation...

I really don't know where you got that idea - aside from reading other coments - but the DC-10, and later the MD-11 was about the nicest jet out there, IMO. Spacious, large, and very quiet, with the engines at the back. If you had ever flown one you would know that 'Boeng built higher quality aircraft ' is pure BS.

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