The $400 Per Week Camry & TLC Fleet Economics

With the EV exemption gone, TLC drivers fear the return of the "$400 per week Camry". We dig into the numbers on why it costs so much to rent a TLC-plated Camry and how TLC rules may progress

One of the first pieces I wrote for this newsletter (then known as TLCMKT) attempted to shed light on a question TLC drivers always asked me, especially pre-pandemic:

• Why does it cost $400+ per week to rent a TLC-plated Camry (or similar car)?!

I wanted to re-visit the numbers as TLC drivers, who currently rent, are calling for a mechanism that gives th…