No worries. This cost was done by taxi companies in the 1st
place by driving up COE prices with new purchases.
In the end, when they have a lot of vehicles available for
rental, you'll see a charm offensive to get new hirers. Plus they
are not so worried, instead of scrapping vehicles at year 5, they
will hold on to year 7 and recover all these extra charges.
Of course some hirers will face some problems if they get too
keen to drive new vehicles. For those who are patient, and wait for
the repossessions, they will get a better deal.
Even if repossess by the taxi company,they will not lower
rental,long Q at CDG to be hirer,be it brand new cars or up to 4 yr
old car.Difference in rental between 1yr & 4 yr cars is only a
few dollars.