Passenger volumes haven't been as high as expected, so a new passenger car service between Kitchener and Guelph that used a fleet of Tesla cars has had to make a few changes.
Wroute Inc. recently let seven drivers go and also reduced service hours.
The Kitchener-based service offers daily trips between Kitchener's Fairview Park Mall and Guelph's Central Station.
The owner of Wroute said they expected there to be a lot more passenger activity than there has been.
"It is increasing every month (passenger volume), which is great, just not at the rate we expected. Unfortunately to make sure that the company can continue for long enough to wait for that passenger volume to increase, we had to reduce both our service and the size of the team ... to make sure the company extends long enough to do that." Jason Hammond explained.
Wroute launched in September with 27 drivers. They're now down to 20.
Hammond said they made changes to their schedule based on the times they really weren't seeing the demand, such as early morning and late evening. "We took about one hour from the morning and an hour from the evening, during the week. Then a few hours in both the morning and evening, over the weekend."
He added it was a "difficult" decision, but it had to be done to protect the longevity of the company.
Wroute has a fleet of ten Tesla Model X 100D vehicles.
