"The only thing that gives me a bigger charge than driving a Hertz Tesla is Gisele. "
Posted on 10/25/2021 1:17:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Hertz, the car rental agency, said Monday that it had placed an order for 100,000 Teslas, a sign of growing momentum in the shift to electric vehicles.
By the end of next year, when the Tesla order is completed, electric vehicles will make up more than 20% of Hertz’s global vehicle fleet, the company said.
Hertz said it was teaming with NFL quarterback Tom Brady to promote its EV offerings in a marketing campaign.
“Electric vehicles are now mainstream, and we’ve only just begun to see rising global demand and interest,” Mark Fields, Hertz’s interim chief executive, said in a news release. “The new Hertz is going to lead the way as a mobility company, starting with the largest EV rental fleet in North America and a commitment to grow our EV fleet and provide the best rental and recharging experience for leisure and business customers around the world.”
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Hertz is still around ?
Wasn’t Hertz just selling off their remaining inventory of cars as they were in bankruptcy?
Now they’re buying Teslas?
Hardly Mainstream. Maybe 1 in 10,000.
This is not including Hybrids, but electric only.
"The only thing that gives me a bigger charge than driving a Hertz Tesla is Gisele. "
LOL
They’ll have to discount them heavily. They would have to rent to me for free and then I’d probably say TANSTAAFL.
Acronym of there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch; something advertised as being “free” will invariably have hidden costs. 1966, Robert Heinlein
Had OJ been driving a Hertz Tesla instead of the Bronco he might have gotten away.
In before all the luddite shrills scream coal powered blah blah.
Get with the times boomer. Coal is less than 20% of total electricity made. Natural gas is by far the largest share. With nuclear and renewables both individually making more than coal does. Put another way 40% of the total USA power is from nuclear and renewables so if anything these EVs are more nuclear and renewables powered than coal BY FAR.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
$TSLA to the moon. Love it.
No GT350s? One thing those t-cars don’t have, despite their acceleration capabilities, is the awesome sound my Ram Hemi has through the borla cat back exhaust. Gotta say, it’s the best sounding truck on the street. I don’t get to hear it very often but Mrs rktman took it to the store the other day and I went outside when she left. Noice!!!!!
Who would want to RENT an electric vehicle? Sounds like a great way to wreck a vacation!
Could I ask on question of much better informed people here?
When EV availability started I heard someone interviewed who said “No, your regular socket for a reading lamp or a TV can’t be used. You have to have a big socket like the ones for a clothes dryer installed in your garage or wherever you run your power line for the car charge.”
Is that true or still true?
I did hear a person on a business meeting trip heading out of town with a rental EV was told “They have a row of chargers at the biggest parking structure downtown. You can plug it in there.”
Had OJ been driving a Hertz Tesla instead of the Bronco he might have gotten away.
Or he would have saved us money and been incinerated when the Tesla hits a tree.
Hope they have really long extension cords .... long way between charging stations here in Texas.
Not for long.
Friend of a local right wing talk guy here told him when he got to the rental car place they had ONLY EV cars there. Gas cars were 100% rented and gone. That trend will probably take off now.
His trip would require a re-charge while he was at a conference before a trip back to town here.
I know a car rental company I won’t be renting a car from.
I’ll be looking for the rental car company that starts with an “E” instead, until they too go all-electric.
Somebody should be starting a car rental company that promises “no EVs here”. I bet they would eat up the competition that has all-EVs.
Was thinking the same. I understand that with an EV that you charge at home and drive locally, you might be able to get into a routine that minimizes the inconvenience of recharging. But the last thing I’d want while on vacation is a bunch of recharging hassles. I’m sorry. Hertz is stupid. I get that some people think Teslas are “cool,” but I can fill the tank of any gasoline-powered vehicle in 5 minutes at any of countless gas stations everywhere. Why would I sacrifice that convenience?
At a guess, I’d say that Hertz is getting some sort of subsidy from the Govt. Or is doing this to ingratiate themselves with the DemonRATs is search of some rent.
We’ll have to read the new Dem “climate” bill after it passes to find out how much gravy is being dispensed.
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