Posted on 11/04/2021 8:22:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tesla and Hertz are negotiating how fast the electric car manufacturer will be able to deliver 100,000 vehicles to the rental company amid confusion over a recent announcement by Hertz that they would be receiving them by the end of next year, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the two companies were negotiating the timeframe for when Tesla would be expected to deliver its 100,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to Hertz. Hertz is reportedly still receiving that quantity at Tesla’s list price, however.
One of the people the newspaper spoke to said that some Tesla officials had taken aback by an announcement Hertz made last week in which they claimed that they would be receiving 100,000 Tesla EVs by the end of 2022. Those officials were under the assumption that Hertz would receive roughly 10,000 each year, that person said.
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So, if you are out in the middle of NFW and you forgot to charge up, does hurts or AAA show up with a can of electricity for you to send you on your way? What if you’re in hurricane country and out of power for weeks at a time? IIRC there is some portion of the POS buhzillion dollar bill that install charging stations. Uh, how come we’re paying for it? Shouldn’t power companies be doing that like the oil companies did? Yeah, I’m not renting one either.
It will be a disaster in every way imaginable. Hertz will “rent” very few of these cars for very short periods only and will lose money on every car they purchase and rent.
What kind of business doesn’t negotiate a price break for buying a large quantity of anything?
I was in a tesla this summer, never again. It’s insane to use.
Like everyone else, it depends on the use (trip length) and region of the country I would be traveling in. But I would rent a Tesla in a heartbeat if it met the requirements of my particular travel. One thing I would like to experience is a relatively quiet 0-60 in 1.9 seconds (!) That must be a lot better than the fastest elevator I have experienced.
Electric has a lot of advantage to most drivers - a far simpler device (no fuel, ignition, exhaust or engine cooling systems, etc.) should be more reliable. Unbelievable, instantaneous torque. Good for local trucking applications. May be less expensive to build when it arrives at the scale of current IC powered cars.
At present - disadvantages as to range, price and availability of charging locations. But those can be overcome.
Rental fleets are an interesting conundrum for manufacturers. On the plus side its a great try before you buy opportunity to expose your product to the market. On the negative side, selling into a fleet that may get dumped on the market simultaneously as used cars in 1-2 years can depress resale values.
They can show him in a car chase on an L.A. freeway in a Tesla with the people on overpasses chanting, GO! OJ, GO!
Agent at rental return counter: "I'm sorry, but you didn't return the car with 100% charge, so we're going to have to add a $150 recharging fee to your account."
Hertz has already said that they're partnering with Uber to have Uber drivers rent Teslas on a weekly basis from Hertz to use as Uber vehicles.
https://www.vox.com/recode/22750807/hertz-tesla-uber-electric-car
Tesla became a trillion-dollar company this week after the announcement of a massive deal with Hertz. The rental car company said it would purchase 100,000 Tesla Model 3 sedans by the end of 2022, and that sent Tesla’s stock price north of $1,000 a share. Two days later, Hertz revealed that Uber has committed to renting as many as half of these electric vehicles to its ride-hail drivers. Hertz even recruited Tom Brady to promote its new fleet.
In these times, paying list price is getting a price break.
Care to explain
I’ve never been in one
I don’t care what powers it.
Coal will likely power it. /s
Long story sort....I love BMW cars but this one was terrible in every way!
Do you have to bring it back “Full”?
I’m suspecting that there is some sort of subsidy going on here.
I was watching mecum auctions last night. Watching all these older, really nice vehicles selling for $7000-$20,000 or so and thinking “when thr world switches over to mostly ev’s in the future because of asinine mandates, these older vehicles will fetch massive prices as they become harder and harder to find and ow. They might even start jumping up in price, as folks are getting sick of current vehicles selling for more than they paid for their first homes back in the day.
Some of those mecum vehicles were really nice looking too, but of course who knows if they were all bondo’d up or not? Would have to be there in person to really tell.
From what I have seen on tv of the Barret-Jackson and Mecum auctions, there are some good deals to be had on the first day of live bidding. The really pricey stuff goes on saturday and sunday.
Yep, noticed that too. Kinda cool though to see all,the cars I grew up surrounded by, on display. Such great styling back then on many of them.
The. Early broncos In the auctions are really hot right now, but super expensive.
Time and time again I see a car roll onto the block in the auction and think “Love it! I’d take that... if only” lol
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