Hertz will bring thousands of electric vehicles to major US cities — as well as charging them
Hertz is starting to roll out what the company claims is North America’s largest fleet of electric car rentals in Denver, and shows how it plans to continue that rollout nationwide.
The company on Thursday announced Hertz Electrify, a public-private partnership that aims to bring electric vehicles to rental customers and carpool drivers in major cities, with the accompanying charging infrastructure.
Hertz plans to deploy up to 5,200 electric vehicles in Denver while adding charging stations at Denver International Airport and its own rental locations. blood pressure spikean oil company unit, will also help install public charging stations in Denver neighborhoods as part of an existing partnership with Hertz.
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The plan also includes outreach. Hertz plans to share telecom data to support billing infrastructure planning, provide summer jobs through the Denver Youth Enrollment Program, and provide electric vehicles, tools, and training created for the local Montebello Vocational and Technical High School automotive program.
This model will be replicated in other cities, where Hertz not only deploys electric vehicles and charging stations, but also provides telecom data to help plan charging networks and efforts to help communities. has not been served.
Hertz has announced plans to buy 100,000 Tesla Model 3sto 65,000 Polestar EV more than five years, and up to 175,000 GM EV through 2027—and more from other automakers. With this announcement, it’s become clearer how the company intends to use that large fleet.
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In addition to traditional car-hire customers looking to get around while on vacation or business trips, Hertz plans to offer electric vehicles to carpool drivers under what the company calls “flexible contracts.” . In the US, the rental giant already offers Tesla cars for Uber drivers under a special rental program.
Hertz also earlier this week announced plans with Uber to expand its electric vehicle rollout to European capitals, starting in London and expanding to Paris and Amsterdam. Uber and Hertz aim to have 25,000 electric cars across Europe by 2025.
