On November 3, Hertz, a car rental company, confirmed on Tuesday that Tesla had begun to deliver cars to its rental fleet. Earlier, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said on twitter that Tesla had not signed a contract with the company < p > musk wrote that he wanted to emphasize that "there is no contract with Hertz at present". He also said: "the transaction with Hertz has no financial impact on Tesla because it will sell cars to Hertz at the same profit margin as consumers." < / P > < p > Lauren luster, Hertz's public relations director, declined to discuss the specific details of the agreement, but indicated that the company would still follow the plan announced last week, Order 100000 Tesla electric vehicles by the end of 2022 < p > in his e-mail statement, Lester said: "As we announced last week, Hertz has initially ordered 100000 Tesla electric vehicles and is investing in building a new electric vehicle charging infrastructure involving the whole company's global business. Tesla has begun to deliver cars. We see that our leasing business has very strong early demand for Tesla cars, which also reflects the market demand for Tesla cars The needs of. " < / P > < p > traditionally, investors may be worried when carmakers sell a large number of vehicles to leasing companies. This is because cars sold to leasing companies are usually sold at a discount, which can help reduce inflated inventory and increase total vehicle delivery. < / P > < p > Hertz announced that it will expand its electric vehicle leasing fleet by 2022 After the news of ordering 100000 Tesla cars at the end of the year, Tesla's share price soared, and its market value exceeded $1 trillion for the first time. < / P > < p > mark fields, interim CEO of Hertz, said last week that the company had begun to negotiate with Tesla to buy these vehicles "a few months ago". He called it a "great partnership" , which is also one of Hertz's initiatives to lead the leasing company to manage a large electric vehicle fleet. < / P > < p > two days after announcing the initial order of 100000 Tesla vehicles, Hertz said that by 2023, the company would lease half of its electric vehicles to Uber drivers. The company said, "if this model succeeds" The lofty ideals and high aspirations may novel coronavirus pneumonia, which may increase the number of electric vehicles to 150 thousand in the next three years.

Hertz points out that these ambitions may be affected by other factors beyond their control, such as semiconductor chip shortages or other constraints.

filed for bankruptcy protection during the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia outbreak, but with the rebound in travel, the demand for rental vehicles rose. Investors in knighthead capital management and certares management said they would take over the company. < / P > < p > in early trading Tuesday local time, Hertz's share price hit a 52 week high of $46 per share, up 35%. Tesla's share price fell slightly to less than $1175 per share. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (small) < / P > < p >