TURIN – Car enthusiasts, but not only, today have followed with curiosity the chirps of the founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, and the answers of one of the largest car rental groups in the world, Hertz. A few days ago, the US company that rents the cars announced a maxi order of electric cars to gradually replace the vehicles in its fleet. Full electric cars produced by Tesla, so much so that the stock of the company founded by Musk has started to run. On the other hand, 100,000 Tesla had been booked by the end of 2022. A figure that had given wings to Tesla stocks by helping the electric car giant to reach 1 trillion dollars of market capitalization.
Today, with a tweet, comes the clarification of Musk: “Tesla has not yet signed a contract with Hertz,” says the CEO. And then he adds: “I would like to point out that no contracts have been signed yet,” Musk writes on Twitter. And he specifies: “Tesla has much more demand than production, so we will only sell cars to Hertz with the same margin as private consumers.” In short, no discount. “The deal with Hertz has no effect on our finances,” he remarks.
What happened? Why this clarification? A thriller. However, the release of Musk does not escape Hertz who retorted tightly: “The deliveries of the Tesla have already begun”. Lauren Luster, Hertz’s communications director, declined to talk about the details of the deal, but reiterated that plans are to have 100,000 Tesla by the end of 2022. “As announced last week, Hertz placed an initial order. of 100,000 Tesla and is investing in the infrastructure for charging electric cars “. In short, there would be an agreement and the contract as well. “Tesla shipments have already begun. We are seeing very strong initial demand for Teslas,” he concluded. Result? Tesla’s stock lost 2.6%. And the riders of the Stock Exchange thank you.
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