The deal also explains the price increases as even less production will be available for individuals and any discount Hertz gets will be offset by the higher prices individuals pay.
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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jkirkwood001
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I don't think rental companies service their cars, but the resale on a Tesla is way better.
Years ago my insurance gave me a rental while my car was repaired after being badly hit. I was a courier driver. After 5,000 kms in a month, and 30,000 total kms on the odometer, I asked them if they wanted to change the oil or anything. The guy said "what? NO." Thought after that, I'll never buy an ex-rental car!
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Todd Burch
14-Year Member
So they’re probably buying some chargers from Tesla too"Customers will have access to Tesla’s network of superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure, they said."
.This company better not go out of business again. Running ads before even having teslas for rent? Lol man mainstream LOVES advertisement.
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They probably just did the same maintenance and fueling cost/benefit we all have done.
Hertz just closed off a big path for other EVs to compete with Tesla. A 100,000 order from the biggest rental car brand would have been a big boost for VW, etc. Might have been the catalyst to make them a contender.
Now it’s unlikely Hertz is going to place another order like that anytime soon. And I don’t see how Avis, et. al competes here without buying a bunch of Teslas of their own.
Now it’s unlikely Hertz is going to place another order like that anytime soon. And I don’t see how Avis, et. al competes here without buying a bunch of Teslas of their own.
But wonderful advertising for Tesla here and now.
2daMoon
Mostly Harmless
Okay, somebody get that stock another double espresso, that first shot may be wearing off.
We want it bright-eyed and bushy tailed when the market opens, right?
We want it bright-eyed and bushy tailed when the market opens, right?
Current price is 43,990, destination and documentation is 1,200, so revenue is 45,120. $42k is a $3k hit or about 7%. If Hertz handles the shipping, it improves things (assuming fleet sales still pay the $1,200).
Edit: Y is at Austin, not 3...
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Knightshade
Well-Known Member
Not very well though- owners were given 0 info about what's going on unless they specifically kept checking Elons twitter.
(and no, this is NOT a post about needing a PR team)
I mean- it's fantastic they have the capability of stopping a rollout they know there's safety issues with- but they ALSO have the capability of sending an automated message via the app informing owners that happened, including those who already got the problematic update and might otherwise only find a problem during driving.
Which happened to a number of folks that have posted about it.
Which isn't great.
Further- the initial rollback was stopped too (I'm still on the broken version myself- the rollback push was accidentally a non-FSDbeta version-- bad in that it prompted a bunch of upset folks who have now "lost" the beta.... but then they pulled it when many folks were mid-download and those folks are STILL on the "dangerous" version right now).
So I had no idea when I'd get a "safe" firmware version at all.
Since I DO read Elons twitter, he said a new 10.3.1 was now rolling out (posted ~2 hours ago)--- checking my app right now though still nothing- so I'm still on the "dangerous" version and if I hadn't been paying attention to twitter or this forum I'd have no idea that was the case.
I'm fortunate in that I can just not drive it for a day or two if needed, but not everyone has the option-- and more importantly, the "average" owner would have no idea he shouldn't drive today on 10.3 and should wait for 10.3.1.
Which could easily have been fixed with a message push via the app.
And I have no doubt if someone pointed that out to Elon he'd agree that it should obviously happen any time a version is pulled but there might be people who installed the 'bad' version and don't realize it's bad. But nobody has, and he's got 27,000 other more important things in his head at any given time otherwise.
Tesla has a lot of towering strengths, but communication and messaging isn't one of them. Normally not a huge issue-- but here, esp. with NHTSA already sniffing around not understanding OTA and recalls-- it's....not great.
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Notice how that news said “100k initial order?”
Not complaining for Tesla, but papa need them 4.2 billion paid. And I would like to see them as a healthy company to put butt in seats.
Dancing Lemur
Hoopy Frood
Nope, I still hate Tom Brady.
Interesting that only M3 is mentioned in the release. I would have thought the MY would have been at least half of the order, but maybe Tesla wouldn’t sell them any Ys.
”Let’s see how you do with the M3, young man. Then we’ll talk about the Y.”
Yeah, not just the “Tesla cult” buying anymore. Hertz will have done their homework. This is a big corporate endorsement, probably as big as Semi fleet sales.
More rental companies, Taxis, corporate leases…
Ferragu (and FactChecking) don’t think there’s any discount. Plus, if there’s already a Hertz Tesla add, the deal was probably negotiated some time ago.
Hertz said this 100K is an initial order. Another order of Y's could be coming later on.
They were under chapt. 11, then a guy with money came and pull them out.
Now he made the call.
Iain
Member
I think they forgot to hit the send button. I’ve yet to see anyone say they have received it.
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