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    Hertz will buy 100,000 Teslas, marking a big bet on electric vehicles in rental cars

    The purchase order for the Tesla Model 3s is an audacious move for Hertz, a company staging a comeback after going through bankruptcy last year.
    by Camila Domonoske Oct 25, 2021 1 minute
    A sign hangs above a Hertz rental car office on Aug. 4, 2020, in Chicago. The company said it's buying 100,000 Teslas in a bold move to diversify into electric vehicles.

    The car-rental giant Hertz is making an audacious bet on electric vehicles, purchasing 100,000 battery-powered vehicles from Tesla.

    By the end of next year, electric vehicles would make up more than 20% of Hertz's global fleet. That's a huge percentage, considering

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