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Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast

Episode 326: Hertz Orders 100,000 Model 3's

Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

Business News, News, Automotive, Leisure

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Hertz makes the boldest move the rental car industry has seen in years by ordering 100,000 Tesla Model 3's. Plus: not one but three new paint colors emerge for Giga Berlin, Model 3 is taking over all of Europe, and more!

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0:00.0

On this week's episode, a Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast,

0:03.4

Hertz makes the boldest move the rental car industry has seen in years

0:08.0

by ordering a hundred thousand Tesla Model 3s.

0:11.7

Plus, not one but three new paint colors emerge for

0:15.6

Gigaburlin. Model 3 is taking over all of Europe and more. The What's happening friends alongside a walked fed and happy Daisy the Boxer?

0:44.8

I'm Ryan McCaffrey. This is Ride the Lightning your weekly Tesla Unofficial Podcast host

0:49.2

for episode 326 on Halloween, October 31st, 2021.

0:55.0

Happy Halloween if you happen to be listening on the show that the day is released.

1:00.0

Hope you have a good day with your family or your friends whatever you might be up to for this unofficial kickoff of the holiday season.

1:08.0

Yes, Q4 is upon us. The end of the year is here. Well, the end of the year is here.

1:13.2

Well, the end of the year is going extremely well for Tesla.

1:17.5

This made such massive news that you may have heard about this already,

1:21.5

but I've got a lot of thoughts. This is the big

1:24.4

story of the week which you probably already knew going in just by virtue of

1:29.4

how massive this news is and that is Hertz rental cars has ordered 100,000 Tesla

1:39.5

model 3s. Bloomberg was the first to break the story and they note that the cars will be

1:44.6

delivered over the next 14 months meaning between now and the end of

1:48.6

2022. Model 3 sedans will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major U.S. markets and parts of Europe, starting in early November right now.

2:00.0

The cars will also have access to the supercharger network,

2:04.0

and Hurt says they'll build their own network too.

2:07.0

Now, I presume their own network probably means Tesla destination chargers at Hertz locations and

2:16.4

remember not every car rental not every Hertz location is at an airport they're

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