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The rental car industry struggled during the height of the pandemic when Americans were not traveling, and the major rental car companies sold off a huge amount of their inventory. Hertz even filed for bankruptcy at one point.  

Hertz plans to purchase at least 100,000 Teslas to electrify its U.S. and European fleet. The first Model 3 sedans have already landed at a few Hertz lots.

As per the latest information available, Hertz says deliveries of Tesla cars into its rental fleet are already occurring, despite a tweet Monday night by Elon Musk that the automaker has not signed a contract with the company.

Musk tweeted that a deal to sell 100,000 cars to Hertz had not been signed.

Musk tweeted, “If any of this is based on Hertz, I’d like to emphasize that no contract has been signed yet.”

After massive gains the past week due to a supposed Hertz deal, Tesla stocks went crashing Tuesday because of a single Elon Musk tweet.

Elon Musk once again proved how much financial weight his words carry, when a single tweet he sent about Tesla cause his company's stock to drop.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said no contract has been signed with Hertz after the rental car company announced a deal that led to Teslas market value surpassing $1 trillion, media reports say.According to BBC, last week shares in Tesla jumped ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled almost 4% in midday trading Tuesday after its chief executive officer and founder Elon Musk tweeted that a contract to sell 100,000 cars to Hertz had not been signed, suggesting the deal had not been finalized.

Hertz stockholders will offer 37.1 million shares, of which Hertz said it intends to buy between $250 million and $500 million of the shares from underwriters.