Hertz expands EV program with agreement to buy 65,000 vehicles from Polestar

The Estero-based rental car giant partners with second manufacturer as it grows its electric vehicle program


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:10 p.m. April 4, 2022
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is the face of The Hertz Co.'s electric vehicle push, which has grown with the Polestar partnership. (Courtesy photo)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is the face of The Hertz Co.'s electric vehicle push, which has grown with the Polestar partnership. (Courtesy photo)
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The Hertz Corp. is expanding its electric vehicle push by buying an additional 65,000 cars, this time from Swedish manufacturer Polestar.

The vehicles, the Polestar 2 model, will be purchased over the next five years and will first hit the Lee County rental car company’s fleet this spring in Europe and then in the U.S. and Australia later this year.

A spokesperson for Hertz says additional terms of the deal won't be disclosed.

 

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