Hertz will make a new fleet accessible to tourists and business customers, as well as provide electric cars to drivers participating in the Rideshare program

Hertz will acquire 65 thousand electric vehicles from Polestar for Europe, North America and Australia

Hertz will make a new fleet accessible to tourists and business customers, as well as provide electric cars to drivers participating in the Rideshare program (the program of joint use of car rented). The initial order will be on the model of the Polestar 2 EV electric car.

Car rental company Hertz In partnership with the Swedish manufacturer of premium electric vehicles Polestar (belongs to Volvo) For five years will be purchased up to 65,000 electric vehicles. Since the spring of 2022, they will be available in Europe, and from the end of 2022 – in North America and Australia.

For HERTZ, partnership is based on the rental of a large electric vehicle in North America and is part of the commitment of electrification, joint mobility and digital customer service.

“Today's partnership with Polestar further strengthens our ambitions to become a leading participant in the modern ecosystem of mobility and do it as an environmentally -oriented company,” said General Director Hertz Stephen Sherr. Working with the leaders of the electric vehicle industry, such as Polestar, we can help accelerate the implementation of electrification by providing tenants, corporate clients and partners of the program RideShare premium electric vehicles, exceptional experience and less carbon trace.

Hertz will make a fleet accessible to customers of the company traveling with business or tourist purposes, as well as provide electric cars to drivers participating in the Rideshare program. The initial order will be on Polestar 2 EVwhich has a Scandinavian design and an information and entertainment system at the base Android Automotive OS.

Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlat Added: “Partnership with such a world pioneer in the field of car rental as Hertz will bring a wider audience amazing impressions of driving an electric car, satisfying a wide range of short -term and long -term needs of our common customers in mobility. For many customers, this may be the first time they get behind the wheel of an electric car, and it will be Polestar.