Business travellers know Hertz for individual car hire. But the rental company's solutions also extend to larger-scale partnerships. Since 2016, Hertz has partnered with Uber to offer the platform's drivers preferential rates for weekly rentals including insurance, basic vehicle maintenance and unlimited mileage. So drivers don't have to make long-term commitments to buy or lease a car.
This is how the two major players in the urban transport sector intend to work together to develop the use of electric vehicles in Europe. Hertz will provide drivers with Uber up to 25,000 electric vehicles in major European capitals by 2025, including models from Tesla and Polestar. "By making electric vehicles available to the platform's drivers, we will not only be helping to reduce pollutant emissions in Europe's conurbations, but also extending the opportunities for the general public to benefit from electrification." said Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr.
This initiative is in line with the environmental strategy of both groups. Hertz aims to have one of the largest electric rental fleets in the world, Uber aims for zero emissions in Europe and North America by 2030. This ambition has even been reduced to 2025 in the case of the city of Paris. London. The partnership will begin in the British capital in January, before being extended to Paris and Amsterdam later in the year.
" The European extension of our partnership with Hertz will give a major boost to our transition to zero emissions." said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO ofUber. This partnership targeting Europe's major metropolises is in fact an extension of that already existing in the United States since November 2021, and extended to Canada last year. Nearly 50,000 drivers have already benefited from the scheme, making a total of more than 24 million 100 % electric journeys, equivalent to a distance of more than 400 million kilometres.
