Tesla stock climbed more than 4% in early trading hours Monday to about $952 — surpassing an all-time closing high of $909.68 from Friday — after Hertz confirmed customers could rent Model 3s beginning in November. Read more:
Shares of Tesla skyrocketed past an all-time closing high Monday morning after reports that Hertz placed an order to buy 100,000 cars as the recently bankrupt car-rental company embraces the booming electric-vehicle market in a bid to turn around its ailing business.Key Facts
Tesla stock climbed more than 4% in early trading hours to about $952 on Monday, surpassing an all-time closing high of $909.68 from Friday and propelling the car-maker's market value by about $36 billion. Hertz ordered the vehicles to be delivered before the end of next year as part of a broader effort to electrify its rental-car fleet.
In a Monday morning note, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the order marks the biggest electric vehicle order ever placed thanks to a hefty price tag of $4.2 billion. In a statement, Hertz said customers will be able to rent the Tesla Model 3s from its locations beginning in early November and pointed out the order will help electric vehicles comprise more than 20% of the company's global fleet.
Shares of Hertz, which trade over the counter and are no longer listed on a major exchange, were roughly flat after falling 3% on Friday.for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last May as the Covid-19 pandemic dealt a massive blow to demand in the leisure industry. The company emerged from bankruptcy this June after shedding more than $5 billion in debt, thanks in part to a new group of investors.
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