Hertz also disclosed on Thursday that about 80% of the battery electric cars in its fleet are Teslas today. About 11% of Hertz's entire fleet is comprised of electric cars now. With around 50,000 electric cars in its fleet currently, that means Hertz has around 35,000 Teslas in its fleet now. That number is far shy of the 100,000 Tesla electric cars Hertz originally said it was ordering from Tesla by the end of 2022. Musk frequently says that electric cars require less maintenance than counterparts with internal combustion engines (including plug-in hybrid electrics).

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Persons: Hertz, Stephen Scherr, Scherr, Tesla, Tom Brady, Elon Musk, Nikhil Naikal Organizations: Hertz, Hertz Global, GM, Twitter, CNBC Locations: EVs