Hertz Global Holdings

Hertz posts worse-than-expected loss after shrinking fleet

Pershing Square Capital Management has a 19.8% stake in Hertz comprised of outright share ownership and total return swaps.

Hertz wins over Ackman in a bet tariffs will boost value of cars

The company has said it plans to sell 30,000 EVs by the end of this year and get to a number that its customers want to rent.

Hertz falls on mounting losses from failed bet on Tesla EVs

Hertz has been exploring financing options after reporting the loss in April.

Hertz weighs US$700 million sale of secured debt, convertibles

Hertz has been struggling under the weight of a strategic error it made in doubling down on EVs, sinking precious cash into 100,000 Teslas in 2021.

Hertz is exploring options for raising financing

The car rental company took a US$195 million charge for the depreciation of an additional 10,000 EVs that Hertz is now holding for sale.

Hertz reports US$392 million loss as it unwinds Tesla fleet burden

Hertz’s new owners were making a fully charged bet to swap Hertz’s petrol-powered rental-car fleet for EVs.

How Hertz’s bet on Teslas went horribly sideways

Hertz announced its EV sell-down plans in January, citing lacklustre demand, costly depreciation and expensive repairs.

Hertz’s CEO to step down as car renter unwinds bet on EVs

Hertz plans to use some of the money raised by selling off EVs to buy petrol-powered vehicles.

Hertz to sell 20,000 EVs in shift back to petrol-powered cars

Hundreds of customers said in court papers that Hertz filed police reports against them and had them falsely arrested, often at gunpoint.

Hertz to settle most false-arrest claims for US$168m