The Rental Giant That Dumped 30,000 EVs Is Now Betting On Self-Driving EVs

Hertz has established its new Oro Mobility unit to support Uber’s robotaxi fleet. Ora will handle charging, maintenance, and repairs for Lucid robotaxis. Five years ago, Hertz dived head-first into the world of EVs, costing it millions. Hertz has designs on the driverless future, and it doesn’t involve building a single self-driving car of its own. The rental giant wants to run the robotaxi fleets instead, starting with an operation led by Uber, and let someone else worry about the hardware and the software stack. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); Few companies have the…

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