Hertz will place orders for up to 175,000 electric cars from General Motors over the next five years and Sixt will order around 100,000 BEVs and PHEVs from BYD.
Sixt’s first arrivals of electric cars and plug-in hybrids from Warren Buffet-backed BYD will arrive weeks from now in Germany, France and the Netherlands and expand to about 100,000 units over six years, the rental company said, following an agreement signed between the two companies. They will also look at opportunities to supply electric vehicles in other global regions, Sixt’s statement said.
The supply agreement will begin with BYD’s ATTO 3 SUV, a C-segment sized vehicle. Sixt aims for between 70% and 90% of its fleet to be electrified, meaning either battery-electric or hybrid, by 2030 and is modifying its SIXT app to ease access to public charging networks.
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