Another Blow To Tesla? Hertz's EV Disposal Plan Jumps By 10K As Car-Rental Company Aims For 95% Gas-Powered Fleet By Year-End
Another Blow To Tesla? Hertz's EV Disposal Plan Jumps By 10K As Car-Rental Company Aims For 95% Gas-Powered Fleet By Year-End
Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings (NASDAQ:HTZ) is now looking to remove 30,000 electric vehicles from its fleet, significantly higher than the number announced earlier this year.
汽車租賃公司赫茲環球控股公司（納斯達克股票代碼：HTZ）現在正計劃從其車隊中移除3萬輛電動汽車，大大高於今年早些時候公佈的數字。
What Happened: Earlier this year, Hertz announced that it is looking to reduce its EV fleet by 20,000 units through 2024, citing high repair costs as the driving factor. However, at the company's first-quarter earnings call on Thursday, company COO Justin Keppy said that it has increased the EV disposal plan by another 10,000 units.
發生了什麼：今年早些時候，赫茲宣佈，計劃在2024年之前將其電動汽車車隊減少20,000輛，理由是高昂的維修成本是驅動因素。但是，在週四的公司第一季度業績電話會議上，公司首席運營官賈斯汀·凱皮表示，已將電動汽車處置計劃又增加了10,000輛。
As of the end of the first quarter, the company had already sold about 10,000 EVs, he said, on which it incurred vehicle depreciation costs of $195 million.
他說，截至第一季度末，該公司已經售出了約10,000輛電動汽車，這方面的車輛折舊成本爲1.95億美元。
"Upon completion, we anticipate that the remaining EV fleet will be better aligned with attractive demand for EVs with a priority on our rideshare business," Keppy said.
凱皮說：“建成後，我們預計剩餘的電動汽車車隊將更好地適應對電動汽車的誘人需求，優先考慮我們的拼車業務。”
The decision to further reduce EVs within the fleet will help it align better with demand and lower operating costs, Keppy said. The company expects to see the benefits of reducing EVs from the fleet in the second half and for EVs deployed outside of rideshare to comprise just about 5% of its global fleet as of the end of 2024.
凱皮說，進一步減少車隊內電動汽車的決定將有助於其更好地適應需求並降低運營成本。該公司預計，下半年將電動汽車從車隊中減少所帶來的好處，到2024年底，在拼車之外部署的電動汽車將僅佔其全球車隊的5％左右。
Why It Matters: Hertz on Thursday reported an adjusted loss of $1.28 per share, much higher than the analyst consensus estimate of a loss of 44 cents.
爲何重要：赫茲週四公佈調整後每股虧損1.28美元，遠高於分析師共識估計的44美分虧損。
"Fleet and direct operating costs weighed on this quarter's performance," said CEO Gil West. "We're tackling both issues – getting to the right supply of vehicles at an acceptable capital cost while at the same time driving productivity up and operating costs down."
首席執行官吉爾·韋斯特說：“機隊和直接運營成本打壓了本季度的業績。”“我們正在解決這兩個問題——以可接受的資本成本獲得正確的車輛供應，同時提高生產率和降低運營成本。”
Price Action: Hertz stock closed down 19.3% at $4.68 per share, according to data from Benzinga Pro. The stock is down 54.1% year-to-date.
價格走勢：根據Benzinga Pro的數據，赫茲股價收盤下跌19.3％，至每股4.68美元。該股今年迄今已下跌54.1％。
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