Articles tagged “tesla”

News Blog

Hertz, Uber Bringing 25,000 Electric Cars to European Cities

After renting out some 50,000 electric cars to Uber drivers across North America, Hertz is now taking its partnership with the ride hailing giant to Europe, where it will make 25,000 Tesla and Polestar vehicles available. The European expansion begins in London this month, before it adds other European capitals including Paris and Amsterdam. The…

Matthew Parsons | 3 weeks ago

Online Travel

Why Yanolja CEO Sees Tesla as a Metaphor for His Superapp Company

Yanolja has ambitious plans to be everything to everyone — will that work for the superapp?

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago

Why Yanolja CEO Sees Tesla as a Metaphor for His Superapp Company

Startups

Car Rental App Kyte Raises $60 Million

Kyte wants to simplify car rentals, while yet another short-term rental platform, this time in Germany, raises millions.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Car Rental App Kyte Raises $60 Million

Tourism

The Electrified All-American Summer Road Trip

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a Tesla-fied summer road trip, Aegean Airlines’ recovery, and the appeal of select-service hotels.

Rashaad Jorden | 5 months ago

The Electrified All-American Summer Road Trip

Travel Technology

What I Learned About the Future of Electric Cars on My Family’s Summer Road Trip

We drove 2,400 miles and juiced up at 14 charging stations in August on a round-trip journey from New Jersey to Florida, and back. Our experience and my diary of that trip hopefully serves as a playbook for the companies that are still innovating for this still-nascent way to travel.

Mike Linden | 5 months ago

What I Learned About the Future of Electric Cars on My Family’s Summer Road Trip

Business Travel

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

It's good that these companies are stepping up to back their women employees' right to choose.

Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson, Reuters | 7 months ago

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

Rental Cars

New Hertz CEO Will Be Ex-Goldman Sachs Finance Chief Stephen Scherr

Hertz's next CEO has his work cut out for him in remaking the company. The car rental firm's transformation plan sounds good on paper, but it will be up to Stephen Scherr to turn vision into reality.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

New Hertz CEO Will Be Ex-Goldman Sachs Finance Chief Stephen Scherr

Rental Cars

Hertz Orders 100,000 Tesla Cars in Effort to Create Electric Fleet

Although electric cars could play an enormous role in the fight against climate change, an important question is how easy will it be for consumers to charge those vehicles? The U.S. needs to improve its charging network infrastructure to encourage more people to buy and drive electric cars.

Subrat Patnaik and Sanjana Shivdas, Reuters | 1 year ago

Hertz Orders 100,000 Tesla Cars in Effort to Create Electric Fleet

Business Travel

Is It Tourism or Is It Remote Work? The Line Is Getting Blurry

Destinations, start spending your marketing dollars on the ultimate repeat visitor — the remote worker.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 2 years ago

Is It Tourism or Is It Remote Work? The Line Is Getting Blurry

Business Travel

Tesla and Microsoft Are Looking For Corporate Travel Agencies to Adopt Customized Business Models

There's a lot of rhetoric about the need to find business models that work for everyone, as the viewpoints of Tesla and Microsoft demonstrate, but there has been little action so far.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 2 years ago

Tesla and Microsoft Are Looking For Corporate Travel Agencies to Adopt Customized Business Models