I’m saving almost $160 a week, if not more, driving an electric vehicle. When I had a gas car, I would spend $25-30 dollars a day. Manuel Barros, an Uber driver in Boston and one of the first to take advantage of the Tesla rental program, said: Uber drivers pay only $334 a week to rent a Tesla Model 3, insurance and maintenance included, and some drivers are reporting over $160 a week in gas savings alone. The program appears to be a success with driver satisfaction being high. Together they’ve completed more than five million fully-electric trips and driven over 40 million electric miles. To date, more than 15,000 drivers have rented a Tesla through this program – and they’re making a real impact. Today, Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s senior vice president of mobility and business operations, announced that already 15,000 Uber drivers have rented Tesla vehicles through the program: 50,000 Tesla vehicles will be offered for rent to Uber drivers, and the company has an option for more if the program is successful.

Shortly after, Hertz announced that on top of adding Tesla vehicles to its rental fleet, the company also made a deal with Uber to offer its drivers access to the Tesla vehicles. Last year, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to be delivered over the next year. Uber announced that 15,000 Tesla vehicles are already in the hands of its drivers in more than 30 US cities through its deal with Hertz to expand access to electric vehicles.

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