Tesla hit a $1 trillion market cap today following news that Hertz car rental is ordering 100,000 cars to buildits electric vehicle rental fleet.
The company joins trillion-dollar market cap companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.
The deal will bring in a reported $4.2 billion for Tesla - this is the largest purchase of electric vehicles, ever...
News of the deal brought Tesla’s stock to $1,028 by midday, a new record high - a gain of about 13%.
Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas raised his price target on Tesla to $1,200 a share from $900 on Sunday. Jato Dynamics said Monday that Tesla’s Model 3 electric sedan became the first fully electric vehicle to top new car sales overall in Europe in September.
The deal with Hertz, which will bring in a reported $4.2 billion for Tesla, is the largest ever purchase of electric vehicles, Bloomberg previously reported.
The cars are set for delivery within the next 14 months and will be available to US customers as early as November.
The deal comes more than a year after Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, as demand for travel and rental vehicles waned.
But now they have new backing, and an agressive comeback plan as Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Management takes over the company.
It was revealed over the weekend that House Speaker and California Representative Nancy Pelosi had acquired 25 call options for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ : TSLA) purchased at a share price of $500 and are set to expire March 18, 2022. Pelosi reportedly paid between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for the Options.
The ability of members of the U.S. Congress to buy and sell stocks has been contentious over the years. One of the most prominent members made some purchases in December that could benefit from the new Biden administration.
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Wow - Nancy sure has perfect timing!
Tesla shares increased from $640 at the time the calls were bought and went up to $890 today. The call options were valued at $1.12 million.
Biden's push for electric vehicles, which could include lifting the cap on sales, would give buyers tax credits, to Tesla's advantage. Biden also floated the idea of a program that exchanged used vehicles for a larger credit towards the purchase of an electric car.
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Pelosi's conflict will continue, and even intensify as clean energy initiatives that her family could benefit from will soon be on her desk, possibly in several segments. Each bill passed will equal a big personal payday for the speaker.
Online, global warming activists were seen saying on a forum "This basically hands talking points over to the republicans. I can hear it already 'Sure, Nancy is worried about the environment - and it just happens she gets rich if go along with her agenda, right?'.