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Hertz and Mayor Adams Launch "Hertz Electrifies New York City"
Mayor Adams Partners with Hertz to Add Electric Vehicles, Create Jobs, and Provide Workforce Training NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- During New York
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[{"type":"text","content":"Mayor Adams Partners with Hertz to Add Electric Vehicles, Create Jobs, and Provide Workforce Training \nNEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- During New York City Climate Week, Hertz (NASDAQ: HTZ) CEO Stephen Scherr and New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched \"Hertz Electrifies New York City,\" a public-private partnership aimed at increasing electric vehicle (EV) adoption and extending the environmental and economic benefits of electrification across neighborhoods.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThrough the initiative, Hertz intends to add up to 1,700 rental EVs to its local fleet, create 100 new jobs to serve its growing New York presence, and partner with four public high schools to create EV education and training opportunities for students. The partnership also includes the donation of five EVs from Hertz's fleet to help New York City schools provide hands-on training to the next generation of auto technicians.\n\"Hertz is investing in the largest EV rental fleet in North America,\" said Stephen Scherr, Hertz Chair and CEO. \"New York City has always been on the cutting edge of technology and innovation, making it a natural accelerator for the most significant transformation that's happened in the auto industry in a century. We are excited to partner with Mayor Adams to launch Hertz Electrifies during Climate Week, helping to make the electric driving experience more accessible in New York City while investing in the city's workforce.\"\n\"Hertz Electrifies New York City\" builds on Mayor Adams' nation-leading efforts to make vehicles in the city more sustainable. The administration is rapidly transitioning the city fleet to electric vehicles and building the necessary infrastructure to support that transition, while setting a new national standard by requiring rideshare vehicle companies to be completely zero-emission or wheelchair-accessible by 2030 and pursuing a broader agenda to promote driving electric across the city.\n\"New York City is in the driver's seat as we accelerate towards our clean, green, electric future, and public-private partnerships, like what we're announcing today with Hertz, will help us get there because to successfully transition New York City to electric vehicles and properly fight climate change, everyone must come along for the ride — from the public to the private sector,\" said New York City ...