Stellantis will sell 250,000 vehicles and EVs to rental car company SIXT

Automaker Stellantis and rental-car service provider SIXT signed a multi-billion euro agreement on Tuesday that includes the sale of 250,000 vehicles for SIXT’s rental fleet.

SIXT said that these vehicles will be deployed across Europe and North America over the next three years. The agreement allows Stellantis to deliver the first batch of vehicles by the first quarter of this year and the shipment will continue through 2024.

The new agreement between these two partners comes amid Hertz,  a major car rental service in the U.S., is dumping one-third of its electric vehicles fleet, or about 20,000 cars to buy diesel engine vehicles.

“This partnership with SIXT enables current and potential Stellantis brand customers to immerse themselves in our newest offerings with the most advanced propulsion, vehicle connectivity,” said Carlos Travares, CEO of Stellantis.

Unlike Hertz, SIXT has options to choose vehicles from Stellantis’ all sub-brands including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, and Maserati.

The delivery classes include city cars, SUVs, Vans, and 7 to 9-seat trucks. Stellantis will also deliver a full range of propulsion vehicles including battery-electric vehicles with new software and hardware features.

Both firms agreed that further deliveries and delivery times would be decided mutually between the two parties.

Stellantis and SIXT also agreed to cooperate in different regions including Mobilesights data as a service (Daas) business. This would help SIXT to keep a record of the number of fully connected vehicles in its rental fleet with telemetry data such as fuel level and mileage.

Stellantis previously announced a plan to achieve a 100% passenger car battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales mix in Europe and a 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the U.S. by 2030.

To complete these goals, the company is storing 400 GWh of battery capacity and aiming for “net zero” by 2038. On the other hand, SIXT also aims to include 70-90% of electric vehicles in its rental fleet in Europe by 2030.

(source – Stellantis)