Tesla is reportedly making ready to launch an in-house pilot rental program that will perform at its collision facilities in Texas, in line with a now-deleted job itemizing for “Program Supervisor, Enterprise Growth,” first noticed by @SawyerMerritt on X (previously often known as Twitter).
The hyperlink to the itemizing now not works, returning a “404 web page not discovered” error, however the authentic poster took a screenshot of the job description, which clearly states that the particular person’s foremost function shall be to “Lead within the launch of the Tesla Rental Program in Texas.”
Primarily based in Austin, Texas, the full-time place will “Assist the group on launching a small pilot in all Texas collision websites,” in addition to “Assist the launch in any airports for the Tesla worker pilot.”
The hyperlink to the unique job itemizing was additionally posted by Tesla’s Employees Program Supervisor, Melissa Porche Blakely, on her LinkedIn web page, however that appears to have been additionally deleted, though it’s not clear why. Possibly the place has already been stuffed or perhaps it ought to have been a extra discrete posting that shouldn’t have garnered a lot consideration.
It’s additionally unclear how the rental program will roll out, whether or not it’s going to solely be accessible for collision middle clients who deliver of their out-of-warranty autos for restore, or if the pilot program will begin on the collision middle after which broaden to extra places.
One other idea is that the Austin-based EV model is attempting to get into the automotive rental enterprise, which might throw it in direct competitors with giants equivalent to Hertz, which – coincidentally or not – has 50,000 Tesla EVs in its fleet and is anticipating one other 50,000 from the Elon Musk-led agency.
Presently, Tesla operates 5 such physique retailers in Texas, with two within the Houston space, one in Austin, one in Dallas, and one other in San Antonio.
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