Call me sentimental, but while everyone was lauding Tesla Inc.¡¯s astonishing rise to a more than $1 trillion market value on Monday, all I could think about was how wretched the rest of the auto industry must feel, and how they might respond.
In just one frenetic trading session, Tesla added $118 billion to its worth, or almost double that of Ford Motor Co.¡¯s entire market capitalization.
The trigger for this latest surge ¡ª a deal to supply 100,000 Teslas to Hertz Global Holdings Inc. ¡ª is a head-scratcher, as it represents ¡°only¡± about $4.2 billion of revenue. And arguably it¡¯s not even this year¡¯s most significant car rental deal.
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