Musk Says Tesla Has Not Signed a Contract With Hertz Yet, Halts Stock Rally

Musk Says Tesla Has Not Signed a Contract With Hertz Yet, Halts Stock Rally
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Tesla Inc. top boss Elon Musk said the electric carmaker had not signed a contract with Hertz, more than a week after the car rental firm announced a massive deal with the electric car company.

Tesla’s shares fell 5 percent to $1,146 in premarket trading, after a steep jump following the news of the biggest-ever order—100,000 electric cars for Hertz—on Oct. 25, which helped Tesla breach $1 trillion in market capitalization.