Ford Motor and General Motors are in the same business and are based in the same state. But they couldn’t be more different when it comes to their dividend policies. Ford (ticker: F) reinstated its di...
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EV-startup Electric Last Mile Solutions files for bankruptcy
Electric vehicle-startup Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. filed chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday. The Troy, Mich.-based vehicle maker listed assets and liabilities each of between $50 million and $100 mi...
Tesla Needs Batteries. This Buffett-Backed EV Maker to Supply Them ‘Very Soon.’
Text size BYD launched its Blade battery in 2020. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg BYD shares rose on Wednesday after the Chinese electric vehicle maker said it was preparing to supply batteries to Tesla. “We are...
Tesla’s China Numbers Are Coming. Here’s What to Expect.
Text size Tesla’s Shanghai plant was shut at the start of April due to China’s Covid-19 lockdown measures. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla ’s wholesale numbers from its Shanghai plant for Ma...
Rivian Writes a Letter to Shareholders. These Are the Three Noteworthy Items.
Text size R1S sport utility vehicle being manufactured. Courtesy Rivian Electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive quietly passed a milestone Monday. The company hosted its first annual meeting as a pub...
Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...
Elon Musk says workers should return to the office or quit. It’s a big gamble: ‘Tesla is kick-starting its own local Great Resignation’
Elon Musk is giving his employees an ultimatum. Tesla’s TSLA, -2.36% chief executive officer and founder responded Thursday to an apparent leaked email that called on employees to return to the offic...
What ChargePoint Earnings Say About the State of EV Charging in America
Text size ChargePoint Inc. had about 188,000 active charging ports at the end of the latest quarter. Dania Maxwell/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle charging-equipment company ChargePoint Holdings report...
‘Pretend to work somewhere else.’ Elon Musk reportedly tells Tesla staff working remotely is no longer an option.
“They should pretend to work somewhere else.” That was Tesla’s TSLA, -2.88% chief executive officer Elon Musk, responding to an apparent leaked email making the rounds that was addressed to the electr...
Should You Buy or Sell Rivian Stock? What One Analyst Says To Do Now.
Text size Electric-car maker Rivian went public on the Nasdaq in November. Courtesy of Rivian Wall Street is sticking with its Buy call for Rivian stock. Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh says that current ...
Toyota Revs Up Race With Tesla
Toyota TM 0.29% finally has a product to compete with Tesla. Despite an awkward name and mixed reviews, the bZ4X could be the most consequential electric vehicle launched this year. Toyota’s first pur...
Tesla Stock Has Fallen Below $700. Why $540 Might Be Next.
Text size Tesla stock hit $1,200 early in the year and almost $1,150 in April. Then it started dropping. Mario Tama/Getty Images Tesla stock has been badly battered in recent weeks. It’s breaking key ...
Elon Musk called ESG a scam — did the Tesla chief do investors a favor?
Investing usually uses a combination of head, heart and gut even if it’s not supposed to. And perhaps no market theme stirs “all the feels” quite like ESG. This week, a major move to cut Tesla from a ...
Tesla Stock Falls After Harassment Allegations Against CEO
Text size Tesla’s Shanghai factory. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla stock took a beating as investors digested sexual-harassment allegations against CEO Elon Musk. Thursday, Business Insider repor...
Cathie Wood has a simple response to Tesla getting booted out of an S&P 500 ESG index: ‘Ridiculous’
Cathie Wood isn’t pleased about one of her most popular investments, Tesla Inc., being excluded from a prominent index that tracks eco- and socially friendly companies. “Ridiculous,” was essentially W...
These 16 stocks in the S&P 500 crumpled at least 9% a day after the Fed raised rates
One day after U.S. stocks got a reprieve as the Federal Reserve lifted its target range for short-term interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, inflation fears built a new wall of worry to send U.S. s...