General Motors said something surprising at its investor day in New York City on Thursday. Fixing Teslas is a growing business for the 114 year-old auto maker. That’s right. GM (ticker: GM) dealers ar...
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Mercedes Draws a Secret Weapon Against Tesla
Mercedes-Benz knows it has to act fast, if the legacy carmaker doesn’t want to be knocked out of the crucial electric vehicle market. The German brand is battling Tesla (TSLA) – Get Free ...
Veteran manager offers 5 ‘cheap, quality, dividend’ stocks that will let you play one of tech’s biggest themes.
2022 may be remembered as the year investors fell out of love with tech stocks. While the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -3.91% is up about 5.3% this quarter, that’s after three dismal ones, and a 28% loss fo...
Elon Musk testifies in shareholder lawsuit over Tesla compensation package
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla TSLA, -2.01% CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand Wednesday to defend himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by the company’s ...
Elon Musk Has the Next Tesla CEO in Mind. There Are a Few Candidates.
Tesla board member James Murdoch said Elon Musk knows who could run Tesla after him. It might have been a throwaway line said while being questioned in a trial. Still, it’s a chance for investors to ...
The Fisker Ocean Is a Reality. Why It’s Not Just Another EV.
Today is the day, the day when production of the all-electric Fisker (ticker: FSR) Ocean SUV begins. Fisker is not Tesla It’s a small EV start-up that will only deliver a handful of cars in 2022, but ...
Cathie Wood’s Shocking Purchase of an Old-School Stock
Celebrity money manager Cathie Wood, chief executive of Ark Investment Management, focuses on young technology companies that she views as disruptors. But on Friday, she purchased shares of a company ...
The brands and models car shoppers want most—despite inventory levels
Toyota dealers are low on cars. All the same, more American car shoppers consider a Toyota TM, +1.95% than any other brand. Fully 35% of American car shoppers looked closely at buying a Toyota product...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Buys Up Intel, Mobileye Stock
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recently has been buying up shares of the chip giant that he helms, but he has spent far more for shares of recently spun-off Mobileye which is developing autonomous driving te...
Elon Musk Made Unusual Request in Falling Out With Top Tesla Lieutenant
Last year, Elon Musk parted ways with one of his top deputies at Tesla Inc., a French auto-industry executive named Jerome Guillen. Mr. Guillen worked at Tesla for roughly a decade, rising to oversee ...
NIO shares soar in Hong Kong despite earnings miss
NIO Inc. 9866, +17.06% shares soared in Hong Kong, tracking Wall Street gains overnight as slower-than-expected U.S. inflation buoyed markets and helped investors shrug off the Chinese electric-car ma...
Tesla Stock Keeps Falling as Elon Musk Sells
Elon Musk sold Tesla stock on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Investors were following his lead on Wednesday. Although the stock (ticker: TSLA) traded higher at points early in the day, the gains didn’t ...
Italian EV start up takes on U.S. and Chinese rivals with a fresh design concept, but higher price tag
MILAN (AP) — Elon Musk’s Tesla paved the way nearly two decades ago. Now, the global transition to fully electric vehicles is littered with startups, inspired by a new era in mobility and drawn by the...
Here’s the trouble under the hood at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
It’s midterm day in America, so pack your weapon (where legally permitted), have your local election lawyer on speed dial and get out the popcorn. U-S-A, U-S-A. More on that later. The company lost $2...
Carvana, Dealers Show Risks of Deflation. Ford, GM Investors Should Watch Out.
Text size A Carvana car-vending machine in Huntington Beach, Calif., in 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Why buy now if prices are going to be lower tomorrow? That isn’t a question U.S. consumers h...
Traders are loading up on bets against the stock market — and this time, it’s not a contrarian signal, says Citi
Markets continue to absorb the reverberations from this week’s Federal Reserve policy decision. The S&P 500 SPX has given up a chunk of its latest rally after Chair Jerome Powell suggested it was ...
Nikola Stock Is Rising. The Company Is Making More Trucks.
Stock in the electric and hydrogen truck-technology firm Nikola is rising after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter sales. The company is ramping up production—a good sign for any ...
Rivian shows ‘improvement’ but Wall Street remains cautious on the stock
Wall Street cheered “signs of improvement” for Rivian Automotive Inc., but remained cautious about the stock on worries that the electric-vehicle maker still faces a steep production ramp. Rivian RIVN...