Impact investing opportunities with Vanguard despite ESG concerns

It’s a fund looking to make money from green investing. The inclusive, actively managed Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive Impact Stock Fund (VBPIX) is an environmental, social and governa...

Self-driving tech company Pony.ai plans to deliver robotrucks in China

Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Pony.ai BEIJING — Self-driving tech sta...

Uber and 10 Other ‘Busted IPOs’ That Could Still Have Value

Text size Of the top five 2021 IPOs ranked by size, all are in the red versus original offering prices, including Rivian Automotive. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Investors often clamor for access to b...

Ferrari CEO shrugs off concerns about EV performance

A Ferrari photographed in Switzerland on March 2, 2015. The Italian company plans to launch a fully electric vehicle in 2025. Harold Cunningham | Getty Images News | Getty Images The CEO of Ferrari on...

GM electric vehicle chat tool aims to fill the ‘EV knowledge gap’

GM launched ‘EV Live,’ a free online platform that connects electric vehicle owners or consumers who have questions about zero-emissions cars and trucks with an expert who can answer them....

New way to short Tesla with AXS Investments ETF

Investors have a new way to make bullish and bearish bets on large-cap stocks. AXS Investments launched eight of 18 approved single-stock leveraged ETFs this month. The funds aim to increase exposure ...

Why CEO Mary Barra is confident GM can beat Tesla in electric vehicles

GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra addresses investors Oct. 6, 2021 at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors DETROIT — In September 2017, General Motors CEO Mary Bar...

Tesla Stock Could Hit $900 in Its Latest Surge

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter saga appears to be a concern still for investors. Mario Tama/Getty Images Tesla stock is on one of its hot streaks again. Shares are climbing Friday, putt...

Volkswagen CEO Diess to depart; Porsche boss Blume will lead the German auto giant

Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Sean Gallup | Getty Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will leave the company at the end of August, the company said Friday. Oliver Blume, currently the CEO of Volkswagen su...

Here’s what Cadillac’s new $300,000 electric sedan will look like

The Cadillac Celestiq show car previews an upcoming electric sedan for General Motors. GM DETROIT – General Motors on Friday previewed what its most expensive Cadillac ever will look like as the autom...

25 Stocks That Could Rise on a Short Squeeze

Investors betting against electric-vehicle stocks take note: Five of 25 stocks that short-selling research firm S3 Partners identified this month as being at risk of a short squeeze are in the EV busi...

Rivian Stock Is Surging Thanks to Amazon

Text size Amazon has begun using Rivian’s all-electric delivery vans. Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg Stock of electric-truck start-up Rivian Automotive is rising, and Amazon.com is the reason. The...

Ford Now Has Enough Batteries to Grow EV Deliveries Faster Than Tesla—Profitably

Text size The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Ford plant. Courtesy of Ford Batteries are a critical success factor for any auto maker looking to win electric-vehicle market share. Ford Motor sad it has ...

Consumers paying average $10,000 above ‘normal’ prices for used cars

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images It’s no secret that used-car prices have skyrocketed over the last two years amid an industry turned upside down by supply-chain issues and reduced new-car invent...

Amazon is starting to deliver packages with Rivian electric vans

Amazon said Thursday it will begin to start using electric vans developed in partnership with Rivian to make deliveries. Amazon Amazon is beginning to roll out some of the electric delivery vans that ...

Baidu’s robotaxi can drive without a steering wheel, car price slashed

Baidu unveiled on July 21, 2022, the sixth generation of its self-driving electric car built for ride-hailing rides — at a cost nearly 50% below that of a model announced last year. Baidu BEIJING — Ch...

Toyota plans to develop light duty hydrogen fuel-cell trucks

A Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle photographed in Berlin, Germany, in August 2021. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Krisztia...

How to buy your first car without going broke

Buying your first car after graduation (or while you’re still in college) can be tricky — especially at a time like this when prices are soaring. The average price of a new car was $46,000 in Ju...

GameStop, AMC, EV Startups, and Others Are Among the Most Shorted Stocks

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

Canoo, Lordstown, Other EV Startups Are at Risk of a ‘Short Squeeze’. Beware.

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

GM reveals Chevrolet Blazer EV with pricing up from $45,000

2024 Chevrolet Blazer SS EV GM DETROIT – General Motors on Monday revealed its new electric Chevrolet Blazer that’s expected to compete against the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Tesla Model Y crossove...

UK plans $95 million hydrogen gigafactory

A sign for a hydrogen fuel pump at a train refueling station in Germany. Hydrogen has a diverse range of applications and can be used in a number of industries. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Ima...

CATL Might Bring Battery Capacity to America With Mexico Plant, Report Says.

Text size Contemporary Amperex Technology is the largest and most valuable battery maker. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology might be readying its ...

Ford unveils new F-150 Raptor R pickup with 700 horsepower

2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Ford DETROIT — As Ford Motor ramps up production of its electric F-150 pickup, it’s not giving up on offering new, highly profitable performance models with gasoline eng...

Hate Tesla? Investors Can Short the EV Maker With a New Single-Stock ETF.

Text size There is a single-stock ETF that allows anyone to short Tesla stock now. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Tesla investors have a new way to play the electric vehicle maker in the U.S.—singl...

GM CEO Mary Barra Warns Chip Shortage Will Go Into 2023. She Wants Congress to Help.

Text size Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, says the U.S. must do more to encourage chip manufacturing domestically. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images General Motors didn’t finish 95,000 cars in...

Tesla, Ford, and GM’s Plan to Unlock EV Battery Capacity

Text size Panasonic will put up an EV battery plant in Kansas. It’s the latest of a long list of planned battery plants coming to North America. David Becker/Getty Images Lithium batteries are t...

Rivian CEO Hosted an All-Hands Meeting. What Was Discussed.

Text size Electric-truck start-up Rivian recently announced layoffs. Courtesy Rivian Fast-growing electric-truck start-up Rivian Automotive is laying off workers. The news surprised the market earlier...

Tesla can lower car prices if inflation ‘calms down’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Friday that the electric car company could lower prices if inflation “calms down.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a higher-than-expected inflat...

Ford Closes EV Battery Deal With Partner. Billions in Spending Is Coming.

Text size Ford is aiming to sell two million EVs globally a year by 2026. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images Ford Motor and Korea’s SK Innovation sealed the deal on the creation of a joint venture t...

Elon Musk: ‘Lithium Batteries Are the New Oil’

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the official opening of a Tesla plant in Germany. Christian Marquardt/Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk defined energy independence for an electric-vehicle w...