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Self-driving car companies’ first step to making money isn’t robotaxis
A WeRide robotaxi with health supplies heads to Liwan district on June 4, 2021, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Southern Metropolis Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — While...
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...
GM slashes prices of Chevy Bolt EVs despite rising commodity costs
2022 BOLT EUV Source: Chevrolet DETROIT – Despite rising commodity costs, General Motors on Wednesday slashed the price of its 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV, likely making it the least expensive electric veh...
Ford CEO expects industry consolidation as electric-vehicle transition fuels costs
Ford CEO Jim Farley poses next to a model of the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, April 26, 2022. Rebecca Cook | Reut...
GM’s new concept car to revolutionize the brand for EVs
Buick Wildcat concept Buick DETROIT — General Motors on Wednesday unveiled the Buick Wildcat, a new concept car designed to signal a revolutionary change for the brand, as it moves to offer only elect...
Nio May 2022 sales constrained by Covid; XPeng, Li Auto gain ground
Nio began deliveries of its new ET7, an upscale electric sedan, on Monday, March 28, 2022. Nio Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio delivered more than 7,000 vehicles in May, up 4.7% from a year ago but...
Croatian EV supercar maker Rimac raises 500 million euros
Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Pors...
Chinese electric car start-up WM Motor files to go public in Hong Kong
Chinese electric car company WM Motor, or Weltmeister, filed Wednesday to go public in Hong Kong. Pictured here is one of the company’s cars in a shopping mall in Shanghai. Future Publishing | F...
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 Is Cutting Car Production Again. It’s Bad News for Inflation.
Text size A scene from a Toyoya production line in India. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Global car production has been hampered for months because of a plethora of supply-chain and logistics issues. Investor...
Memorial Day weekend car shopping is ‘looking pretty bleak’
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the best car-shopping weekends prepandemic is more of a dud these days. Amid the auto industry’s manufacturing challenges due to persisting supply-cha...
Stellantis CEO warns of EV battery shortage, lack of raw materials
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares holds a news conference after meeting with unions, in Turin, Italy, March 31, 2022. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said he expects shortages of the...
Stellantis, Samsung to invest $2.5 billion in Indiana EV battery plant
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares holds a news conference after meeting with unions, in Turin, Italy, March 31, 2022. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Automaker Stellantis plans to invest more than $2.5 billion in...
Dan Quayle Bought Up Carvana’s Slumping Stock
Text size Former Vice President Dan Quayle. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Carvana stock has slumped this year, and former Vice President Dan Quayle, who serves the used-car retailer as a director, bought ...
Electric vehicles are in short supply. Here’s what you can find as gas prices soar
Charging port for a Ford Motor Co. Mustang during the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images As gas prices hit record highs, some Ameri...
Volkswagen CEO says carmaker will overtake Tesla on EV sales by 2025
The chief executive of Volkswagen believes Europe’s biggest carmaker can overtake Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025. Speaking to CNBC’s “S...
Chinese buyers not living in lockdown shake off EV price hikes
Guangzhou-based Xpeng is one of several Chinese electric car companies that’s started to expand overseas. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — In a sign Chinese drivers are...
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 ...
U.S. roadway deaths rise, even as cars get safer
Cars and trucks are wedged together after a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on the ice covered I-35 in a still image from video in Fort Worth, Texas, February 11, 2021. NBC5 | via Reuters New vehicles on ...
Why the first autonomous vehicles winners won’t be in your driveway
An Apollo Robotaxi runs at Shougang Park as Baidu launches China’s first driverless taxi service in the city on May 2, 2021 in Beijing, China. He Luqi | Qianlong.com | Visual China Group | Getty...
Electric vehicle prices rise at Tesla, Rivian, GM and other carmakers
Tesla’s Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicle...
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...
GM vs. Ford Stock: Both Are Down, but One Has Near-Term Upside
Text size Ford vehicles are displayed on the sales lot at Serramonte Ford in Colma, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Price targets for Ford Motor and General Motors have been coming down latel...