Battery and fuel cell truck maker Nikola has performed better than a lot of electric vehicle start-ups but that isn’t enough for Morgan Stanley to rate the shares at Buy. Monday, Morgan Stanley analys...
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Lordstown Motors’ Sales Were Dreadful. The Stock Is Rising Anyway.
Sales and earnings from electric vehicle start-up Lordstown Motors show just how hard it has been to launch a new electric truck. Results look rough, but the beaten-up stock is rising in early trading...
Several Top Rivian Executives Depart After Production Miss
Rivian Automotive the startup maker of electric trucks, has parted ways with several of its top executives after production targets were missed over the past year. Those who left include Randy Frank, ...
Paccar, Deere, and 10 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends This Week
Text size Paccar said it will boost its regular dividend to 25 cents a share. Dreamstime Carrier Global, Deere , Zoetis , and Paccar were among the many large U.S. companies that declared dividend inc...
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 ...
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Hangs Legal Defense on Expert Testimony
Updated Oct. 4, 2022 3:02 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Lawyers for Trevor Milton are anchoring the Nikola founder’s defense against securities-fraud charges on the testimony of a Harvard profes...
Nikola Tries to Ignite Market for Its Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Trucks
As Nikola founder stands trial on securities-fraud charges, a revamped management team is pushing to make the company the first to market hydrogen-powered commercial trucks in the U.S.—and to overcome...
Nikola CEO Tells Jurors He Worried About Exaggerations by Company Founder Trevor Milton
Nikola CEO Mark Russell told a New York federal jury Monday that he had concerns about joining the electric-truck company because he believed its founder, Trevor Milton, “was prone to exaggeration in ...
Nikola Founder Faces Securities-Fraud Trial Over Promises About Electric Trucks
Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder who enticed auto-industry leaders and investors with his promise for a revolution in electric trucks, faces a securities-fraud trial beginning this week on allegation...
Rivian Stock Jumps. It Will Make All-Electric Commercial Vehicles With Mercedes.
Text size Rivian makes electric delivery vans for Amazon. Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images Rivian Automotive and Mercedes-Benz will partner to build all-electric commercial vehicles. Investors didn’t expe...
Rivian’s Losses Nearly Triple to $1.7 Billion
Rivian Automotive Inc. reported its net loss in the second quarter nearly tripled to $1.7 billion, further pressuring the electric-vehicle startup to conserve cash and move quickly to fill customer or...
Nikola to Buy Battery Maker Romeo Power for $144 Million
Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-truck startup Nikola said it has agreed to buy battery-technology company Romeo Power in an all-stock deal that values Romeo at roughly $144 million. Nikola said...
California Truckers Struggle to Comply With New Employment Law
Trucking companies and truck owner-operators are scrambling to figure out how to operate under a new California law that toughens definitions of nonemployee drivers, upending decadeslong practices tha...
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...
Ford Hurries Out F-150 Lightning to Grab Share of Electrics Market
The latest electric vehicles offer the power to charge household devices or other EVs using the energy stored in the car’s battery. WSJ’s George Downs explores how some companies are developing vehicl...
Nikola Reports a Smaller Loss Than Expected. Shares Are Rocketing.
Text size Nikola’s CEO said the company is “laser-focused” on delivering vehicles to customers and generating revenue. Courtesy Nikola Stock of the electric and hydrogen-electric tru...
Deere Goes Autonomous With Its Farmer-Free Tractor
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size One of the biggest themes at this past week’s CES tech show was electric and autonomous transportation—cars, trucks, bikes, boats. And, it turns out, tractors. Fa...
GM’s Chevy Silverado EV Has Arrived. It Could Move the Stock.
Text size A 2024 Silverado EV RST. Courtesy GM Launches of new models typically aren’t stock-market issues for traditional auto manufacturers, but things are changing. General Motors ‘ unveiling of th...
Rivian Stock Is Dropping Like a Stone. Blame Amazon.
Text size Amazon has ordered 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian. Courtesy Amazon Stock in Rivian Automotive is falling fast because it seems the start-up has competition in supplying electric trucks to...
Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks
Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...