Ford stock posts best month since the Great Recession

2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Ford DETROIT — Ford Motor’s stock on Monday added to its best month since the Great Recession in 2009, signaling a significant swing for the Detroit automaker this year....

Stock futures rise ahead of key Fed decision, Microsoft and Alphabet pop after earnings

Stock futures climbed early on Wednesday morning, boosted by strong gains from Google-parent Alphabet and Microsoft, as traders await the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision, schedul...

Walmart, Shopify, 3M, General Electric and more

Vehicles pass a Walmart store in Torrance, California, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Walmart – Share...

General Motors (GM) earnings Q2 2022

GM CEO Mary Barra talks with media prior to the start of the 2017 General Motors Company Annual Meeting of Stockholders Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at GM Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by J...

Walmart, General Motors, Polaris and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walmart (WMT) – Walmart slumped 9.5% in the premarket after cutting its outlook for the current quarter and full year. The retail giant said h...

Ford, GM earnings preview: Will 2022 outlooks be intact?

General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. are scheduled to report second-quarter earnings on Tuesday and Wednesday, with investors worried about their guidance for the year amid fears of a recession. GM G...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

General Motors is handling production issues on a ‘weekly basis,’ CEO Mary Barra says

General Motors is still dealing with production snags that will last into next year, CEO Mary Barra told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. “It’s gotten better this year than last year, ...

Republican AG group holds private retreat for corporate donors at swanky Palm Beach resort

Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, June 13, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Republican Attorneys General Association is hosting a pr...

GM, EVgo and Pilot Company to build network of U.S. highway EV chargers

General Motors is building out a new network of EV fast chargers in partnership with Pilot Co., owner of the Pilot and Flying J highway travel centers, and EV charging network EVgo. The companies will...

Canoo Walmart deal for 4,500 vans sends EV stock jumping

Walmart to Purchase 4,500 Canoo Electric Delivery Vehicles to be Used for Last Mile Deliveries in Support of Its Growing eCommerce Business Courtesy: Canoo | Walmart Electric vehicle startup Canoo sai...

Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors names new CEO following Foxconn deal

Signage outside Lordstown Motors Corp. headquarters in Lordstown, Ohio, on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Dustin Franz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors said Tuesday that i...

Auto dealerships are facing a shortage of technicians to fix cars. Here’s why

It’s not just hard to buy a new car these days — it’s getting tough to even get one fixed. There just aren’t enough workers to do the job. Dealers and auto repair shops are strugglin...

Ford Q2 China sales were worst since Covid pandemic began

Visitors walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. Greg Baker| AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor joined its crosstown rival General Motors in repo...

U.S. to probe self-driving car crash involving GM-backed Cruise

A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive in 2019. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images Federal vehicle safety regulators will investigate a crash last month i...

Volkswagen CEO says EV outlook is very good

An ID. Buzz photographed at a plant in Hanover, Germany, on June 16, 2022. Supply chain constraints — including those related to semiconductors — have been a major challenge for automakers in recent t...

States spend billions on EVs to replace automotive capital Michigan

For as long as there has been an auto industry, Michigan has been its epicenter. But now, the industry is making clear that it is not bound by tradition. The move to electric vehicles — rapidly accele...

Toyota joins Tesla and GM in phaseout of federal electric vehicle tax credits

A Toyota bZ4X on display at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Toyota Motor said it sold its 200,000th plug-in electric vehicle during the second quarter, triggering a phaseout ...

GM reports worst sales in China since onset of Covid-19 lockdowns

WUHAN, CHINA – 2022/05/18: Employees wearing masks work on a car assembly line at the SAIC General Motors Co. The SAIC General Motors Wuhan Branch has resumed production following epidemic preve...

Self-driving cars from GM’s Cruise block San Francisco streets

A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images Automotive and tech executives long promised autonomous vehicles would drive be...

General Motors (GM) Q2 2022 US sales

The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, March 16, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – General Motors’ U.S. vehicle sales were down about 15%...

GM expects Q2 net income of between $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion

Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of the General Motors Company (GM), speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images ...

New car quality declined 11%, blame supply chain problems: J.D. Power

Billboards at the Ziegler Cadillac, Buick and GMC Dealership in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the United States. U.S. General Motors Co. Joel Lerner | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images New vehicle quality de...

General Motors Investment Could Bring In Instant Inspection Stations To Dealerships

Amir Hever, CEO and co-founder UVeye (L) and Dave Marsh, general manager customer service, … [+] satisfaction, General Motors Co., announcing the automaker’s investment in UVeye to bring i...

Electric vehicle raw material costs doubled during pandemic

Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Dav...

These software companies are unsung winners in the semiconductor industry

Mention semiconductors and chip giants such as Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. spring to mind, but there are other, less high-profile companies, operating in the space that d...

How GM, Ford, Tesla are tackling the national EV charging challenge

More people than ever are buying electric vehicles. There are about 2 million EVs on the road in the U.S., up six-fold since 2016, but the number of EVs is still a very small slice of the more than 28...

Inflation and recession fears are squeezing some industries more than others

A woman pushes a shopping cart through the grocery aisle at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow. Jim Watson | AFP...