Cathie Wood Says Falling Car Prices Could Mean Trouble

Text size ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Falling car prices are coming, according to ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood. That might be cheered by car buyers, but falling prices could mean the Feder...

Lucid Stock Gets a New Buy Rating. Its Batteries Are Beating Tesla’s.

R.F. Lafferty says Lucid’s battery pack technology is a “key differentiator” in driving range and horsepower. Courtesy Lucid Motors Text size Luxury electric vehicle start-up Lucid picked up a n...

Tesla Is Planning a New Business

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

Tesla’s Planning a New Business. It’s a License to Print Money, Says Musk.

Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...

Ford and Rivian Recall Some EVs

Text size Rivian and Ford have recalled some of their EVs including the R1S, R1T and Mustang Mach Es. Courtesy of Rivian Ford Motor and Rivian Automotive recalled some electric vehicles. EV recalls ar...

Toyota Is Upping Its EV Game to Catch GM, Ford, and Tesla

Text size An all-electric 2023 BZ4X from Toyota. The company sold only 14,000 all-electric vehicles in 2021. Courtesy of Toyota The automotive giant Toyota Motor is starting to pivot away from hybrid ...

California’s Lithium Rush For EV Batteries Hinges On Taming Toxic, Volcanic Brine

The southeast tip of California’s Salton Sea is home to 11 geothermal power plants that turn hot volcanic brine into clean electricity. Getty Images The Salton Sea region has one of the world’s ...

5 Dividend-Paying, Low P/E Stocks

Hand drawing low Cost high Value matrix graph business concept with white chalk on blackboard. getty These 5 stocks are cheap if by cheap you mean the classic Benjamin Graham method of qualifying them...

California Sets the Pace on Zero Emissions. Car Makers, Old and New, Are Cheering.

Text size California is set to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California announced this week that it will ban sales of new gasoline-p...

California Approves Ban On Gas-Powered Cars By 2035

Topline The California Air Resources Board approved a highly anticipated measure Thursday that will ban the sale of new gasoline-only cars in the nation’s most populous state by 2035, marking whatR...

Ford Stock Falls on $1.7 Billion Verdict in Fatal Truck Rollover. Ford to Appeal.

Text size A large jury award against Ford has investors nervous Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images Ford Motor stock was falling in premarket trading Monday because of a potentially large legal bill. A j...

Warren Buffett’s Likely Successor Owns Little Stock in Berkshire Hathaway

Text size Greg Abel, center, during a shareholders shopping day ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in April. Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg Ownership of Berkshire Hathaway stock is a big part o...

Recession Is Already Here for Many Small Businesses

When central bankers and economists gather in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this coming week to debate the trajectories of inflation and monetary policy, there will be hopeful talk of peak prices and renewed di...

GM Reinstates Dividend. Ford’s Yield Is Higher.

Text size GM stock was rising after the auto maker said it was reinstating its dividend. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images American automotive giant General Motors is returning capital to shareholders again—...

Fisker Considers U.S. Ocean Production Amid Shakeup In EV Tax Credit

Fisker Inc.’s electric Ocean SUVs won’t qualify for a revised federal tax credit for EVs that requires them to be built at domestic plants. Fisker Inc. Fisker Inc., a Los Angeles-based ele...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

The New EV Tax Credit Won’t Cover All Teslas and Other Cars. How It Will Work.

New electric-vehicle tax credits depend on where the cars are assembled, what the EVs cost, and how much money buyers make. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size The Inflation Reduction Act shou...

Ford Raises Price for F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup Truck

Text size Ford’s F-150 Lightning truck previously cost around $40,000 to $90,000. It now ranges up to $96,874. Courtesy of Ford Ford Motor has increased the price of its electric F-150 Lightning...

10 Stocks That Should Shine in a 2023 Recession: Citi

As the risk of a recession draws nearer, Citi group has produced a screen of 30 stocks to help investors find opportunities during the second half of 2022.  Stocks have rebounded in recent weeks with ...

Ford’s New F-150 Lightning Truck to Get Price Hike

Updated Aug. 9, 2022 1:22 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) Ford Motor new all-electric truck is getting a price increase fewer than four months after it started shipping to dealerships for the first...

10 Stocks That Should Shine in a 2023 Recession, Citi Says

As the risk of a recession draws nearer, Citi group has produced a screen of 30 stocks to help investors find opportunities during the second half of 2022.  Stocks have rebounded in recent weeks with ...

Tesla, EV Makers Stand to Get Billions for Factories From Senate Bill

The Senate climate bill passed over the weekend offers billions of dollars for electric-vehicle and battery factories, and includes rules that the auto industry says will make it tougher for some cons...

How Tesla Lost The Race For Affordable EVs To An Unexpected Rival

Sixteen years ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced his goal of building the first truly low-cost electric family car. Now General Motors has beaten him to it. INAugust 2006, before Tesla had built its f...

GM Expands Super Cruise Hands-Free Driving To More Than 400,000 Miles Of Roads

General Motors is expanding the number of North American roads where Super Cruise can be used to … [+] more than 400,000 miles General Motors Back in 2017, General MotorsGM launched the first ha...

Auto Makers Expect Car Sales to Defy Economic Gloom

Listen to article (2 minutes) Even as consumer spending cools, one place buyers continue to splurge is at the car dealership. Auto executives reporting earnings earlier this week displayed confidence ...

General Motors Strikes Deals To Ensure EV Battery Production As Q2 Falls

The Silverado Ultium platform battery that powers the Chevrolet 2024 Silverado EV full-size pickup … [+] truck is on display apart from the vehicle at the 2022 New York International Auto Show i...

Tesla Wasn’t a ‘Money Furnace’ After All

Text size Tesla’s credit metrics look better than automotive peers. They look better than many large-cap stocks too. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It turns out that money furnaces don’t have to b...

Apple, Amazon, Meta Highlight Tech-Heavy Earnings Week

Tech giants Apple Amazon.com and Microsoft headline a busy earnings week amid growing investor fears of recession, rising interest rates and surging inflation. A little more than one-third of S&P ...

VW Board Ousts CEO Herbert Diess After Pivot to Electric Vehicles

Key shareholders in Volkswagen joined forces with labor leaders to oust Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess, who was in the midst of a push to turn the German auto company into a top maker of electr...

Chevrolet Blazer EV Coming In Summer 2023 To Challenge Mach-E, Model Y And Bad Guys

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS Chevrolet 2023 is set to be a critical year for General MotorsGM ’ plan to shift its lineup entirely to electrification. Among the nearly ten EVs expected to debut by the e...