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Tesla covers travel costs for out-of-state health care including, reportedly, abortions
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Tesla covers travel costs for out-of-state health care including, reportedly, abortions

Signage outside the new Tesla South Austin showroom within the Yard development in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Mark Felix | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla will cover travel and lodging costs for employees to receive health-care services not offered in the states they reside. The policy, which Tesla said has been […]

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Rivian stock plummets as Ford unloads 8 million shares of EV start-up
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Rivian stock plummets as Ford unloads 8 million shares of EV start-up

Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Shares of Rivian Automotive plummeted in premarket trading Monday following a CNBC report that Ford Motor is selling 8 million shares of the electric vehicle start-up. Rivian’s stock was down 19% in extended […]

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Uber CEO tells staff company will cut down on costs, treat hiring as a ‘privilege’
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Uber CEO tells staff company will cut down on costs, treat hiring as a ‘privilege’

Uber will cut back on spending and focus on becoming a leaner business to address a “seismic shift” in investor sentiment, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told employees in an email obtained by CNBC. “After earnings, I spent several days meeting investors in New York and Boston,” Khosrowshahi said in the email, which was sent out late […]

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Ford is selling 8 million shares of once high-flying EV maker Rivian, sources say
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Ford is selling 8 million shares of once high-flying EV maker Rivian, sources say

Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Ford Motor is selling 8 million of its Rivian Automotive shares, with the insider lockup for the stock of the once high-flying electric vehicle maker is set to expire on Sunday, sources told […]

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Used-car prices are down from record highs, easing the impact of inflation
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Used-car prices are down from record highs, easing the impact of inflation

A sign advertises cash paid for used cars in Alhambra, California on January 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – Wholesale used-vehicle prices have notably fallen from a record high set in January, signaling the worst of sky-high prices related to higher inflation in the U.S. may be behind us. […]

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U.S.-listed Chinese EV maker Nio proposes a secondary listing of its shares in Singapore
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U.S.-listed Chinese EV maker Nio proposes a secondary listing of its shares in Singapore

Nio is planning to list its shares in Singapore. This would be the Chinese electric carmaker’s third listing location, following its IPO in New York and a secondary listing in Hong Kong. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese electric carmaker Nio said Friday that it’s planning a secondary share listing in Singapore. Nio, […]

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Lucid reports 30,000 EV reservations and raises prices on its Air sedans
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Lucid reports 30,000 EV reservations and raises prices on its Air sedans

CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S. September 28, 2021. Caitlin O’Hara | Reuters Electric luxury vehicle maker Lucid Group said Thursday it now has more than 30,000 reservations for its Air sedan — but any customers making reservations after June 1 will have to pay higher prices. […]

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Rising interest rates mean higher loan costs when you go to buy a car. Monthly payments already average 0
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Rising interest rates mean higher loan costs when you go to buy a car. Monthly payments already average $650

Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images On top of elevated prices for new and used cars, financing the purchase of one is about to get more expensive. With the Federal Reserve boosting a key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday, borrowing costs are poised to head higher on a variety of […]

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Nikola stock jumps as EV truck maker reports start to production and surprise Q1 revenue
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Nikola stock jumps as EV truck maker reports start to production and surprise Q1 revenue

Nikola Motor Company Source: Nikola Motor Company Electric heavy-truck maker Nikola said Thursday it shipped its first semitrucks to customers in April, and that it now has purchase orders and letters of intent for over 500 of its battery-electric Tre trucks. The company is also working with clients including Anheuser-Busch Inbev to complete a longer-range […]

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A slate of EV automakers report earnings this week and will try to prove they can turn hype into production
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A slate of EV automakers report earnings this week and will try to prove they can turn hype into production

Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV in New York City, New York, July 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Investors holding beaten-up electric vehicle stocks are bracing for first-quarter […]

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