Autos
Ford reports big jump in July sales, including for trucks and electric vehicles
Ford F-150 Lightning at the 2022 New York Auto Show. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – Ford Motor’s U.S. vehicle sales last month showed notable improvements in volumes and truck availability, following a fire at a supplier’s plant in Japan that hurt its year-ago sales. The Detroit automaker said Wednesday its new vehicle sales rose […]
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on earnings: It was a strong quarter on top and bottom lines
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ to break down the company’s latest quarterly earnings report, which showed the ride hailing company was cash-flow positive for the first time. Source
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba teams up with Tesla rival Xpeng on tech for driverless cars
XPeng is still focused in boosting the sales of its electric cars. But it has been focusing on building out future businesses in flying cars and robotics. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and electric vehicle startup Xpeng are opening a computing center to train software for driverless cars, the […]
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Ford stock notches its best month since the Great Recession – and keeps rising
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 automaker this year. Shares of the Detroit automaker closed Monday at $15.34, up 4.4%. The gains added to the stock increasing by 31.9% in July […]
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Shares of Chinese EV makers Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto rise as July car deliveries jump
Xpeng said it delivered 11,524 in July, a rise versus the same time last year, but slipping from June’s figure. Xpeng had the highest deliveries out of its closest rivals Nio and Li Auto in July. Xpeng said it will begin accepting reservations for its new G9 SUV in August 2022. Chen Dongqiu | Visual […]
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Ford is adding an off-road package to its hot-selling Maverick compact pickup
2023 Ford Maverick Tremor Source: Ford Ford Motor is adding a new off-road-ready package to its Maverick pickup in a bid to extend the sales success of its hot-selling small truck. The new Maverick Tremor package includes a beefed-up, higher-riding suspension and a new all-wheel-drive system system powered by Ford’s 2-liter EcoBoost turbo four-cylinder […]
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The Elon Musk-Twitter trial will start October 17
“The past two years have been an absolutely nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will go to trial starting on October 17 in Delaware to resolve Musk’s attempt […]
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Despite concerns, ESG strategies may become a crowded trade for impact investors – so Vanguard is taking a different track
It’s a fund looking to make money from green investing. The inclusive, actively managed Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive Impact Stock Fund (VBPIX) is an environmental, social and governance product that bundles companies with positive, inclusive and sustainable intentions. “It’s really a fund that’s going to be investing in global equities looking to deliver long-term […]
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Amazon records $3.9 billion loss on Rivian investment, bringing markdown for the year to $11.5 billion
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tour one of the company’s electric delivery vans. Amazon Amazon’s stake in electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive was once worth $27 billion. That was in November, shortly after Rivian’s IPO, which took place just before the Nasdaq peaked. But with investors rotating out of risk in […]
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Here are 4 things Ford CEO told Cramer that show the automaker’s strength
Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke with Jim Cramer after the automaker’s better-than-expected earnings report Wednesday. Source
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