Autos
Musk says Tesla can lower car prices if inflation ‘calms down’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Friday that the electric car company could lower prices if inflation “calms down.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a higher-than-expected inflation rate this week with the consumer price index rising 9.1% from a year ago. Tesa increased the prices of all of its car models in […]
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Morgan Stanley’s Jonas trims price target for Tesla, citing slowing economy
Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas cut his price target for many stocks in his sector, including Tesla . Jonas said in a note to clients that a slowing economy dampens the outlook for autos, leading to estimate cuts and lower price targets. “We make material cuts to our forecasts across our coverage to reflect […]
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Hyundai unveils new Ioniq 6 EV — an ‘electrified streamliner’ with unique design
The newest electric vehicle from Hyundai Motor is a sedan with a unique bubbly design. The South Korean automaker unveiled the Ioniq 6 Wednesday night as an “electrified streamliner,” a nod to its aerodynamic design that Americans may know best through the design of an Airstream trailer. It’s a major shift in styling from the […]
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Truist initiates coverage of Tesla with a buy rating and $1,000 price target
Tesla has another bull in its corner. Truist Securities on Wednesday initiated coverage of the electric vehicle maker with a buy rating and price target of $1,000. That represents a more than 40% upside from where shares closed at $711.12 during Wednesday’s session. “We believe the company’s best days, in terms of volume production, product […]
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Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy announces he’s leaving the company
A Tesla Model S car equipped with Autopilot David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla AI and Autopilot leader Andrej Karpathy announced Wednesday that he’s no longer working for the electric vehicle maker. “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision […]
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Americans are paying record-high prices for new vehicles
A sign advertises to purchase cars at a used car dealership in Arlington, Virginia, February 15, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – If investors are looking for signs of a recession or weakening consumer spending, they can skip over new vehicle prices, which hit a new record in June. Fueled by […]
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Panasonic reportedly building new factory in Kansas to produce batteries for Tesla and rest of EV industry
An aerial view of the Tesla Gigafactory near Sparks, Nevada Bob Strong | Reuters Panasonic is planning to build a new battery factory in Kansas to produce high-capacity cells for Tesla, according to a report out Wednesday from Nikkei Asia. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has scheduled a news conference in Topeka today at […]
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Shares of Tianqi Lithium slump around 10% in first day of trading in Hong Kong
Shares of Tianqi Lithium slumped about 10% in their Hong Kong market debut Wednesday, after the Chinese company raised about $1.7 billion in the city’s biggest listing so far this year. The stock traded at around 74.50 Hong Kong dollars ($9.49), lower than the offer price of HK$82 ($10.45) a share. It slipped to as […]
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Chinese EV maker XPeng’s robotics arm raises $100 million to bring robots to households in 2 years
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 XPeng Robotics, the affiliate company of Chinese electric carmaker XPeng, on Tuesday said it raised $100 million as part of its […]
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Elon Musk says it’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset’
President Donald Trump talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at Trump Tower last February. Evan Vucci | AP Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he thinks former President Donald Trump should, “hang up his hat & sail into the sunset.” Writing on Twitter, where Musk has more than 100 million […]
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