Electric vehicles
SoftBank-backed Ola Electric wants to launch a made-in-India EV in 2024
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal appears on screen during a presentation in August 15, 2021. The company’s EV-arm, Ola Electric, plans to launch an electric car in 2024. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of Ola Electric said Monday his firm would launch an all-electric vehicle that can go from 0 to 100 […]
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Tesla hedging: New ETF gears up to attract hesitant investors
Risk-averse investors have a new option to make safer bets on Tesla. Innovator ETFs launched the Innovator Hedged TSLA Strategy ETF (TSLH) – among other defined outcome products – last month. According to the ETF’s CEO Bruce Bond, it gives investors exposure to the stock while largely steering clear of volatility and valuation risks by […]
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Rivian posts second-quarter revenue above estimates, but expects a wider loss for the year
Rivian electric pickup trucks sit in a parking lot at a Rivian service center on May 09, 2022 in South San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive maintained its full-year guidance for deliveries Thursday and reported second-quarter revenue that was higher than Wall Street expected. But it trimmed its […]
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Ford CEO doesn’t expect electric vehicle battery costs to drop anytime soon
Ford CEO Jim Farley poses with the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, May 19, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters WAYNE, Mich. – Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley does not expect the costs of raw materials for the company’s electric vehicles to ease in the near future, marking the latest signal that automakers […]
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How the EV tax credits in Democrats’ climate bill could hurt electric vehicle sales
Tesla cars charge next to a traditional Texaco gas station on July 17, 2022 in Nephi, Utah. With more electric cars on the road, lack of charging infrastructure is becoming more of a problem for EV owners. George Frey | Getty Images Proposed tax credits of up to $7,500 for electric vehicles under the Inflation […]
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Nikola CEO Mark Russell to retire at the end of the year
Mark Russell, chief executive officer of Nikola Corp., left, during a media briefing at the unveiling of the Iveco-Nikola electric truck plant in Ulm, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Andreas Grebert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nikola CEO Mark Russell will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Wednesday. Russell will […]
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Buying a car and want to go electric? Inflation Reduction Act extends $7,500 tax credit — but with price, income caps
David Madison | Photodisc | Getty Images A federal tax break that’s available to car buyers for going electric may work differently starting next year. Under the Inflation Reduction Act — which received Senate approval on Sunday and is expected to clear the House this week — a tax credit worth up to $7,500 for […]
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Lordstown Motors expects limited production and deliveries of electric pickup in 2022
Workers install door hinges to the body shell of a prototype Endurance electric pickup truck on June 21, 2021 at Lordstown Motors assembly plant in Ohio. Michael Wayland | CNBC Embattled electric truck startup Lordstown Motors on Thursday reaffirmed plans to begin commercial production of its first vehicle this quarter and roll out the first […]
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Fisker stays on track to start production of its electric Ocean SUV this year, cites 56,000 reservations
Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after it was unveiled at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images California-based EV startup Fisker said Wednesday it now has more than 56,000 […]
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EV maker Lucid again cuts production targets as logistics challenges cripple output
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 Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group again cut its production targets […]
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