Earnings/Financials

Ford Q1 earnings top expectations, sees full-year profit 'tracking to high-end'

Deliveries jumped 6.8% to 508,083 vehicles

Musk promises 'more affordable' cars — but what did he mean?

'The details are thin,' but it's probably not the mythical $25,000 Model 2

Tesla stock surges as EV-maker says it will 'accelerate' the launch of cheaper cars

This despite its earnings and deliveries falling short of expectations

GM beats quarterly targets, raises forecast for the year

'Full steam ahead' on truck and SUV sales subsidizing the EV transition

Geely to sell $1.3 billion of Volvo Truck shares

Though the truck maker is having a good year, and Geely had planned to do this

Tesla wants shareholders to give Musk $56 billion pay package rejected by judge

Now might not be the time to ask — also, a shareholder lawsuit is how it got voided

BMW EV sales surge even as rivals struggle with weak demand

Deliveries are up 41%, and EVs will likely be 20% of BMW's total deliveries this year

EV maker Lucid beats first-quarter delivery estimates as price cuts boost demand

This on top of the $1 billion boost it got from the Saudis

How the US employment boom is leaving factory workers behind

Employers keep adding jobs, but not in manufacturing

Car shipper sees up to $10 million hit from Baltimore disaster

Its biggest carrier ship is stuck behind the collapsed bridge

U.S. first-quarter auto sales grew 5% despite high interest rates, but EV growth slows further

But 'small sells': Chevy Trax outsells the entire Cadillac brand

Tesla stock slides following big Q1 delivery miss

One analyst calls it 'an unmitigated disaster,' another cites 'serious demand issue'

Tesla’s $350 billion stock slump shreds investor expectations

Its first-quarter delivery numbers are out next week

Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months

The company delivered some cars without collecting payment at all, insiders say

Fisker stock trades halted as talks with Nissan collapse

And it can't meet terms for a hoped-for $150 million lifeline

Why BMW EVs, gas cars sharing same platform is the 'right solution' for customers

BMW's global EV sales jumped 74% in 2023 and US sales have doubled so far in 2024.

Automakers still lose money on every EV they sell, report says

Finding profitability may require a little help from the government, it says

Bentley says 'emotional sensitivity' slowed sales in 2023

Four high-performance hybrid launches this year should spur sales

Tesla Model Y U.S. price will rise by $1,000 on April 1

That's on top of a $1,000 increase that just happened March 1

Fisker stops production, warns it may need to seek bankruptcy

Will raising a fresh $150 million and a possible Nissan partnership save it?