All eyes are on Volkswagen and Rivian right now, as just last week the two automakers teamed up to create an EV-focused joint venture. Volkswagen will gain access to Rivian’s EV technology and a heap of Rivian stock (RIVN) in exchange for up to a $5 billion investment. Shares of RIVN are up 30% [...]
Shares of Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) are up slightly in Wednesday morning trading as Elon Musk spoke to Tesla about relying on the company’s chips for its electric vehicles. Musk plans on ordering between $3 billion to $4 billion worth of chips throughout this year for Tesla, which will make up nearly two-thirds of the [...]
Xpeng Inc. (XPEV) got a solid lift Tuesday morning after the Chinese EV maker delivered first-quarter results well above expectations despite challenges in the industry itself. Sales came in at $907 million compared to just $573 million this time last year. Wall Street was expecting $859 million. The company did report a loss of [...]
Tesla (TSLA) was climbing higher yesterday after its best week in a while as Elon Musk shared a pleasant surprise update with investors. He visited China to meet with Li Qiang and gained approval to move forward with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software for the country’s electric vehicles. Musk also gained the go-ahead to [...]
The beginning of quarter 2 feels like April Fools keeps going with the markets under pressure due to the Fed’s hesitancy to cut rates, global strife continuing, and Tesla’s (TSLA) poor deliveries dragging the market down. Although delayed rate cuts are disappointing, seeing one of the magnificent 7 continue to plummet hurts like more [...]
Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng Inc. (XPEV) posted impressive Q4 earnings that beat the top and bottom line, initially sending shares higher Tuesday morning. They’ve since cooled off and settled around even on the day. The company grew revenue by a whopping 154% to RMB13.05 billion ($1.84 billion). This easily outpaced the FactSet consensus of [...]
The trend toward electric vehicles has paved the way for new companies like Tesla while existing automakers such as Ford, Mercedes, Honda, BMW, and others have all pivoted their manufacturing processes as well to focus on EVs. However, not enough emphasis is placed on the smaller EV makers like Li Auto (LI) - a [...]
Ford Motor (F) gained 6% Wednesday before settling around 3% after delivering Q4 earnings that surpassed expectations. The company also announced it would be issuing a special dividend. The automaker grew revenue in Q4 by 4% to $46 billion, outpacing analyst expectations - but the earnings beat stole the show. Ford reported 29 cents [...]
Just a few years ago Lucid Group (LCID) was one of the most exciting stocks on the market, soaring to more than 430% above its IPO price of $10.25/share. Since then, the stock has plummeted to just $2.69/share - with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The EV manufacturer has been compared to [...]
On Wednesday (December 27), Mullen Automotive (MULN) announced that it had delivered its latest batch of EV vehicles to Randy Marion Automotive Group (RMA). Mullen Automotive will earn $3,969,000 for the delivery. This delivery consisted of 63 Class C vehicles and was part of a larger order from earlier this year. RMA originally ordered [...]
