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Text size Ford electric trucks in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Ford engine finally gave investors a glimpse of the electric vehicle startup she was incubating inside her 119-year-old self. Although the stock’s decline suggests disappointment, there is more to love than the market is giving…
Text size Deutsche Bank shares were down on Friday. Photograph by Don Arnold/Getty Images Equity futures fell on Friday on lingering concerns about banks and rising interest rates. Shares closed slightly higher on Thursday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up a gain of 400 points during the session. These stocks were set to…
Text size A rear-drive Tesla Model 3 costs around $43,000 to start. Allison Dinner/Getty Images Automakers loved it when the US government rolled out its $7,500 tax credit for people who buy electric vehicles. Now the sector may not be so sure how it feels. Thursday, EV press briefing Electrekciting people familiar with the matter,…
Text size Ford wants to sell millions of electric vehicles a year by the end of the decade. An all-electric version of its Explorer was unveiled in Europe this week. Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Ford engine provided new details about its electric vehicle business, offering data that helps investors answer the most important question facing the…
Ford Motor Co. will now report results by three new global business segments rather than by geographic region, the company announced Thursday. Results will now be reported by Ford Blue, which encompasses gasoline and hybrid vehicles, Ford Model e, or electric vehicles, and Ford Pro, which covers commercial products and services. Ford F, +1.61% also…
Text size Tesla’s debt rating has been upgraded to investment grade status by Moody’s. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Stock futures rose on Tuesday as turmoil in the banking sector stabilized and investors turned their attention to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision coming on Wednesday. These stocks were set to move on Tuesday: Bank…
Arrives within a week You’re here was a rotten credit rating at Moody’s, even though Tesla’s financial performance was much better by Moody’s own calculations. That changed Monday night after Moody’s upgraded its rating on the electric vehicle maker. Still, investors might wonder why the rating isn’t even higher. Elon Musk seems to be the…
Text size Nikola began shipping its battery-powered Tre truck in 2022. Courtesy of Nikola Shares of an electric truck and hydrogen fuel cell technology company Nicholas take it on the chin. The reason is mysterious. On Monday, Nikola (ticker: NKLA) filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that on Thursday he filed…
China is reporting mixed economic news following last week’s political rally that saw President Xi Jinping tighten his grip on nearly every facet of the economy and society. But factory output, long the engine of China’s rapid economic growth, is only advancing, spraying cold water on increasingly optimistic forecasts for the world’s second-largest economy. The…
