Used Vehicle Prices Spike to New Crazy Record in a Market Gone Nuts by Wolf Richter • Oct 7, 2021 • 126 Comments Not “temporary” yet.
The Ugly Math: GM, Ford, other Legacy Automakers Throw Hundreds of Billions at EVs, Only Auto Segment that’s Growing. Tesla Made Them Do It by Wolf Richter • Oct 6, 2021 • 218 Comments It’s a zero-sum game that’s eating up a huge amount of cash. But Electric Utilities are loving it.
New Vehicle Sales Plunge as Prices Soar amid Supply Chain Chaos, Chip Shortages, and Depleted Inventories by Wolf Richter • Oct 5, 2021 • 188 Comments Ford, whose sales plunged 18%, is suddenly No. 1 for September. That’s how bad it is.
What Comes After Mind-Blowing Free-Money Blow-Off Spike in Retail Sales? A Spike Doesn’t Spike Forever by Wolf Richter • Sep 16, 2021 • 140 Comments Powered by price increases.
Inflation Whac-A-Mole: New Vehicle Prices Spike as Used Vehicle Prices Dip, while Housing Inflation, which Exploded in Reality, Barely Budged in the CPI by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2021 • 86 Comments CPI inflation remains at 12-year high.
Proposed EV Tax Credits = Braindead Economic Policy +Last Thing the Booming EV Industry & EV-Hungry Consumers Need by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2021 • 158 Comments Everyone loves more free money. But EVs can stand on their own four wheels, so to speak. Let competition force innovation on automakers.
New Vehicle Sales Plunged Further in August amid Inventory Shortages & Production Cuts: Chip Shortage Wreaks Havoc by Wolf Richter • Sep 7, 2021 • 134 Comments The average transaction price for new vehicles spikes to $41,000.
Semiconductor Shortages amid Record Semiconductor Sales? It’s a Mess Out There by Wolf Richter • Aug 30, 2021 • 138 Comments The explosion of demand that cannot be filled in the most monstrously overstimulated economy and markets ever.
Shortages in Charts: New & Used Vehicle Inventories Collapsed, Supply at Clothing Stores Gets Tight, Food Stores Near Normal by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2021 • 112 Comments Over-stimulated demand, tangled supply chains: shortages for some, plenty of supply for others.
Driving in America Changed: Rural is Up, Urban Down, Mass Transit Out by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2021 • 119 Comments Vacationing by car instead of going overseas, working from home instead of commuting, and to heck with mass transit.