US Auto Imports from Mexico Surge 10% in Q1 to New Record, Despite Dropping Sales in the US by Don Quijones • Apr 24, 2019 • 19 Comments 16% of the 4 million new vehicles sold in the US in Q1 were assembled in Mexico.
China EV Manufacturing Bubble Faces Getting Bludgeoned by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2019 • 52 Comments There are now 486 EV manufacturers in China, triple from two years ago. Most will disappear.
Carmageddon at Tesla-Panasonic Gigafactory in Nevada and Shanghai by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2019 • 118 Comments Expansion & investment plans frozen, after deliveries of Teslas plunged in Q1
This is How Stocks Get Hit When BBB-Rated Companies Try to Dodge a Downgrade to “Junk” by Wolf Richter • Apr 9, 2019 • 51 Comments There are now many of them. Shoring up the balance sheet is the opposite of “shareholder friendly.” It’s “creditor friendly.”
Used-Car Market Profits from Carmageddon by Wolf Richter • Apr 5, 2019 • 91 Comments Many Americans are priced out of the new-car market.
Q1 Carmageddon for GM, Fiat-Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Mercedes, Mazda… by Wolf Richter • Apr 2, 2019 • 104 Comments Ford wisely kept its mouth shut. The problem with Mercedes and BMW is that they don’t yet sell luxury pickups, though they’re finally figuring it out.
Tesla’s Mess at the Top: Moody’s Gets Nervous by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2019 • 91 Comments Decision-Making Chaos and Epic Strategy Flip-Flops.
Formerly Red-Hot Retail Sales Fizzle Back to Normal by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2019 • 55 Comments But back to “normal” hurts after a good run.
Tesla Falls from Grace with Americans, Facebook Plunges to the Ignominious Level of Goldman, Wells Fargo, Sears by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2019 • 99 Comments But the US government got them all beat.
Trucking Boom U-Turns by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2019 • 28 Comments Another Gauge of the Goods-Based Economy Heads South.