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.
Carmageddon for Ford in the US, China, and Europe by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2019 • 102 Comments The New Emissions & Fuel-Economy Cheating Scandal is just a Dimple.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT by Wolf Richter • Feb 17, 2019 • 57 Comments What’s Causing the Subprime Auto Loan Fiasco?