The Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops 2.9% in May from Year Ago, Fastest Drop since Nov 2011 by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2018 • 40 Comments Even as “hedonic quality adjustments” perform miracles to repress surging new and used vehicle inflation.
Nuts & Bolts of the Car Business: Subprime Loans, High Vehicle Prices & Big Discounts, EVs, and Why Automakers are Dropping Car Lines by Wolf Richter • Jun 11, 2018 • 68 Comments Wolf Richter with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money:
Heavy Truck Industry on Cloud 9, Shippers Face “Capacity Crisis” by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2018 • 32 Comments “Veterans in this industry are saying this is the best freight market they have ever seen.”
Nuts & Bolts Update on Used Vehicles, Who Pays Sticker, and Why Subprime Customers are Vulnerable to Getting Ripped Off by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2018 • 13 Comments Wolf Richter with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money.
Consumer Price Index Rises Fastest since February 2017. by Wolf Richter • May 10, 2018 • 43 Comments Been reading misleading headlines about low inflation again?
What’s Going On in the Used Vehicle Market? by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2018 • 68 Comments They’re hot, price inflation is building up.
Tesla Discloses Worst Quarterly Zinger of a Loss Ever, Burns $1.1 Billion Cash by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2018 • 106 Comments Not The Boring Company, but The Hopeless Company.
Uber Loses Share to Lyft. Both Crush Rental Cars and Taxis by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2018 • 94 Comments War in business ground transportation. But tipping is not popular.
Carmageddon for Cars: “Cars” Are Scheduled to Die by Wolf Richter • Apr 25, 2018 • 145 Comments The end of an era in the US Auto industry — until $7 gas arrives.
More Carmageddon at GM, Cuts Shift in Ohio, 1,500 Layoffs, as Cruze Sales Plunge. Production in Mexico Started in 2015 by Wolf Richter • Apr 13, 2018 • 62 Comments It already cut the third shift in 2017. Now it cut the second shift. Carmageddon but not Truckmageddon.
