Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

Wall Street Gets Charged Up on Rivian Despite Short-Circuiting EV Market

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The increased price targets came just a week after Rivian announced it had developed its own artificial intelligence chip.

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Electric Vehicles

Investors Throw Side-Eye at Tesla’s Optimus-tic $1.4T Market Cap

Morgan Stanley cut its rating of Tesla for the first time in two years on Monday to “equal weight,” which is equivalent to a hold.

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Industrials

US Seeks Rare Earths Outside China’s Control

As the US races to establish its own rare earth supply chains, a handful of companies stand to benefit enormously from government support.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Votes to Make Elon Musk the $1 Trillion Man

For Musk to secure the full bag, Tesla must reach 20 million delivered EVs and a market cap of $8.5 trillion, up from $1.54 trillion today.

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Electric Vehicles

Will Boston Wage War on Waymo?

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Boston city council members are considering an ordinance that would require a “human safety operator” to be present in autonomous vehicles.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Grapples With Threats on All Fronts

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And yet, last week, Tesla scored a couple key brownie points from Wall Street analysts. So why the optimism?

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Electric Vehicles

Ford Crosses into Fast Lane With $2 Billion Affordable EV Plan

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If successful, the company believes its affordable option could revolutionize EV adoption levels in America.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla is Paying Up to Keep Elon Musk’s Eyes On the Road

During the company’s second-quarter earnings report last month, Musk admitted the company may be headed for “a few rough quarters.”

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Electric Vehicles

Can Tesla and Samsung Find Salvation in Each Other?

For Samsung, it’s a chance to finally carve out some foundry industry market share from rival chipmaker TSMC.

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Electric Vehicles

‘Flying Car’ Industry Taxis Toward Takeoff

A US-based startup, backed by Japan’s Toyota, and a freshly capitalized initiative in China could make flying cars a full reality next year.

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