Feature Stories
Another Annual Loss for Fisker
For those following electric automotive startups, Fisker’s fiscal year 2022 results, announced on Monday, should sound familiar. Fisker Inc. Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker says the company is moving closer to saleable production units. Fisker disclosed a...
Week Ahead: Numbers, Numbers and More Numbers
Numbers, numbers and more numbers will dominate the news this week! Henrik Fisker’s company will report its Q4 and FY 2022 earnings Monday morning. First we’ll start with a few more rounds of earnings reports, beginning with EV startup Fisker on Monday when Henrik...
The Rearview Mirror: Hyundai Comes to America
Hyundai boasts its own logistics division, which includes shipping vessels and port facilities. This week in 1986, Hyundai introduced the subcompact Excel to America, a car sold elsewhere also sold as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto, Hyundai X2, and Mitsubishi...
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Tesla Back in Court on $137M Race Discrimination Suit
Tesla is back in court this week as a plaintiff seeks to restore a $137 million verdict in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Tesla is back in court to determine if an employee awarded $137M in damages should get that amount. The EV maker has faced similar lawsuits — as...
Fifty Million Apartment Dwellers Need a Way to Plug In
More than 80% of EV charging is today done at home, according to industry data. And that’s fine when battery-electric vehicles make up a small niche of the overall U.S. vehicle market. But what happens when vehicles with internal combustion engines begin to phase out...
E-Fuels Provide a Lifeline for Ferrari and Porsche
Sales of gas-powered cars, such as the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4Matic, are banned in the E.U. after 2035. But the engines could survive due to the e-fuel loophole. It’s a deadline that seems far away, but isn’t. It’s the planned phase out of new combustion engine...
Upstart Fain Sworn in as UAW President on Eve of Bargaining Convention
Shawn Fain was sworn in Sunday as the United Auto Workers new president, and the first elected directly by the union’s active and retired members after a lengthy vote count, less than 24 hours before the union delegates were scheduled to meet in Detroit to discuss...
Week Ahead: UAW Gets a New Leader
This week starts off with a focus on the UAW’s vote in a runoff election to determine who will lead the organization: old-guard incumbent Ray Curry or militant upstart challenger Shawn Fain. Shawn Fain captured the UAW presidency by less than 500 votes. The vote count...