Auto Sector Stocks (Page 74)

The Tesla news blindsided and shocked the world. A stock exchange wasn’t notified, neither was the Securities Exchange Commission. Not even the board of directors of the company that was affected by the news. Stock prices went crazy, its stock was eventually suspended, everyone who’s anyone about billions denied they were asked to help, and a moment of explanation finally came: Elon Musk wants Tesla to go private, he wants an equity leveraged buyout, and he wants the Saudis to finance it.

Let me start off at bat: Don Marchionne is a great man. Period. I didn’t agree with him with his paltry 5 year electrification plan for FCA Group, but with his expedited departure, we can now look back with definitive successes and failures. This is how the Era of Sergio Marchionne came to an end, and the Era of Jeep begins as the dominant force in the car industry, perhaps to equal that of Goliath General Motors, now that Jeep takes the world stage.

Tesla Inc was smart for itself by taking down the mystery $35,000 price for a model version some have long been waiting for, hadn’t yet been built, not sure if it will ever exist, and that they were never really in a position to offer. They need to worry about surviving first, and you do that by making money. Period.

Here you can watch the live recording of Tesla's 2018 annual shareholder meeting in which Tesla showed a new image of model Y. Lots of investor eyes, Tesla owner eyes and Model 3 reservation holder eyes were on CEO Elon Musk who faced scrutiny at the shareholder meeting.

Tesla and investors are actively preparing for tomorrow's shareholder meeting. Some are frustrated with the CEO Elon Musk while other expect a 'bombshell' from Elon tomorrow. What could possibly be a 'bombshell' at a shareholder's meeting? Here are 7 possibilities.

Most people can't imagine today's car industry without Tesla, but really, what will happen if the iconic EV maker of Model 3, Model S and Model X goes broke because of at least delayed promises and massive debt? Robert Malcolm Kay provides this commentary about the subject in Electric Cars forum.

Tesla Motors stock price (TSLA) is dropping because of 3 most-talked-about reasons, which is mainly covered in the media these days. But there is even more important issue, which is less talked about: the issue of Tesla's debt. And we don't hear more about it. Therefore, there are 4 reasons Tesla's stock price is tanking. Which of these four reasons, do you think is the most serious cause for the Tesla's stock price drop?

John Thompson, a hedge-fund manager of Vilas Capital Management, who manages $25 million, wrote his clients over the weekend and said “Tesla, without any doubt, is on the verge of bankruptcy," He has several reasons and Tesla is this fund's biggest position now. And Moody's just downgraded TSLA because of Model 3 production delays.

Analysts at JP tomorrow note the positive developments with Tesla's Model 3 delivery, but still recommend selling the stock because of one growing and natural danger.

Have you ever thought about what drives the cost of car repairs? Well, one of the key factors is probably car theft. According to National Insurance Crime Bureau, parts costs were driven up an average of 4.1 in 2016 and the cause was attributed to car theft.

Now that the Dieselgate settlement is official, it's apparently time for the D.C. Beltway crowd to weigh in. Could they be doing it for their supporters? It certainly seems that way.

Another piece of the Tesla model 3 puzzle is fitting into place. Tesla filed a Prospectus to offer 9,577,901 shares of common stock that should bring in on the top end $1.7 billion to fund the Model 3 rollout.

Tesla confirms they are on track to deliver the Model 3 in late 2017 and increase their production capacity to 500,000 vehicles by 2018.

At first I didn't think this Toyota Tacoma was going to make it. But watch this video and see what a 4x4 Tacoma can do with a challenge.

Mr. Marchionne seems to be saying he can force GM to the table.

Toyota was offered $100 million to move its headquarters to North Carolina. It moved to a state that offered less than half that. For good reason.

After the announcement Tuesday that the company was cutting its earning estimates, stock dropped more than 10%, but has since seen recovery.

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd maker of the 2014 Subaru Forester, issues a revision to their performance projection for the first half of the fiscal year. It’s worth taking a look at.

Tesla Motors stock has risen over 400% in the last six months, and by market capitalization the company is rivaling the smaller automakers, which raises the question: Why?

DoubleLine Capital's Jeffrey Gundlach said it wasn't a good idea to short-sell TSLA even though the gains look irrationally excessive

Tesla Motors' (TSLA) ever-increasing stock price is either a hype bubble or a serious prediction by the stock market of Tesla's future as a major car maker ranking with the likes of Daimler or BMW.

Tesla Motors' stock (TSLA) is caught in a wave of hype, leaving Tesla CEO Elon Musk grasping for the best way to describe the company's sky high valuation.

A new offering from Tesla Motors of a $850 million package of common stock and convertible senior notes will be used to completely prefund payoff of the Dept. of Energy loans, as well as general corporate purposes.

Whether the price for Tesla Motors stock has fallen or risen this week depends on how broad of a horizon one sees.

While Tesla Motors is revolutionizing the automobile, the company itself is transforming a from visionary role to that of a mass production automobile manufacturer.

Enova Systems, Inc., the electric drive systems company focusing on medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has announced that they will not contest their removal from the New York Stock Exchange this week.

Sterne Agee & Leach has downgraded two very large and growing auto parts stocks, anticipating share price losses in the coming months.

General Motors' third quarter stock gain surprises industry pundits and belies the company's loss of management and dropping sales.

Several stocks rose and fell this week, as Wall Street tries to second guess the pending third quarter analysis announcements from automakers. Here are some highlights.

Aggressive short selling of beleaguered A123 Systems' stock (AONE) have triggered a special SEC rule meant to prevent a stock from being short sold into oblivion.