Automobile

BLOOMBERG Tesla Inc reintroduced a Model Y crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) with rear wheel drive in the US, after reporting third quarter deliveries that fell short of Wall Street expectations. The starting price of the rear-wheel drive Model Y is now $43,990, according to Tesla’s website, and have a stated range of 242-260 miles. The electric vehicles likely use ...

BLOOMBERG Tesla shipped 435,059 cars globally in the third quarter, as factory downtime led to its first quarterly delivery decline in more than a year. The results missed expectations. Several Wall Street analysts had slashed their delivery estimates in recent days, and the consensus compiled by Bloomberg fell to 456,722. Tesla delivered 466,140 cars in the second quarter. The electric-vehicle ...

BLOOMBERG The European Union (EU) has formally launched an anti-subsidies probe into electric vehicles (EV) manufactured in China, setting in motion a one-year investigation that could see provisional measures such as countervailing duties imposed in the next nine months. The probe, which was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in September, will focus on new battery-powered electric ...

BLOOMBERG The European Union’s probe into Beijing’s electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies is meant to protect its carmakers from a flood of cheap Chinese cars. But if it leads to tit-for-tat tariffs, Mercedes-Benz Group AG and BMW AG’s biggest moneymakers will be most exposed. For Germany’s high-end manufacturers, including Porsche AG, China has proven an insatiable market for their most expensive models, ...

BLOOMBERG One automaker is looming larger than any other in the investigation of electric vehicles flowing into the European Union from China: Tesla Inc. During the evidence-gathering that precipitated last month’s surprise announcement of an EU anti-subsidy probe into Chinese EVs, the US carmaker was among the companies found to have likely benefited, according to people familiar with the matter. ...

BLOOMBERG Lamborghini is capitalising on the demand for indulgence in South Korea, with sales of its iconic sport cars poised to surpass last year’s record. “The Korean market is developing really fast,”said Francesco Scardaoni, the regional director for Lamborghini’s Asia-Pacific business, at an event to mark the automaker’s 60th anniversary. During the four-day event in Gangnam, an affluent area of ...

BLOOMBERG This may sound familiar: Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas makes an extraordinarily bullish call on the future of Tesla Inc and the shares go on a wild binge. It happened in 2015, and it’s happening again. The problem is investors fear we’re seeing a replay — because after eight years Jonas’ last call has yet to be proven correct. ...

BLOOMBERG Even before the European Union targeted imports of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, their makers faced another big challenge: winning over consumers who don’t know or necessarily trust their brands. At the heart of their strategy is the traditional dealership model that European carmakers have been exiting in favour of direct sales. BYD, Xpeng, Great Wall Motor and others hope ...

BLOOMBERG Toyota Motor Corp’s quarterly profit exceeded estimates as improvements in supply of semiconductors and a weak yen helped it capitalise on a global rebound in demand for vehicles. The stock closed at a record high. Operating profit for the three months through June was a record ¥1.1 trillion ($7.7 billion), the world’s No 1 carmaker said in a statement. ...

BLOOMBERG BMW AG will invest in the 110-year-old plant where the Mini brand was born to make electric models, tapping the UK government for support in the fight to prop up the country’s flagging automaking industry. The company’s more than £600 million ($751 million) outlay averts what would have been a disaster for the UK, where car production slumped last ...