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Auto Industry Business Model Needs a Major Overhaul
Research Recap submits: The challenges facing the automotive industry will require a major change in the business model, which is unlikely to arise without government intervention, according to Oxford Analytica. General Motors’ GM announcement that it is collaborating with more than 30 electric utilities in the United...
Does Anyone Still Believe There Is No Recession?
Barry Ritholtz submits: The anticipated bear market bounce in Financials has led to the usual fools' chorus that the worst is behind us, the economy is on the mend, and a recession is avoided. If their song sounds familiar, it is because you heard the same tune with the...
Emerging Markets Offset Weak Auto Sales in Europe, Less So for U.S.
Money Morning submits: By Jennifer Yousfi A trio of European automakers, including Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK), Wednesday released stronger than expected second-quarter results based on strong car sales in emerging markets. by Money Morning
Toyota Global Sales Up 2.2% in H1
Toyota Motor Corporation said that its global group sales rose 2.2 per cent in the six months to June from a year earlier to about 4.82 million vehicles.Japan's largest automaker, in a close race against Detroit giant General Motors for the world's top ranking, said its sales in the...
When Truckers Can't Afford Trucks What do They Buy?
Compete submits: It’s not any real news that full-size pickup trucks are taking a beating in today’s economy. With gas prices over $4 per gallon and the housing market still in a funk, pickup sales are getting worse with each passing month. Here at Compete we’ve been studying the...
GM Trails Toyota in First-half 2008 Global Sales
By Poornima Gupta DETROIT (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM trailed Japanese rival Toyota in global vehicle sales decisively through the second quarter and first half of the year, hurt by a large decline in North America. The Detroit-based automaker said on Wednesday that vehicle...
GM Trails Toyota in First-half 2008 Global Sales
By Poornima Gupta DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp GM trailed Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp in global vehicle sales decisively through the second quarter and first half of the year, hurt by a large decline in North America. The Detroit-based automaker...
Options Trader: Wednesday Outlook
Phil Davis submits: Can it really be this easy? Will the energy markets die not with a bang or a pop as it were but with a whimper? While we would love for that to happen, we’ve had some other very nice drops that have turned back up on...
Toyota May Cut Global Sales Goal to 9.5 Mln: Reports
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp may cut its 2008 global vehicle sales target by as much as 350,000 units to about 9.5 million because of declining sales in the United States, Japan and Europe, according to news reports. The Nikkei reported...
The US Auto Crisis
Gino Lattarulo submits: American auto manufacturers are in a world of hurt. I am talking about a beating of epic proportions. Is this the result of a sluggish economy and awful fuel prices? Well, yes of course it is; but only to a point. Let's face it, American manufacturers...
GM Goes Lean to Stay Ahead of Toyota
Money Morning submits: By Jennifer Yousfi General Motors Corp. GM Tuesday announced a series of cost-saving measures aimed at fighting waning domestic sales fueled by a weak U.S. economy and the soaring cost of fuel. by Money Morning
Toyota to Cut 2008 Global Sales Goal 3.6 Pct: Media
By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia Autos Correspondent TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will cut its global sales target for calendar 2008 by 3.6 percent to around 9.5 million vehicles to reflect a sharp slowdown in the United States, Japanese public broadcaster NHK...
Toyota to Cut '08 Global Sales Goal: Media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will cut its global sales target for calendar 2008 to 9.5 million vehicles from the 9.85 million it announced in December, Japanese national broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. The world's biggest automaker had said it would...
Options Trader: Monday Outlook
Phil Davis submits: Oh I love the manic-depressive market sentiment! Today we are going to be happy because the government says every little thing’s gonna be alright so don’t you just feel good about the markets today? I shouldn’t complain, we played for this last week but it...
Solar Cells on Electric Cars Make Cents
John Ryden submits: Adding solar cells to any electric car will reduce the cost to operate the car and reduce consumption of oil. It can also make economic sense. Toyota TM announced that they would be adding solar cells to their popular Prius electric hybrid. The intention is to use...
Options Trader: Thursday Outlook
Phil Davis submits: We had a very hard time not panicking yesterday. Panic is easy, sticking to your plan is very, very hard. We made few moves during the day, sticking to the Tuesday Wrap-Up plan to grab the DIA puts and let those gains offset our losses. ...
Toyota to Make Prius, Not SUV, at New U.S. Plant: Report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will switch gears and produce the Prius hybrid instead of the less fuel-efficient Highlander sport utility vehicle at its planned Mississippi factory, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. The world's biggest automaker is...
General Motors: General Malaise
David Merkel submits: I’ve never been a fan of General Motors GM. At RealMoney, I had somewhat more than 70 notes on GM across five years, though I stopped writing about it because I got bored waiting for the disaster. Oh, also, the market moved temporarily against my views,...
Supply and Demand: Small Cars Command Bigger Prices
Higher demand for fuel efficiency is driving up small-car prices in a couple of ways. First is simple supply and demand. Toyota said on July 1 it had only a one-day supply of the Toyota Prius hybrid – meaning in effect that it is sold out, and...
Toyota To Add Solar Panels On Prius
Ron Haruni submits: From Reuters: Toyota to add solar panels to Prius hybrid: Nikkei Toyota Motor Corp TM plans to install solar panels on its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle, the Nikkei business daily reported on...
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