U.S. stocks little changed ahead of Big Tech earnings

U.S. stocks little changed ahead of Big Tech earnings

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Oct. 30, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, … Read more

EV owners around the world want to go back to buying gas cars

EV owners around the world want to go back to buying gas cars

Ford Mustang Mach E electric vehicles are offered for sale at a dealership on June 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Car buyers who were among the first to make the EV switch are far from wholly converted. Nearly 30% of electric vehicle owners globally are likely … Read more

Foreign carmakers in China face ‘increasingly precarious’ situation

Foreign carmakers in China face ‘increasingly precarious’ situation

Newly produced electric vehicles are being seen at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on December 31, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — New tariffs on Chinese electric cars aren’t enough to help foreign automakers stay competitive, especially in the lucrative China market, according to consulting firm AlixPartners. China is the world’s … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 27, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know … Read more

Rent a car for a road trip, or drive your own? 5 things to consider

Rent a car for a road trip, or drive your own? 5 things to consider

Patchareeporn Sakoolchai | Moment | Getty Images Summer is the season of road trips. A record 70.9 million Americans are expected to travel by car during the July 4th holiday week alone, according to AAA. For some car owners, it might be more financially savvy to rent a vehicle for a road trip than use … Read more

Why Chinese EV tariffs may not work

Why Chinese EV tariffs may not work

The Chinese auto sector is increasingly making global automakers and politicians hot under the collar. In the early 1980s, the Chinese auto industry barely existed. Today the country has the capacity to make about 40 million vehicles annually — enough to supply half the world. Only about 25 million cars sold in the country in … Read more

$1 billion in EV tax credits issued upfront to buyers, say Treasury, IRS

 billion in EV tax credits issued upfront to buyers, say Treasury, IRS

Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images The federal government has issued more than $1 billion in tax credits as an upfront cash incentive to buyers of electric vehicles, the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday. The Inflation Reduction Act created a mechanism whereby tax credits for buyers of new and used … Read more

India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China. But first it needs to beat Vietnam

India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China. But first it needs to beat Vietnam

Workers at the Lava mobile phone manufacturing facility in Noida, India.  Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India wants to be the top manufacturer in Asia as companies shift away from China, but first it needs to lower taxes and improve supply chain efficiency if it wants to dethrone Vietnam. The U.S. has … Read more

How BYD grew from a battery maker to EV juggernaut, overtaking Tesla

How BYD grew from a battery maker to EV juggernaut, overtaking Tesla

In the U.S., Tesla may be at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution, but abroad, the carmaker has some serious competition. In China, the world’s largest EV market, Tesla has been losing ground to domestic automakers who are increasingly building better cars at unbeatable prices, and chief among them is Warren Buffet-backed BYD. In … Read more