The JD Power 2026 U.S. Initial Quality Study was just released. Deeply troubled, Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN | RIVN Price Prediction) ranks last among all brands, a place usually occupied by Chrysler and Dodge. The…
It has been assumed up until recently that the primary challenge to Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) self-driving business was Google Waymo. Other technologies from smaller companies exist. And major legacy car…
Here is a huge layoff, not because of AI. VW is closing four plants, cutting back on models, and laying off 100,000 people. What is the primary reason? Among them is the fact that…
Polestar will be blocked from selling EVs in the US. It doesn’t matter. Polestar sales were close to zero so far this year. To sell its 2027 models, Polestar needed permission under the Connected…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) is raising prices on its Macs and iPads (as well as the Vision Pro) by between $100 and $500. Demand for these is already mediocre. This decision…
Ford (NYSE: F | F Price Prediction) recalls this year have topped 1.2 million vehicles. While its poor 2006 track record is not nearly as bad as last year’s, the company’s quality promise has…
AI was supposed to be a tide that lifted all ships within the sector. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) is the leading exception. So far this year, the stock is down 24%.…
xAI, the part of SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) that operates Grok, was always going to drive the entire company under. SpaceX had almost $19 bullion in revenue last year. It lost…
Badly damaged tech company Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) fired 21,000 people. It said they were being replaced by AI. It is 13% of the company’s total workforce. Oracle took a charge…
It really doesn’t matter who made the statement if he or she really, really knows what they are talking about. Richard Liu, founder and chair of JD.com, said that “sooner or later” robots would…
A woman in Texas was killed when a Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) crashed into her home. The car was traveling at a high speed. It may be that the driver was…
The stock market isn’t going to fall again, at least in this century. The S&P is up 8% this year. It is up 25% in the last year, and 80% over the last five.…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is one of the best-managed companies in the US, with a membership model that generates billions before customers buy a single item. Yet its stock has puzzled investors in 2026, sitting…
Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN | RIVN Price Prediction) has fumbled the ball at least twice recently as the company launches what it calls the “affordable” R2. Most versions of the SUV cost $55,000 to $60,000.…
The performance of some members of the Magnificent 7 has fallen apart. And several companies have climbed the list of those controlling market movements. The Mag 7, as it is sometimes called, includes Apple…
After SpaceX’s (NASDAQ: SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) IPO, Elon Musk’s net worth rose to $1.27 billion, making him the first trillionaire in world history (at least as far as most people know, based…
The further back one goes in history, the harder it is to estimate a reasonable net worth figure. Elon Musk’s net worth of $1.3 trillion is confirmed by several sources, including Forbes and Bloomberg.…
Elon Musk thinks SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) will have $1 trillion in revenue in 2031. Its revenue last year was just shy of $19 billion. According to CNBC, Goldman Sachs forecasts…
Regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands say Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) has provided them with “misleading data,” according to Reuters. This data involved Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system. The regulators said…
Research firm Sensor Tower reports that OpenAI’s ChatGPT had one billion monthly app users last month. The lead based on this yardstick is long-standing in the industry. According to CNBC: “With its billion-MAU figure…
