Tag: Automotive

Με αύξηση 12% στον κύκλο εργασιών έκλεισε το α’ εξάμηνο του 2024 για τη Μοτοδυναμική με τις πωλήσεις να ανέρχονται σε 86,1 εκατ. ευρώ.

Mercedes-Benz lowered its annual profit margin forecast after weak second quarter sales and earnings on Friday but expects new models to help it battle stiff competition in China in the second half of the year.

Harley-Davidson reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its pricier Touring bikes during the summer riding season, sending the company’s shares up about 5% before the bell.

Shares of Ford Motor Co. fell 11.6% in the extended session Wednesday after the car maker reported quarterly profits well below Wall Street’s expectations and notched another billion-dollar loss on EVs.

 Israeli battery technology company Addionics has raised $39 million from investors including General Motors’ venture capital arm to help commercialise its copper and aluminium electrodes for electric vehicle batteries, it said on Thursday.

 Porsche said on Wednesday it was fighting to restore production volumes and re-prioritise spending towards a more flexible product line-up after months of supply chain snags, slow EV demand and a sales slump in China.

General Motors is raising several key financial targets for 2024 after easily beating Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the second quarter, while it restructures money-losing operations such as autonomous vehicles and its China business.

Shares of Volvo Cars rose sharply on Thursday after the company reported a jump in annual operating profit for the second quarter.

Volkswagen shares dipped Wednesday after the company issued an overnight profit warning and announced it was considering the potential closure of an Audi plant in Brussels.

German sportscar maker Porsche said on Tuesday that global vehicle deliveries were down 7% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2023, primarily driven by a 33% year-on-year drop in China.

Ford Motor’s hybrid and all-electric vehicle sales continue to be the standouts in 2024. Investors are warming to the stock.

Tesla shareholders will appear in court on Monday to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the company is “outlandish,” the latest twist in a legal showdown over Musk’s $56 billion pay package.

Continental AG shares jumped 10% on Thursday after the German car parts manufacturer told analysts it expects strong growth in China, paired with its push to increase its margins and cut its costs, will boost its profits in the second quarter of 2024.

China’s BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world’s top EV vendor title to the U.S. rival in the first quarter.

Tesla is expected to report second-quarter deliveries on Tuesday. For the second quarter, the most current Wall Street estimates point to about 420,000 cars delivered, down from some 466,000 delivered in the second quarter of 2023.

Geely-owned Zeekr delivered 20,106 cars last month, bringing year-to-date deliveries to 87,870 vehicles. That’s slightly more than Nio’s 87,426 deliveries for the first six months of 2024, although Nio continued to recover from sluggish performance earlier in the year with a record 21,209 deliveries in June.

Electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar said it will have to take steps to offset hefty EU and U.S. import tariffs on its Chinese-made electric cars as it posted a first-quarter operating loss on Tuesday.

Rivian (RIVN) shares surged in premarket trading Wednesday after the EV maker announced a joint venture deal with Volkswagen (VWAGY), crucially bringing fresh capital into Rivian’s coffers.

Nissan Motor will produce electric vehicles for its Chinese joint-venture partner Dongfeng Motor at its Wuhan factory by year-end, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday, a sign of pressure on the automaker’s China business.

More U.S. auto dealers flagged a hit from an outage of CDK’s software system due to a cyber attack on Monday as the company worked to restore systems used by over 15,000 retail locations across North America.