The following is a review, created for the print edition, of several longer stories that have run this week, called the 7 Day Well Challenge. Below you can find links to the full stories. Looking back on 2020, lockdowns and pandemic restrictions forced many people to start new routines. Work commutes disappeared. Fitness classes were… Continue reading How to Keep Your Pandemic Habits
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The Pandemic Sank Auto Sales. Vaccines Could Bring Buyers Back.
Tesla, the world’s most valuable automaker by far, said on Saturday that globally it sold 500,000 cars in 2020, up 36 percent from the year before. The company does not break its sales down by country or continent. Updated Feb. 11, 2021, 5:23 p.m. ET Ford Motor and most other automakers are expected to report… Continue reading The Pandemic Sank Auto Sales. Vaccines Could Bring Buyers Back.
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Approve a Merger They Need to Survive
Shareholders of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA, the French maker of Peugeot, Citroën and Opel cars, voted on Monday to merge in an effort to acquire the scale necessary to survive in an industry gripped by technological change and pummeled by the pandemic. The new company, to be called Stellantis, will employ 400,000 people and… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Approve a Merger They Need to Survive
German Automakers Are Charged Up and Ready to Take on Tesla
Next year, Mercedes, a division of Daimler, will introduce the EQS, a battery-powered counterpart to the company’s top-of-the-line S-Class. The EQS, which will cost more than $100,000, will be the first vehicle built with Mercedes’s so-called electric vehicle architecture, the same idea as Volkswagen’s modular toolbox. Daimler says the EQS will be able to travel… Continue reading German Automakers Are Charged Up and Ready to Take on Tesla
For Companies Like Workhorse, A Race to Be the Tesla of Delivery Vehicles
A fleet operator might spend about $300,000 to own and operate a diesel truck over 20 years, but the cost of owning an electric truck may be less than half that, according to Workhorse. Between its founding in 2007 and 2019 Workhorse delivered 365 vehicles, mostly diesel trucks retrofitted to operate on batteries. Some were… Continue reading For Companies Like Workhorse, A Race to Be the Tesla of Delivery Vehicles
G.M.’s Profits From Trucks and S.U.V.s Fuel Its Electric Quest
Despite a pandemic that shuttered auto factories for nearly two months and sent car sales tumbling, General Motors made more than $6 billion last year, one of its highest profit totals ever. The automaker is going to need every penny and more for years to come to meet its lofty ambition of an all-electric model… Continue reading G.M.’s Profits From Trucks and S.U.V.s Fuel Its Electric Quest
Carmakers Put Their Biggest Faces Forward
Every generation of automotive design has its Mona Lisa — and its Dogs Playing Poker. We’ve had tail fins (time for a comeback?) and the mock-convertible tops of landau vinyl roofs (I cruelly — but rightfully — judge my parents on that tacky 1980s decision). Remember the sharply angled rears of the “bustleback” Cadillac Seville,… Continue reading Carmakers Put Their Biggest Faces Forward
G.M. Scales Down Nikola Deal
Nikola, a start-up electric truck company that had made a big splash on Wall Street, announced a broad alliance with General Motors in September that promised to give the company critical technology, financial support and credibility with investors. But the news was quickly overtaken by claims that Nikola had exaggerated its capabilities, and the firm’s… Continue reading G.M. Scales Down Nikola Deal
G.M. Accelerates Its Ambitions for Electric Vehicles
For the last five years, G.M., Ford Motor, Volkswagen and others have been trying to develop compelling and affordable electric vehicles, while watching with both envy and admiration as Tesla raced ahead. Tesla is on track to sell close to 500,000 E.V.s this year, far more than any rival, and is building factories in Germany… Continue reading G.M. Accelerates Its Ambitions for Electric Vehicles
Tesla Third-Quarter Auto Sales Surge
When the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close this spring, the auto industry was hit particularly hard. North American auto plants that typically churn out more than a million cars a month produced fewer than 5,000 in April. While airlines and other industries continue to struggle, automakers are now enjoying a clear upswing. Last month,… Continue reading Tesla Third-Quarter Auto Sales Surge