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The labor contract between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit-Three automakers expired at midnight on Thursday. A deal isn’t done and the union will …
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The U.S.-listed shares of Toyota Motor Corp. TM JP:7203 rose 0.8% in morning trading Wednesday, said U.S. sales in June rose 14.9% from a year ago. The Japan-based automaker’s North America division (TMNA) reported it sold 195,448 vehicles in the U.S. in June, on a volume and daily-selling rate (DSR) versus June 2022, as Toyota-brand sales rose 1.4% to 168,680 vehicles and Lexus-brand sales jumped 18.1% to 26,768 vehicles. Sales of electrified vehicles total 51,535, or 26.4% of total monthly sales. For the first half of 2023, U.S. sales fell 0.7% to 1,038,520 vehicles, with electrified vehicle sales representing 26.0%…
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Price wars have consequences, even for Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company.
Tesla‘s (ticker: TSLA) first-quarter earnings, reported Wednesday evening, met expectations, but its first-quarter automotive gross profit margins were bad. No matter how investors slice and dice the numbers, results will leave them with questions about EV demand and Tesla’s pricing strategy.
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