NSANF News and Press, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. From 06/05/20

NOTE: A version of this article was first published on or about June 5, 2020, on my Seeking Alpha Marketplace site. For the month of May 2020, the Hyundai ( HYMLF ) Palisade had its best month since it launched in the U.S. in late June 2019. It sold a whopping 7,866 units in the U.S. - sim...

Some men succeed because they are destined to, but most men succeed because they are determined to. - Henry Ford Tata Motors Limited ( TTM ), for those who don't know, is one of the fastest-growing automotive companies in India and also the largest. The company owns iconic brands such as J...

Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Electric Vehicle [EV] company news. The big news this month was the reopening of many car manufacturing plants globally after the COVID-19 closures. The other big news was France's Euro 8.8b auto rescue plan. Also, some under the radar news is the rapid pro...

Tesla charging at home: Source Tesla There are big changes in train as power and transport get electrified. These two areas of the economy have been major sources of emissions because they have been primarily fossil fuel driven. With the rise of solar PV and wind power, the source of electri...

NOTE: A version of this article was first published on or about May 28, 2020, on my Seeking Alpha Marketplace site. Nissan ( NSANY ) (NSANF) reported financial results on May 28 and outlined its transformation plan, including plant closings and other capacity reductions, in Japan this morn...

NOTE: A version of this article was first published on or about May 21, 2020, on my Seeking Alpha Marketplace site. The first quarter of 2020 started out pretty well in the U.S. automotive industry, with sales holding up nicely and the sales mix continuing to shift in the direction of the ...

Stuck in a narrow trading range, Ford ( F ) shares will break out naturally if the market continues to bounce back. The mere anticipation of businesses accelerating their re-opening and consumers buying big items like automobiles may appear far-fetched. Besides, the impending bankruptcy of c...

Like many who follow the global automotive business, I have been mesmerized and repelled since Elon Musk assumed active leadership of Tesla ( TSLA ) in 2008. A test drive in Tesla's roadster, its first product, suggested to me that the company was impressive from an engineering standpoint, whi...

Toyota RAV4 hybrid. Source: Toyota Toyota (TM) is an automotive powerhouse, the strongest car company in the world. It has high level vision in abundance, but its view of the future of personal motoring is stubbornly fixated on hybrid vehicles plus a longer-term vision of hydrogen/f...

Welcome to the April 2020 edition of Electric Vehicle ((EV)) company news. The big news this month was the COVID-19 disruption. Despite this, global EV sales were solid mostly due to another great result from Europe, and China starting to recover. Perhaps the surprise for March was Tesla Mo...