#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla

#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla

“#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla” Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG on Thursday unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge to electric upstart Tesla. The EQS is the first Mercedes-Benz vehicle to be built on a framework designed from the start as…

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#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries

#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries

“#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries” Tesla’s stock price surged to its highest level in weeks early Monday as investors cheered the electric-car maker’s record quarterly sales. Shares in the Elon Musk-led company bounced 7.2 percent to $709.75 in premarket trading as of 8:03 a.m. after it released expectation-beating first-quarter delivery numbers while…

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#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle

#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle

“#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle” The head of Volkswagen’s US business says he’ll be responsible for cleaning up after the automaker’s clumsy marketing prank this week. Scott Keogh, the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, took the blame for his company’s botched attempt at an April Fools’ joke in which it declared…

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#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job

#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job

“#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job” “It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday in Pittsburgh of his $2 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” No freaking kidding: It’s half of his master plan to utterly remake the nation in the name of recovery from the pandemic. America is…

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#Feds probing nearly two dozen crashes involving Tesla cars

#Feds probing nearly two dozen crashes involving Tesla cars

“#Feds probing nearly two dozen crashes involving Tesla cars” The feds are actively investigating nearly two dozen crashes involving Tesla cars — three of which have occurred in the last month. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it’s running 23 ongoing probes of Tesla crashes, including this month’s pair of collisions in Michigan and a…

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#Lordstown Motors stock sinks after SEC inquiry revealed

#Lordstown Motors stock sinks after SEC inquiry revealed

“#Lordstown Motors stock sinks after SEC inquiry revealed” Lordstown Motors’ stock price tumbled Thursday after the electric-vehicle startup told investors it’s facing scrutiny from the feds. Shares in the General Motors-backed company slid about 8.2 percent to $13.85 in premarket trading as of 8:58 a.m. after CEO Steve Burns said it received “requests for information”…

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