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The hype around the GMC Hummer EV is quickly fading. Secondary markets, such as the popular car-selling website Bring A Trailer had people listing these "supertrucks" in…
In China, domestic automakers are starting to overtake Western companies, marking a big win for Beijing's domestic industrial policies and signaling the potential end to…
The reason why oil traded above $100 for much of 2022 is due to fears that it would be effectively withdrawn from global markets as…
With recent rallies in Tesla (and now Rivian), market participants are starting to mull whether or not EV stocks are about to be looked at…
In a recent letter addressed to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. criticized the agency's proposed new tailpipe emission…
China’s Passenger Car Association confirmed this weekend that Tesla sold 74,212 vehicles and exported 19,468 units for the month of June, solidifying a 20.6% sequential rise…
Beijing is furious with the Biden administration mulling over a broader semiconductor chip export ban and, in response, decided last week to announce export restrictions…
A new study commissioned by the European Federation for Transport and Environment revealed that toxic emissions of sulfur oxides from 63 cruise ships belonging to…
Excluding another big sale by Turkey, central banks were net buyers of gold in May, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold…
In a move that gives the lie to years of propaganda claiming falling costs, the wind industry’s leading lobbyists have written to the Government threatening to abandon…
On Monday, China announced export controls on two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, starting on August 1. These critical rare earth metals are used in…
Gold has long been considered a store of value and a hedge against economic uncertainty. Over the past five decades, its price has been closely…
It wasn't just in the United States where Tesla impressed with deliveries heading into the end of Q2 - the company also saw its output…
About eight months ago, we penned a note titled "Forget Musk's Tunnels, Early Tesla Investor Seeds First-Ever eVTOL Car." And come to find out, the flying car…
China’s rise as a global economic superpower has brought with it an ability for the nation to utilize its economic dominance for geopolitical purposes. As Visual…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will be the next top Biden admin official to try and calm spiraling relations with China, as the Treasury Department confirmed…
Tesla reported its Q2 production and deliveries on Sunday, posting numbers that exceeded analyst estimates, despite doubts about demand throughout the quarter. At the end…
Global markets have kicked off the new quarter with solid gains from Asia to Europe (as previewed last week in "The Technical Overhang Is Done,…
One year ago, conventional wisdom was that Western nations would throttle Russian oil exports to starve Putin's war machine, depriving the Kremlin of much needed…
Container lines are facing a triple whammy: Freight rates are weak — below breakeven in some trades — and show no signs of rising. New…