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Here's What Kelley Blue Book Has To Say About Tesla's Earnings Report
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 9:32am | 152Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Kelley Blue Book Senior Analyst Karl Brauer said that he believes Tesla Motors Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk will be under greater pressure to deliver results in 2015 to achieve a delivery target of 55,000 vehicles. "That number could theoretically happen, if Tesla can...
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New Products Key To Tesla Motors' Production Goals, Says Kelley Blue Book
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 4:05pm | 286Read More...Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is aiming for 2014 production equal to that posted for electric vehicles from Nissan Motor Co Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NSANY), an analyst said Wednesday. Tesla is slated to post earnings after the bell, was off 2.5 percent recently, changing hands at $210.88 Kelley Blue Book'...
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Kelley Blue Book Analyst: Chevrolet Is Ready To Take On Elon Musk
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 5:59pm | 163Read More...Kelley Blue Book Senior Analyst Karl Brauer thinks that the Chevrolet Bold concept car unveiled Monday at the North American International Auto Show is a clear signal that General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) wants to get into the pure electric car market. “The similarity between the Bolt...
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Kelley Blue Book Analyst On 153% Increase In Tesla Model S Registrations In October: 'It Can Be Tough To Evaluate Tesla's Sales Numbers'
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 4:04pm | 181Read More...When asked about the 153 percent increase In Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S registrations in October, Kelley Blue Book Senior Analyst Karl Brauer told Benzinga that it can be tough to evaluate Tesla’s sales numbers, since they aren’t reported in the same “detailed...
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4 Auto Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 4:07pm | 837Read More...As the week comes to end, Benzinga takes a look back at some of the top trending auto news stories. Hyundai And KIA Settle With U.S. Regulators South Korean-based Hyundai and Kia were fined $100 million by U.S. regulators for violating the Clean Air Act. The automakers were accused of over-...
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Will Takata Airbags Drive The Biggest Automotive Recall Ever?
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 10:51am | 793Read More...A widespread Takata Corporation airbag recall was issued after exploding airbags were reported as injuring and even killing at least four unsuspecting drivers, and the scope of the recall continues to grow. As of now, nearly 12 million automobiles from a wide range of manufacturers are...
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What Do The iPhone 6 And P85D Have In Common?
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 12:27pm | 836Read More...One is a $649 phone, the other is a $120,000 car. Despite their differences, it turns out that Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 and Tesla Motors Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) P85D have something in common. When the iPhone 6 was unveiled, most analysts turned their attention to the only...
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Are Investors Wrong About Tesla's Model D?
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 3:47pm | 813Read More...Analysts had a mixed reaction to last night's Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) reveal, but are they missing something? Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry attended the launch event himself and walked away very impressed. He said investors should have done the same. "Wall...
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4 Auto Companies Benefiting From Mexico's Free Trade Agreements
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 10:27am | 747Read More...There's a good chance your next new vehicle will be manufactured in Mexico. As a new article in Forbes notes, the Mexican government in recent years has secured free trade deals with 44 countries --- compared with only 20 such agreements between the U.S and other nations. That means about...
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Consumer Reports Takes Tesla To Task Over Driving 'Quirks' With The Model S
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 4:34pm | 653Read More...A new article by Consumer Reports, outlining glitches the magazine discovered in its long-term experience with the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S sedan, is raising some eyebrows among auto industry analysts –- especially since the vehicle won Consumer Reports' coveted automotive Top Pick...
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Ignored Rental Car Warnings To GM Result Of Poor Managerial Communication
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 4:02pm | 482Read More...Should General Motors (NYSE: GM) have paid closer attention to information from rental car companies? Information about accidents, some deadly, involving some of their models; accidents that, it turned out, were linked to a long-standing ignition switch defect? According to an extensive...
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Ford's Defection From BlackBerry: More Than Just A Change In Smartphones
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 11:02am | 613Read More...Another blow for BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), another win for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) -- Ford (NYSE: F) announced it will replace 3,300 of its employees' BlackBerry devices with iPhones by the end of the year, with another 6,000 smartphones to be switched over within the next two years....
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Why Tesla's $35,000 Model 3 Won't Be A Hit
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 10:37am | 582Read More...Last night, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) confirmed via Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) a story published in Auto Express saying that its Gen III model will be available in 2017 and only cost around $35,000. That means that Tesla's newest vehicle, the Model 3, will sell for about half as much as the Model S...
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CEO Mary Barra Outlines GM's 'Enormously Painful' Ignition Switch Recall Report
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 2:46pm | 605Read More...General Motors (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra called a new report on the company's deadly ignition switch controversy a painful experience that the automaker should never forget. The report was carried out by an independent investigator. At a global town hall meeting Thursday, Barra...
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Crossover, Alternative Car Sales Helped Boost May Auto Industry Figures
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 4:02pm | 485Read More...More signs appeared this week of the auto industry's bounce-back from the depths of the recession: the industry reported better-than-expected new car sales in the U.S. last month. The sale of 1.6 million vehicles, as well as strong sales figures for the growing alternative car market were...
