Month: May 2014

BMW will invest $200 million to increase its carbon fiber production, to supply their new line of electric vehicles and their restyled 7-series. The expansion…

MarketWatch: April 29th, 2014 WallStreet Journal calls the Chinese automobile market “Lucrative” and adds that foreign auto makers have a tough time competing with the…

TrueCar Inc. may soon be one of the new hot Nasdaq stocks of the year. The private company is set to make its initial public…

While reading an article from MarketWatch (A WallStreet Journal Company) about a new Maserati concept car, I realized the difference between design and demand of…

The sales volume of used cars in China is estimated to have a compound annual growth rate at 16.5% from 2014 to 2017. The transaction…

From the beginning of the course we have known that car manufacturers create larger profits on larger vehicles since they have more added value. This…

This evening at dinner our half of table had a long talk about Tesla. Everyone agreed Elon Musk’s innovative car brand definitely represents luxury, simplicity,…

At dinner tonight the discussion came upon Tesla motors and specifically the thoughts of the students on the issue.  It was brought up that Tesla…

Today Tesla announced in its quarterly report that it lost nearly $50 million in the first quarter of 2014. We talked about Tesla and its…