PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That’s giving extra momentum to the car-leasing trend that’s been displacing ownership for years. Many people think 2020 is the wrong time to buy a car anyway. The company is capitalizing on COVID-era societal shifts as it designs this new generation of sustainable cars. “We It isn't quite Cars-as-a-Service.

Manufacturing 74

Manufacturing Sales Planning Retail 74

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Bird has announced its acquisition of electric vehicle company Scoot. Bird also made news when Apple announced last month that it was teaming up with partners — including Bird — on special tags that can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app.

Technology 45

Technology Marketing 45

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2021

And the options this year were myriad, ranging from flying cars to soft-serve ice cream served up Keurig style and ready to roll on your Kitsch Counter. Starting with the one we’ve all been waiting for since the Jetsons premiered in 1962: the flying car. The Only Thing Better Than a Connected Car: A Connected Car With Wings.

Technology 81

Technology Leverage Investments Planning 81

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Don’t get us wrong: There are many, many smart connected devices – speakers, cars, appliances, watches – that are all very useful because they make buying something easier, houses more secure, financial management less tedious or commuting to work more productive. .” That said, I love electric toothbrushes! The less good news?

Technology 64

Technology Startups eCommerce Securities 64

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. What Shift EV does is it takes existing delivery vans and retrofits them in a space of a couple of hours, from internal combustion engine to electric. And actually, there’s a chart in my book that shows that output of cars dropped.

Valuation 117

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The usual answers — Elon Musk’s distraction(s), and the company’s high valuation – are certainly fair reasons, but I suspect the biggest challenge is competition from legacy car makers. The AMG version arrives in 2024, boasting 677 HP and a much larger price tag. Source: Electrek , Car and Driver.

Valuation 107

Valuation Manufacturing 107

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies. With Tesla, the story is more complicated, but this company has always revolved around Elon Musk.

Valuation 113

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