Bloomberg & Reuters FUD Masters Bring Tesla Stock Down
Tesla’s China sales in April are as expected.
Tesla’s China sales in April are as expected.
In a classic FUD piece penned by a long-term cheerleader of Japanese OEMs, Reuters — either in ignorance or in deceit — is spreading falsehoods and negativity about EVs. The piece directly quotes from engineers and managers on the payroll of Honda and Toyota, Japanese automakers both known to be unwilling to offer electric vehicles.
As promised in last week’s #Pravduh about #Tesla report, here is a breakdown of all the publishers we track and how their coverage has changed over the past 3 months. We were also planning to release a breakdown of the authors. However, since this article is already quite long, we decided to postpone that till next week.
Last week included record-shattering production and delivery numbers from Tesla and thus a dramatic shift in the US automotive market. The American-made Model 3 became the 4th highest selling car in the United States and was for the second month in a row the highest grossing car in the United States. It was the only car in the top 7 produced by an American car company. Furthermore, the Model 3 totally demolished the competition in the luxury car market and Tesla as a whole was the top selling luxury vehicle brand in the country. The week also included an SEC lawsuit regarding some of Elon’s tweets and a settlement regarding that lawsuit. How did the headlines match up with that news and more? Read on to find out.
According to reports from Reuters, the European Union is considering scrapping import controls on solar panels and cells from China next month after a majority of the EU’s Member States backed the move.
Two new reports published in the span of a few days have shed light on the state of the US solar industry in 2018, revealing billions lost in cancelled projects due to the imposition of the solar tariff but expected flat growth that, according to GTM Research, is “actually pretty good news.”
Reuters has obtained preliminary US government data which shows that, overall, coal jobs only increased by 771 through Donald Trump’s first year in the Oval Office, a figure which hides numerous job losses and only minor job gains in US coal states.
China is set to spend $174 billion on hydro and wind energy infrastructure over the next four years according to reports from the country’s National Energy Administration obtained by Reuters.
A new Reuters report nails major US corporations for supporting climate change denial with campaign contributions, but there are bigger fish to fry.
News that SunEdison is in talks with holders of its second-lien loans to fund a debtor-in-possession financing facility has spooked investors, causing the company’s shares to tank 25% by days’ end. We have already covered news of SunEdison’s dramatic downward trend over the past 9 months, which has culminated in … [continued]