Wall Street loves electric cars, America loves trucks


Ambitious plans: Musk introducing one of the first Model 3 cars off the Fremont factory’s production line during an event in Fremont, California recently. Analysts expect the company to post a third quarter net loss of US380.4mil when it reports results next Wednesday. — Reuters

DETROIT: Wall Street may love the shares of Silicon Valley electric carmaker Tesla Inc, but Americans love big, fuel-thirsty trucks like Ford Motor Co’s bestselling F-Series pickups and are paying ever higher prices to buy them.

The auto industry is at a crossroads, with the future of legacy automakers like Ford, General Motors Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV uncertain as governments float proposals to ban internal combustion engines over the next two decades.

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