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Automakers earn on the vehicles they sell and, increasingly, on software and charging attached to them. It is a capital-heavy, cyclical business where factory utilization, pricing power, and the pace of the electric transition decide the margins.
Aggregates cover the 2 of 4 names with live data.
| # | Company | Price | Day | Market cap | P/E | Health | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSLA Tesla Tesla builds electric vehicles, mostly the Model Y and Model 3, at plants in Texas, California, Shanghai, and Berlin. | $394.76 | -3.19% | $1.48T | 365.5× | 5/8 | Open → |
| 2 | F Ford Ford builds F-Series pickups, the best-selling US truck line for over four decades, plus SUVs and commercial vans. | $13.85 | -1.07% | $51.6B | — | 2/6 | Open → |
| 3 | RIVN Rivian Rivian makes electric vehicles at its plant in Normal, Illinois: the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and delivery vans originally developed for Amazon. | — | — | — | — | — | Open → |
| 4 | GM General Motors General Motors sells Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick vehicles, with full-size pickups and SUVs in North America generating most of its profit. | — | — | — | — | — | Open → |
Company groupings are curated; figures are real — market caps and prices from EOD market data, health from SEC XBRL filings, and the smart-money activity from Form 4 and STOCK Act disclosures. Educational only, not financial advice.