'When asked to comment on the specifics of this article, Mr. Musk replied with a “poop” emoji' ... good read on Elon's regulator run-ins via Susan Pulliam Rebecca Elliott Ben Foldy (he/him) wsj.com/articles/elon-… via The Wall Street Journal

GM’s 1Q earnings… while managing through a global computer-chip shortage, selling $100K Escalades helps wsj.com/articles/gm-af… via The Wall Street Journal

🎧 Listen: In today's episode of The Journal podcast, Mike Colias explains how a tiny computer chip at the end of the auto industry's long and complex supply chain is causing big problems for car dealers on.wsj.com/3ynI8EE

GM signals it's turning a corner on chip shortage, lifts profit outlook wsj.com/articles/gm-se… via The Wall Street Journal

Read this story on used-car pricing before returning your lease to the dealer ... via Nora Naughton wsj.com/articles/selli… via The Wall Street Journal

Powertrain engineers have been the rocks stars of the auto-engineering ranks. But the rapid shift to electric cars is marginalizing their trade. A deeper look at the industry disruption wrought by the EV transformation. wsj.com/articles/gas-e… via The Wall Street Journal

Ford CEO Jim Farley wants big growth from Ford's already-dominant commercial-vehicle business. Here's the guy in charge of getting that done... wsj.com/articles/fords… via The Wall Street Journal

GM's trying to get past Bolt problems to a new crop of EVs … Pres. Mark Reuss talks Bolt recall, EV strategy as he puts a pre-production Cadillac Lyriq thru the paces on.wsj.com/38zcvMJ via The Wall Street Journal

GM not messin around on reporting vaccination status: workers who don’t lose some of their bonus wsj.com/articles/gm-cr…

Rivian’s pending IPO in the $60B+ range should land Ford $6B+ – some exclusive stuff here from Corrie Driebusch, me & Ben Foldy (he/him) wsj.com/articles/rivia… via The Wall Street Journal

Ford’s new tech guy Doug Field talks the future, including autonomy, car sharing … and why auto makers should look to Airstream for inspiration wsj.com/articles/why-y… via The Wall Street Journal

Why parts suppliers have missed out on a pretty good year in the car business wsj.com/articles/it-wa… via The Wall Street Journal

Michigan hits back against southern states in battle for EV investment .... GM finalizing plans to spend $3B+ on new battery factory, converted assembly plant in home state ...wsj.com/articles/gm-pl… via The Wall Street Journal

For EVs to take off, the heartland needs more chargers. Putting them there requires a leap of faith. wsj.com/articles/the-b… via The Wall Street Journal

GM says two factories in Michigan will be able to make 600K plug-in pickups, 1M EVs total by mid-decade. That's ... a lot 👀 Nice debut on the autos beat Nora Eckert wsj.com/articles/gm-pu… via The Wall Street Journal

Ford CEO Jim Farley on 4Q earnings call says 10% of dealers have been charging above sticker price in this supply-crunched market ... and they'll be punished by being shipped fewer cars 👀

Fun A-hed from Nora Eckert on car cos. plugging their frunks – and figuring out what to call it. “It sounds like you’re swearing.” Stay for the Ford chicken-wing frunk photo… wsj.com/articles/meet-… via The Wall Street Journal

Cadillac Celestiq EV buyers will need to dig deep… wsj.com/articles/cadil…

.General Motors says it’s preparing to crank up Hummer EV production….could still be a long wait for 77K reservation holders: It’s been making only about a dozen a day wsj.com/articles/gener…

These graphics tell the story of why car cos. are worried that few if any EVs would qualify for the $7,500 tax credit if the climate bill passes as written … great stuff from Nate Rattner wsj.com/articles/auto-…