Ford set the previous record in 1999 being worth 80 billion. Tesla is now worth 85 billion. The article says that Tesla is still dwarfed by international companies like Volkswagen ($98B) and Toyota ($232B).
Is that just Volkswagen, not all of the brands that they own? I recently saw that they might be the world's largest vehicle manufacturer.
I think that was including commercial trucks.
That was from a video talking about Volkswagen pushing electric vehicles. Since they are so big, this will make a significant difference.
GM is worth $50B, Ford is worth $37B and Fiat Chrysler is worth $22B, so Tesla is worth ore than GM and F-C combined.
Sales in Asia will undoubtedly help Tesla a fair amount.
Tesla is now the highest-valued automaker in US history (TSLA)