Hacker News with Generative AI: Market Trends

China's EV Sales Soar 40 Percent Amid Gasoline Plunge (newsweek.com)
China's electric vehicle (EV) market experienced a record-breaking year in 2024, with sales surging over 40 percent, industry data revealed Monday.
Cybertruck Values Have Cratered and Are Still Dropping (jalopnik.com)
When the Tesla Cybertruck first launched, its earliest Foundation Series models cost $120,000. This didn’t stop Tesla loyalists from spending up to nearly double that to get their hands on one, and resale values have shown the folly of that approach: Cybertruck values are dropping far and dropping fast.
Electric vehicles now represent 19% of the passenger vehicle sales worldwide (twitter.com)
Ask HN: Is patio11's salary negotiation guide relevant in today's market? (ycombinator.com)
The market has changed a lot since this classic blogpost[1] on salary negotiation was written. With no specific numbers to back it up, it feels like demand for generalists SWE has decreased, while supply has increased by a lot.
WordPress Doesn't Matter for the Future of Web (molodtsov.me)
WordPress won the market but the entire paradigm shifted to managed solutions like Webflow. Markets that aren’t growing become a zero-sum game, which probably caused the conflict in the first place.
Electric vehicle battery prices are expected to fall almost 50% by 2026 (goldmansachs.com)
Technology advances that have allowed electric vehicle battery makers to increase energy density, combined with a drop in green metal prices, will push battery prices lower than previously expected, according to Goldman Sachs Research.
$2 H100s: How the GPU Rental Bubble Burst (latent.space)
H100s used to be $8/hr if you could get them. Now there's 7 different places sometimes selling them under $2. What happened?
Most gamers prefer single-player games (midiaresearch.com)
It’s no secret that the bulk of AAA games market revenues come from in-game purchases, mostly from live-service games.
How to Lose Money on the Most Popular Investment Theme (wsj.com)
EVs, Hybrids Set to Exceed 50% of China Car Sales for First Time (bloomberg.com)
Nearly 2/3 of Home Listings Have Been Sitting on the Market Longer Than a Month (redfin.com)
Mac shipments grew 6% year-on-year, outperforming the PC market (9to5mac.com)
Ask HN: Are we at the start or the peak of a boom cycle in tech? (ycombinator.com)
What Happens When Hyperscalers and Clouds Buy Most Servers and Storage? (nextplatform.com)