The automotive industry is also a linchpin of the European economy, accounting for 7 percent of the European Union’s economic output. For Germany, auto exports to the U.S. account for close to half a percent […]

Ultimately a vehicle is considered an import when it is shipped to the United States after undergoing final assembly in another country. But because of how complex supply chains have become, it is increasingly hard […]

A look at the long-term trend in OEM consolidation By Glenn Mercer Winter is the season of marriage proposals: in much of the world it’s the most popular time to pop the question.¹ And it […]

CES 2025 showed an auto industry tiptoeing toward reinvention. Automakers, suppliers and technology companies’ announcements centered on strategy and fulfilled promises, rather than splashy surprises. The convention also foreshadowed the industry’s concern over how the […]

Demand for pickup trucks and hybrid vehicles helps automakers increase deliveries; challenges loom for 2025 The auto industry eked out a small increase in U.S. vehicle sales for 2024, helped by better availability on the […]

The U.S. car industry has a ‘big case of anxiety’ about the president-elect’s proposed 25 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada Finding an affordable car in the U.S. has already become a challenge […]

Sales of smaller cars and compact SUVs have been on the rise with more shoppers giving priority to affordability Stubbornly high car prices and elevated interest rates are persuading more Americans that when it comes […]

Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are recommending a two-pronged approach to reshape the US auto industry: cut federal subsidies to boost electric-vehicle sales while still fostering a domestic supply chain to produce them. Taken together, the suggestions […]