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 […]

Automotive OEMs face increasing pressure to improve their supply chains, not only to reduce costs and improve efficiency but to meet environmental demands for a lower carbon footprint. Traditional inventory models with centralized warehouses lead to high […]

On Jan. 1, 2025, the percentage of potentially eligible used EVs will jump to 89 percent from 65 percent Almost a quarter of electric vehicles in the U.S. may become eligible for a $4,000 tax credit in […]

A new Oliver Wyman study, commissioned by NADA, believes the cost advantages of hybrid or direct-to-consumer auto distribution models have been overstated. Traditional auto dealership franchises may be the most cost-effective way to sell cars after all. […]