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OPmobility CEO Laurent Favre talks about how the France-based global supplier is reacting to U.S. tariffs. Plus, Automotive News Executive Editor Jamie Butters and Daily Drive Host Kellen Walker discuss the biggest news stories from the past week.
Lincoln will keep importing the Nautilus from China but will likely hike prices if levies stay in place. BMW considers boosting U.S. output. Plus, Rex Gingerich, CEO of Chariot Automotive Group in Indiana, talks about the tariff-related questions and concerns he is hearing from customers and staff.
Watching the volatile stock market and growing risk of U.S. recession, I couldn’t help but wonder how it would affect plans for mergers and acquisitions in the auto industry.
President Trump is pausing reciprocal tariffs on most countries for 90 days. Volvo suffers a trade war casualty. Plus, Plante Moran’s Mark Barrott and Ellen Clark discuss tariffs and how they are affecting parts maker investments.
Canada hits back with double-digit countertariffs on U.S.-made vehicles. General Motors, Ford and BMW will feel the brunt of China’s tariff retaliation. Plus, Daniel Roeska, managing director of U.S. automotive research at Bernstein, discusses the changing mergers and acquisitions landscape for automakers.
Don Reese, partner of automotive at Franchise Equity Partners, talks about how tariffs are affecting dealership mergers and acquisitions. Tariffs could shrink the number of European auto exports to the U.S. by 200,000. Plus, Nissan plots an EV comeback.
President Donald Trump says he plans to impose an additional 50 percent duty on U.S. imports from China on Wednesday. Honda’s No. 2 executive abruptly quits. Plus, Dan Albert, author of “Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile, Past, Present and Driverless,” talks about the history of traffic safety in the U.S. and the role technology should play.
Automotive News Staff Reporter John Irwin gives a breakdown of the early effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the auto industry. Plus, Executive Editor Jamie Butters and Daily Drive Host Kellen Walker discuss other top news stories from the past week.
Stellantis lays off nearly a thousand U.S. workers as tariffs pause production. Lincoln President Dianne Craig is retiring. Plus, Skyler Chadwick, director of product consulting at Cox Automotive, and Tully Williams, fixed ops director at The Niello Co., talk about how tariffs are an opportunity to boost service and parts revenue.
Hyundai and its Genesis brand are determined to find their way in the new trade landscape, but the path is tricky if not treacherous.
