Jeep’s 202,000-SUV Recall, China’s 70% EV Target, and What Else Moved
An automotive news roundup of the industry stories that moved in the last 24 hours without getting a full write-up…
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GM Sold Fewer Cars in China This Year. Its China Profits Nearly Tripled.
Somewhere in the noise about foreign automakers cutting prices on gasoline-powered cars in China, a...
Stellantis Says the World Splits in Two. Its Own Paperwork Shows Exactly Where the Line Falls.
Antonio Filosa didn’t say anything unusual when he told stock analysts on September 10 that...
Ford’s Record China Exports Aren’t Growth. They’re a Hedge Against China Itself
Jim Farley flew to China this week to shake hands with the partner Ford has...
BYD’s Pakistan Factory Missed Its Deadline Again — And BYD Isn’t The One Who Should Be Sweating
A car factory in the Sindh desert just blew through another deadline. On its own,...
Volkswagen Is Killing Seat To Save Its Own Spinoff — and Just Admitted To 2,600 Different Car Seat Designs
Volkswagen's plan to halve its lineup by 2030 also kills the Seat brand — and reveals a stranger number buried…
BYD Isn’t Really Betting On Robot Hands — It’s Cashing In On Something It Already Owned For Free
Every automaker eventually discovers it owns more than cars. BYD just discovered it owns something...
BMW Recalled 150,000 Cars In China Over Fire Risks — And Had To Recall Its Own Recall, Too
BMW just told Chinese regulators that more than 150,000 cars need fixing for fire risks...
A Chinese Supplier Just Opened a Georgia Factory to Build the Exact Tech Washington Is Trying to Ban
A ribbon-cutting in Suwanee, Georgia doesn’t usually make national news. But the one held by...
A New Bill Wants To Study China’s Grip On The Auto Industry — Congress Might Want To Check The Showroom Floor First
Congress wants to know how deep China’s fingers are in the American auto industry. It’s...
Honda’s $9.4 Billion Plan To Fight Cheap Chinese EVs Involves Buying More Parts From China
Honda wants to save $9.4 billion by 2030, and it told suppliers this spring to...
Nissan Called July a “Growth” Story. Its Own Numbers Show China Production Collapsing by Two-Thirds
Nissan put out a press release this week headlined “Nissan continues to see growth in...
BYD’s Profit Jumped 30% While Sales Fell — Turns Out That Was the Plan
BYD wants the world to read this week’s earnings as an export success story. Look...
Nissan Says Business Is Growing — Its Own Spreadsheet Says Sales Just Crashed 16.5%
Nissan put out a press release this week with a headline built for good news:...
Norway Found a Cure for China’s Bus ‘Kill Switch’ — Bringing Back the Diesel Engine
Two governments got handed the exact same discovery. One called it a managed risk and...