Stellantis Just Threw a Supplier Town Hall in Mexico. After a $26 Billion Loss, You’d Want to Lock Down Your Lifeline Too.
Somewhere in the fine print of Stellantis’s 2026 Mexico Supplier Town Hall — between the...
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Mexico’s Auto Parts Industry Just Set a Record — Thanks to a Tariff Loophole Shaped Like a Wiring Harness
Mexico auto parts production just had its best stretch in years. Its car factories did...
Kia’s New Mexican-Built EV3 Can Charge Another EV3 on the Roadside. That’s Not a Feature — It’s a Confession
Kia flipped the switch on a new assembly line in Nuevo Leon this week, and...
Trump’s Michigan Tariff Victory Lap Starred a Factory Built to Bury GM’s EV Trucks
When a president stands on a General Motors proving ground and announces that tariffs are...
Kia Just Spent $649 Million To Build an EV It Has No Intention of Selling You
This week, welding robots inside a Kia plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, started getting reprogrammed....
BMW’s New Mexican-Built EVs Arrive In 2027 — Their Batteries Are Still Just Visiting
BMW says its new Mexican EV plant proves it's serious about the country. But the batteries inside those cars are…
BMW’s Next Big EV Is Being Built in a ‘Free Trade’ Country That’s Still Taxed Worse Than Germany
BMW just confirmed that its next electric sedan and crossover will come off the line...
Mexico’s ‘Electrified’ Car Boom Is Mostly Just Hybrids, and It Picked the Worst Possible Week to Look Suspicious
Mexico’s auto distributors want you to know that electrified vehicle sales are up 44% this...
Toyota Just Pulled the Tacoma Out of Mexico, and It Buried the Real Reason in One Sentence
Toyota’s $3.6 billion press release out of San Antonio arrived with a governor, two U.S....
VW Wants a Tariff Break on Mexico-Built Cars While Betting Big on Tennessee
The automaker’s cheapest models are caught in a 25% import duty, and CEO Kjell Gruner...
GM Confirms 2026 Corvette ZR1X Will Be Sold in Mexico
More fun to be had south of the border.
Honda Moving Civic Production From Mexico To American Factories
Things are changing rapidly.
Tijuana Thieves Show A Strong Preference For Asian Brands
Beware if you plan on visiting the popular border town.
Mexican Thieves Attempt To Steal Trucks Off A Train
They obviously didn’t plan ahead.
BMW’s Hybrid Performance SUV Enters Production, Hyundai’s Theft Fix Rolls Out, and Cybertruck Watch Continues
Here are the automotive news stories you might have missed this week.