Argentina Signed Off on Toyota’s $1.3 Billion ‘Electrified’ Plant. Toyota Still Hasn’t Said What Goes in It.
Argentina granted Toyota 30 years of tax and customs stability for an unnamed electrified vehicle at Zárate. Toyota's final approval,…
Tariffs
Washington Just Put the 2021 Tire Duties on Trial. Taiwan Didn’t Even Show Up.
The ITC will run full five-year reviews of duties on tires from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, including Taiwan despite…
Britain’s Steering Wheels Are on the Right. That May Be Its Smartest Battery Policy.
Britain is reviewing its EV sales mandate just as a £7 billion battery industry, a locked-in EU trade deadline and…
Toyota Ate a $9 Billion Tariff Bill. Now the Fight Moves to the Showroom.
Toyota's filings show a 1.38 trillion-yen tariff hit and a North American loss despite rising sales. That is why the…
Hyundai Wants Guardrails Against Chinese Cars. Its Own History Says They Only Buy Time
Hyundai's CEO wants U.S. limits on Chinese automakers. The bigger news is his admission that Chinese car tech is ahead,…
Hyundai’s $5.8B Mississippi River Mill Is a Tariff Hedge Wrapped in Direct-Reduced Iron
Carmakers usually treat steel the way most of us treat tap water. It shows up,...
Today in Automotive History: September 22, 1985 – The Plaza Accord That Moved Japan’s Car Plants to America
On September 22, 1985, five finance ministers walked into New York’s Plaza Hotel and agreed...
Tesla Just Set Up Shop in Vietnam. The Country’s Biggest Charging Network Won’t Let It Plug In.
Vietnam has spent the past eighteen months assembling one of the most generous electric-vehicle tax...
A Defender Pickup Is the One Land Rover Britain Can’t Afford to Build
JLR's US ambition is roughly three and a half times bigger than Britain's entire 100,000-vehicle tariff quota — and a…
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…
Stellantis’s $13 Billion Bet: America Isn’t Like Everywhere Else Anymore
A year ago, Stellantis’ North American business was the company’s biggest problem. Today, it’s the...
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...
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...
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:...
Hyundai’s American-Built Global Pickup Has One Big Problem: Nobody Knows Where It’s Actually Being Built
Hyundai just told the world it wants to build a real pickup truck in America...