Automotive Views

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Jeff Melnychuk: A Trump tariff breather until March, but what happens in the meantime?

President Donald Trump sees tariffs as a lever, but to what end? Is it reshoring the auto industry in the United States? Is it setting the table for USMCA renegotiations in 2026?

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Greg Layson: Despite Trump claims, Canada didn't steal U.S. auto jobs

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Richard Truett: Caresoft looks inside Chinese vehicles and sees trouble for legacy automakers

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Leo Michael Cartoons

While President Donald Trump has outlined plans to place tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico and all steel and aluminum imports, as well as considering reciprocal tariffs on all U.S. trading partners, it remains unclear to many in the industry if those tariffs will ultimately come to pass and, if they do, for how long they'll stay in place.

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In our opinion: CFPB shouldn't be shut down, but it should be more effective

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Andy Guelcher: New York's hasty zero-emissions sales mandate will be disastrous for consumers, dealers

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Gordon Schnell: Is NHTSA finally going to take its whistleblower program seriously?

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Raquel Urtasun explains how generative AI underpins Waabi's self-driving tech (Episode 288)

The Waabi co-founder and CEO of the autonomous-trucking startup discusses a new partnership with Volvo Autonomous Solutions. Further, she details the generative AI advances at the heart of the company's end-to-end AI stack and approach to developing "AV 2.0."

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