Automotive Views

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Jamie Butters: Forecast calls for another cruel April in the auto industry

Five years after the pandemic idled North American plants, this April looms with the threat of devastating taxes on imported autos on top of steel and aluminum tariffs and maybe more.

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Julie Walker: Dealership groups on 2025 top 150 list compete, consolidate and grow together

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In our opinion: Thwarted dealership cyberattack indicates that lessons from last year have been learned

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Leo Michael Cartoons

Tesla's stock price dropped 28 percent from Jan. 1 to the March 26 market close, wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization. The drop is in part driven over concerns over Elon Musk's damage to the brand.

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Dennis DesRosiers: How Trump tariffs would destroy 60 years of auto industry progress in three countries

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Matias Giannini: Automakers need to embrace the Pareto principle

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A glimpse into Aurora's plans for launching driverless trucks

Self-driving truck company Aurora Innovation is set to launch driverless trucks with no human backups aboard in April. Nat Beuse, the company's head of safety, and senior vice president of government relations Gerardo Interiano delve into the details on this week's episode.

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