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From AutoTech to AutoRetail, we explore and provide insight into the most important strategic and technical trends in the industry.
Detroit, Michigan USA
Joined March 2009
Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 25.BEV Sales Soar in Germany Without Incentives; Corvette Drops More Hypercar Hints; Skoda Makes More Money Than Porsche.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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BEV Sales Soar in Germany Without Incentives; Corvette Drops More Hypercar Hints; Skoda Makes More Money Than Porsche
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Volkswagen Takes $1.5 Billion Hit From U.S. Tariffs.Auto group forced to trim full-year earnings forecast and “realign” its business model possibly focused on less U.S. trade. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Volkswagen Takes $1.5 Billion Hit From U.S. Tariffs
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Volkswagen Takes $1.5 Bn Hit From U.S. Tariffs.Auto group forced to trim full-year earnings forecast and “realign” its business model possibly focused on less U.S. trade. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Volkswagen Takes $1.5 Bn Hit From U.S. Tariffs
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Mercedes-Benz Touts GLS Features in Latest Most-Seen Luxury Auto TV Ad.Lexus is the most-seen brand on the ranking, with three spots that had a combined 258.9 million national TV ad impressions for July.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Lexus is the most-seen brand on the ranking, with three spots that had a combined 258.9 million national TV ad impressions for July 14-20, per iSpot.
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High Credit Scores In, High Inventories Out.Ally and GM Financial are growing loan originations without loosening lending standards. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Ally and GM Financial are growing loan originations without loosening lending standards.
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Volvo’s Luxury ‘Green’ BEV Sedan in Trouble.Automaker warns of a hit to profits hit to profitability from tariffs on Chinese-built BEVs in the U.S. and Europe. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Volvo’s Luxury ‘Green’ BEV Sedan in Trouble
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Japanese, U.S. Automakers Split on Trade Deal.The agreement cuts tariffs on Japanese vehicle exports to the U.S. from 27.5% to 15% and includes no volume restrictions. A spokesman for the major U.S. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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The agreement cuts tariffs on Japanese vehicle exports to the U.S. from 27.5% to 15% and includes no volume restrictions. A spokesman for the major U.S. automakers says the pact appears to be a “bad...
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Elon Musk: Musk on Tesla: “A Weird Transition Period”.Tesla deliveries and profits were down significantly in the second quarter. Wall Street remains bullish on the company though, because of robotics,.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Tesla deliveries and profits were down significantly in the second quarter. Wall Street remains bullish on the company though, because of robotics, robotaxis and AI.
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Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 24.Tesla’s Big Drop in Regulatory Credits; Trump Admin Out to Kill Stop-Start; Honda Dead Last in Europe.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Tesla’s Big Drop in Regulatory Credits; Trump Admin Out to Kill Stop-Start; Honda Dead Last in Europe
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JLR Trims Managerial Jobs in U.K. Automaker offers voluntary redundancy package to 500 managers as “part of normal business practice.”.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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JLR Trims Managerial Jobs in U.K.
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Lucid Charts Product Updates for ’26 Amid Financial Changes.Lucid Group is trying to bust out of fledgling niche status as Tesla falters and the landscape for battery-electric vehicles changes. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Lucid Group is trying to bust out of fledgling niche status as Tesla falters and the landscape for battery-electric vehicles changes.
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OBBBA Supercharges Facility Deductions for Dealers.Bonus depreciation is back at 100%. Dealers can fully deduct qualified asset purchases – including floorplan interest and loaner fleets – acquired after Jan. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Bonus depreciation is back at 100%. Dealers can fully deduct qualified asset purchases – including floorplan interest and loaner fleets – acquired after Jan. 20, 2025.
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Automakers Seen Saving Billions With AI Predicting Vehicle Problems.Upstream claims AI employing data from the SDVs could reduce potential recall costs by up to 20%. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Automakers Seen Saving Billions With AI Predicting Vehicle Problems
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Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 23.Japan Auto Stocks Jump with New U.S. Trade Deal; What Does Stock Market Know About Tesla?; GM Turns Sales Around in China.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Japan Auto Stocks Jump with New U.S. Trade Deal; What Does Stock Market Know About Tesla?; GM Turns Sales Around in China
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Tesla Faces Sales Pause in California Amid Autonomous Probe.A hearing this week in California with an administrative judge will decide whether Tesla will need to pause sales as well as restrict how it can.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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A hearing this week in California with an administrative judge will decide whether Tesla will need to pause sales as well as restrict how it can advertise its claimed self-driving technology.
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Industry Voices | Automotive OEMs' Best Lightweighting Practices.Ultimately, it takes more than innovative materials to optimize your approach to lightweighting. It also requires an innovative mindset. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Ultimately, it takes more than innovative materials to optimize your approach to lightweighting. It also requires an innovative mindset.
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Younger Buyers Struggle With Delinquencies, But Lenders Still Say Yes.Millennials now carry the highest average new auto loan balance – over $30,000 – while Gen Z shows the fastest growth in loan activity,.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Millennials now carry the highest average new auto loan balance – over $30,000 – while Gen Z shows the fastest growth in loan activity, despite higher delinquency rates.
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Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 22.GM Profit Plummets on Tariffs; VW Offers Screaming EV Lease Deal; Russian Auto Industry Goes From Bad to Worse.#Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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GM Profit Plummets on Tariffs; VW Offers Screaming EV Lease Deal; Russian Auto Industry Goes From Bad to Worse
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GM’s Q2 Earnings Hit by Tariffs.General Motors led all automakers in the first half with sales increases year over year. But tariffs hit earnings by more than $1 billion. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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General Motors led all automakers in the first half with sales increases year over year. But tariffs hit earnings by more than $1 billion.
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U.S. Tariffs Cost Stellantis $350 Million So Far.Preliminary first-half 2025 financials show steep loses made worse by automotive tariffs on the company’s imports into the U.S. #Automotive #AutomotiveTechnology #IndustryNews.
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Preliminary first-half 2025 financials show steep loses made worse by automotive tariffs on the company’s imports into the U.S.
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