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Shifting the Auto Industry Into Reverse - Forbes

Forbes

Shifting the Auto Industry Into Reverse
Forbes
America's auto industry was doing great. In 2016, its sales rose for the seventh year running to record highs. In 2017, sales slipped 1.2% but remained among the top five in history, dominated by more-profitable pickups and SUVs. But now a salvo of ...

Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairs - CNBC

CNBC

Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairs
CNBC
And that would likely backfire on Trump and the Republicans "because you don't want to hurt the industrial heartland on the run-up to the mid-term elections." For China, the growing dispute could shut down plans for its own auto industry, which has ...

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Germany's car industry can't build its own battery cells - The Verge

The Verge

Germany's car industry can't build its own battery cells
The Verge
Nearly 130 years ago, German inventor Andreas Flocken was working on a prototype that attracted some attention in Coburg, a small town in Bavaria. On September 28th of 1888, the local newspaper wrote about a “steam chaise” in Flocken's workshop that ...

'Peak Car' and the End of an Industry - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

'Peak Car' and the End of an Industry
Bloomberg
It's a moment of reckoning for an industry that had been able to count on three things since the automobile was invented in Germany more than a century ago: cars ran on combustion engines and people not only desired to own one, they also drove it ...

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Russia Automotive Industry 2017-2018 - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire (press release)

Russia Automotive Industry 2017-2018 - ResearchAndMarkets.com
Business Wire (press release)
Besides cumulative data and analysis of the trends in the Russian automotive industry, this report comprises information on each enterprise including last year's results and production dynamics for the few recent years as well as actual information ...

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Hazard Ahead: Ohio Valley Auto Industry Concerned About Trump Trade Policies - WEKU

WEKU

Hazard Ahead: Ohio Valley Auto Industry Concerned About Trump Trade Policies
WEKU
Automotive manufacturing leaders met in Kentucky to discuss how changes in U.S. trade policy under President Trump affect the industry and its growing presence in the Ohio Valley. Industry leaders gathered for the annual AutoVision conference and many ...

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Could iPhone-style contract manufacturing come to the car industry? - Ars Technica

Ars Technica

Could iPhone-style contract manufacturing come to the car industry?
Ars Technica
The Foxconn Technology Group doesn't design, market, or sell a single product. Yet, ironically, it is one of the largest consumer electronics manufacturers on the planet. Chances are you have at least one of the products it builds within reach right ...

Uncertainty Reigns as Auto Industry Looks to EV Era - DesignNews

DesignNews

Uncertainty Reigns as Auto Industry Looks to EV Era
DesignNews
Automakers are marching into the brave new world of electrification with public bravado, but industry insiders say that many still have private concerns about the near-term future of electric cars. At the Center for Automotive Research's recent ...

How The American Automotive Industry Is Coping With Trump's Tariffs - NPR

How The American Automotive Industry Is Coping With Trump's Tariffs
NPR
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with analyst Michelle Krebs from Autotrader about how the U.S. auto industry is coping with President Trump's tariff strategy, and how manufacturers are viewing the latest announcement. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For months now ...

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Ford Europe sees SUVs boost - just-auto.com

Ford Europe sees SUVs boost
just-auto.com
Ford says that its European market SUV sales grew more than 31% in July and now account for more than a fifth of its sales in the region. EcoSport and Kuga set new July sales records – EcoSport sales more than doubled last month compared with July 2017 ...

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