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Toyota Teaming Up With Waymo on Autonomous Vehicles

Toyota Teaming Up With Waymo on Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo and Toyota are teaming up. The Japanese giant will help develop a new autonomous vehicle platform for the Google spin-off which has become the U.S. leader in driverless ride-sharing technology. The announcement comes days after VW and Uber revealed their own autonomous alliance. More from Headlight.News.

Trump Tariffs Likely to Drive Budget Buyers Out of New Car Market – And Kill Off Half of All Entry Models

Trump Tariffs Likely to Drive Budget Buyers Out of New Car Market – And Kill Off Half of All Entry Models

If you’re a luxury buyer, Trump’s auto tariffs are likely to have little more impact than raising your monthly payment. Buyers on a tight budget are likely to be driven out of the new vehicle market, industry analysts warn, while half of the entry-level models now available in U.S. showrooms are likely to vanish. Tariffs, it turns out, will impact all motorists, even those not looking for a new vehicle, by raising costs for service and repairs – and even insurance. Headlight.News reports.

Trump Tariffs Expected to Cost GM $5 Billion as Automaker Revises 2025 Forecast

Trump Tariffs Expected to Cost GM $5 Billion as Automaker Revises 2025 Forecast

General Motors revised its full-year financial forecast and said the auto tariffs put in place by Pres. Donald Trump could cost it as much as $5 billion this year – despite the White House move this week to offer automakers some modest relief. As a result, it expects to see sales, revenues and net income fall sharply when compared to its original forecast for 2025. More from Headlight.News.

Tesla Calls “Absolutely False” Reports Board Looking to Replace Musk

Tesla Calls “Absolutely False” Reports Board Looking to Replace Musk

Tesla denied reports the company’s board has begun searching for a replacement for CEO Elon Musk. The South African-born entrepreneur has come under increasing fire due to his ties to the Trump administration, leading to a sharp slump in Tesla sales and earnings and calls by some leading investors to find a new chief executive. Headlight.News has the latest.

Stellantis Suffers Another Revenue Slide – Joins Automakers Suspending Forecasts Due to Trump Tariffs

Stellantis Suffers Another Revenue Slide – Joins Automakers Suspending Forecasts Due to Trump Tariffs

Stellantis reported Wednesday a 14% slide in revenues for the first quarter. The Euro-American automaker had previously forecast a turnaround later in the year but said during a webcast it was suspending future guidance in the face of Pres. Trump’s new auto tariffs. It joins GM and Mercedes in warning that sales and earnings could be at risk. More from Headlight.News.

GM Recalls Over 700k Pickups, SUVs to Repair Failing Engines

GM Recalls Over 700k Pickups, SUVs to Repair Failing Engines

General Motors dealers are gearing up to handle a massive new recall that will require them to repair or replace more than 700,000 V-8 engines in the automaker’s biggest pickups and SUVs, including the Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Silverado. More from Headlight.News.

Tesla Trade-in Prices Post Industry’s Largest Decline

Tesla Trade-in Prices Post Industry’s Largest Decline

Looking for a good deal on a used vehicle? The price for a previously owned Tesla Model S posted the industry’s biggest year-over-year decline, according to dealer sales records. Tesla products, on the whole, have plunged in value as backlash grows to CEO Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration. Headlight.News has more.

Bye-Bye Buick? Trump Tariffs Could Kill this GM Brand

Bye-Bye Buick? Trump Tariffs Could Kill this GM Brand

Carmakers are scrambling to adapt to the tariffs Pres. Donald Trump has enacted, U.S. new vehicle sales estimated to drop as much as 2 million this year due to higher prices. But no brand is as vulnerable as Buick. That’s because the vast majority of the General Motors brand’s products are imported from South Korea and China.

Slate’s New Pickup To Start at “Under $20,000” – But Are Americans Ready to Return to the Days of Hand-Cranked Windows?

Slate’s New Pickup To Start at “Under $20,000” – But Are Americans Ready to Return to the Days of Hand-Cranked Windows?

A low-profile start-up quietly backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has suddenly burst into the headlines, Dubbed Slate Auto, the Michigan-based automaker rolled out an all-electric pickup Thursday night that, it said, will go on sale in late 2026 for “under $20,000.” But rather than delivering another high-tech wonder, the Slate pickup draws its inspiration from a low-tech past. Will Americans embrace an EV with crank-up windows and no infotainment screen? Headlight.News has more.