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Ford Raising Prices on Mexican-Made Products

by Paul Eisenstein | May 7, 2025 | *Daily News*, Automakers, Business, Consumer Guides, Earnings and Financials, Ford, General Motors, Government, Lincoln, Stellantis, Tariffs, trade, Volkswagen

Ford Motor Co. plans to raise prices on three popular product lines assembled in Mexico, according to an advisory sent to dealers. The automaker put the blame on the new Trump auto tariffs which, it said earlier this week, will add about $2.5 billion to its costs this year. The automaker has yet to say whether it also will raise prices on products produced at Canadian and other foreign plants, as well as those assembled in the U.S. using foreign-made parts. Headlight.News looks at whether othr products could see price hikes,

Tritium Aims to Make Charging as Easy as Filling Your Gas Tank

by Paul Eisenstein | May 7, 2025 | *Daily News*, Business, EVs and batteries, Green Power

Forget range anxiety, for most folks, the single biggest reason to hold off buying an EV is the challenge of charging up. But it soon could become as easy as filling up your gas tank – or so claims Tritium Charging, one of the world’s largest suppliers of public EV charging systems. Headlight.News has more.

Stellantis Electrifies 2026 Jeep Compass with EV, PHEV and Mild-Hybrid Options

by Paul Eisenstein | May 6, 2025 | *Daily News*, *Reviews*, Business, Car Culture, Consumer Guides, EVs and batteries, Green Power, Hybrids, Jeep, off-road, Stellantis

Jeep formally unveiled the next-generation Compass SUV and it will come with an unusually wide range of powertrain options including an EV, a plug-in hybrid, and a mild-hybrid package. The 2026 Jeep Compass will debut in Europe, then North America and other markets, making it the brand’s most international model. More from Headlight.News.

Duncan Aldred, GM’s New Head of N. America, Has a Tough Job Ahead

by Paul Eisenstein | May 6, 2025 | *Daily News*, Buick, Business, Earnings and Financials, Executives, General Motors, GMC, Tariffs, trade

General Motors has appointed veteran Duncan Aldred to run the company’s North American business operations. The British-born executive comes in at a critical time for the automaker which just warned expects to take as much as a $5 billion hit from Pres. Donald Trump’s auto tariffs. Headlight.News has more.

Infiniti Looks to Go Rogue – With Its Own Version of the Nissan Crossover

by Paul Eisenstein | May 6, 2025 | *Daily News*, Business, Earnings and Financials, Infiniti, Lexus, Nissan, Tariffs

Desperate for new products, Infiniti is searching for a weay to get back into the booming compact crossover segment. The likely plan: come up with a unique, upscale variant of the mainstream Nissan Rogue. Headlight.News has more.

Auto Prices Going Up, Even Before Tariff Hit

by Paul Eisenstein | May 5, 2025 | *Daily News*, Audi, Business, Consumer Guides, Earnings and Financials, Ford, Government, Honda, Hyundai, Lamborghini, Lotus, Regulatory, Sales, Tariffs, trade

Millions of American motorists have been rushing to buy before the Trump auto tariffs take hold. But automakers and auto dealers were already driving up transaction prices even before the sanctions went into effect on May 3, despite White House claims prices won’t rise. If anything, costs are going to continue going up, reports Headlight.News.

VW ID.Buzz Recalled: Feds Say the 3rd Row is Too Roomy

by Paul Eisenstein | May 5, 2025 | *Daily News*, Business, Consumer Guides, Dealers and Service, EVs and batteries, Government, Green Power, Recalls, Regulatory, Safety, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has been ordered to recall all of the new ID.Buzz microvans it’s sold in the U.S. because, says NHTSA, the third row is too roomy. According to the feds, that makes it too easy to squeeze a third passenger into the back row though it doesn’t have three seatbelts. That’s one of two new recalls that have forced VW to temporarily halt sales and deliveries of the new EV. Headlight.News explains.

Toyota Teaming Up With Waymo on Autonomous Vehicles

by Paul Eisenstein | May 2, 2025 | *Daily News*, *Trending*, Automakers, Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Car Culture, Deals and acquisitions, EVs and batteries, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar, Lexus, Regulatory, Ride-sharing, Safety, Technology, Toyota, zeekr

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

by Paul Eisenstein | May 2, 2025 | *Daily News*, Automakers, BMW, Business, Chevrolet, Consumer Guides, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes, Regulatory, Subaru, Tariffs, trade

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

by Paul Eisenstein | May 1, 2025 | *Daily News*, Automakers, Business, Earnings and Financials, Executives, General Motors, Government, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, Sales, Tariffs, trade

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

by Paul Eisenstein | May 1, 2025 | *Daily News*, Automakers, Business, Earnings and Financials, Executives, Government, Personalities, Sales, Tariffs, Tesla

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

by Paul Eisenstein | Apr 30, 2025 | *Daily News*, Automakers, Business, Chrysler, Dodge, Earnings and Financials, EVs and batteries, General Motors, Government, Jeep, Mercedes, Ram, Regulatory, Tariffs, trade, Volkswagen

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.

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