Ford Motor Co. has spent several days making the case to the public and the Trump Administration that the company is being penalized for its highly North American manufacturing process and described the situation as "urgent", describing the new 15% automotive import tariff deals and remaining sectoral tariffs as disa

On July 29, Toyota Argentina resumed production at its Zarate plant after an 11-day scheduled shutdown for maintenance and technological upgrades.
The downtime, aligned with the winter school holidays, involved improvements across all areas of the facility, including streets, drainage, cafeterias, and parking lots. T

On August 4, Taiwan's Foxconn announced it had struck a deal to sell the former GM production plant in Lordstown, Ohio, for USD 375 million, including its machinery, but said it would continue to use the site to make a broader range of products aligned with its strategic priorities.
Foxconn will sell the site’s land

On August 1, Terrafame announced that it has decided to initiate change negotiations concerning the personnel of the battery chemicals plant and other functions closely connected to the plant on production-related and financial grounds. In addition to possible layoffs, the negotiations will also cover possible tempor

On July 30 during the investors call following release of its Q2 report, Ford CEO Jim Farley announced a new EV strategy and the coming reveal of a new electric vehicle and EV platform on August 11 at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky.
During 2023 negotiations with the UAW, Ford promised to invest USD 1.2 bil

On July 31, U.S. President Trump said he extended Mexico’s current tariff rates for 90 days to allow more time for trade negotiations with its southern neighbor. Trump had threatened to impose 30% tariffs on Mexico’s exports starting on August 1, saying President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government hadn’t done enough to h

In its FY 2024-25 annual report, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited announced that it updated its Electronics and Electro-mechanics Testing Lab by adding a hemianechoic chamber and a high-capacity compressor test facility. These were used for validating solutions in Automated, Connected, and Electric

Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector) has unveiled CANoe.DDS, a new option for its CANoe development and test environment that supports the DDS (Data Distribution Service) communication standard.
CANoe.DDS allows users to simulate, analyze, and test DDS-based systems directly within the familiar CANoe environment. It is d

On July 29, President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
The proposed EPA rule would rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding that determined that carbon d

On July 28, Hildegard Müller, president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), issued a statement that it is fundamentally good that the EU-US framework agreement could avert a further escalation of the trade dispute.
However, Müller said that the US tariff of 15%, including for automotive produc

On July 29, the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA)announced that Magyar Suzuki Zrt. has announced an investment of nearly EUR 24.5 million at its Esztergom plant, aimed at plant modernization, enhancing efficiency, fully utilizing existing capacity, adapting flexibly to future demands, and moving toward car

On July 28, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) issued a statement welcoming the EU-US tariff agreement in principle.
ACEA said that the agreement takes an important step towards easing the intense uncertainty surrounding transatlantic trade relations in recent months. However, the US will retai

A high-level meeting for July 25 was called off due to an unspecified urgent scheduling event for U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The meeting was set to bring together Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer and South Korean counterparts, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Trade Minister Yeo H

On July 24, U.S. Commerce Secretary Harold Lutnick further described the USD 550 billion investment deal done with Japan to bring down their tariffs to 15% in a video posted on X. While initial announcements on July 22 were scant on facts, Lutnick has since gone on to describe the arrangement.
Lutnick emphasized the

On July 24, Nissan’s Magnite earned a five-star rating for adult occupant safety and three stars for child protection in the latest Global NCAP crash tests. This marks a jump from the previous model, which had only two airbags and a two-star rating for both categories.
The updated Magnite, launched in India and South

On July 23, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke about U.S. talks with the European Union while noting that Japan secured its lower 15% auto tariff rate by proposing an innovative financing package. The 15% rate represents a new tariff of 12.5% on top of the older 2.5% rate.
Bessent explained that Japan’s redu

On July 23, BMW i Ventures announced a co-lead investment in Estes Energy Solutions, a California-based materials and manufacturing innovator. The USD 11 million seed round was co-led with Fortescue Ventures with participation from New Systems Ventures, and early investor DCVC. 
Estes is working to drive further impr

On July 23, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) introduced two new motorcycles, the CB125 Hornet and the Shine 100 DX. Bookings for both models will begin on August 1, 2025.
The CB125 Hornet is powered by a 123.94cc, single-cylinder, fuel-injected engine that complies with OBD2B norms. It produces 8.2 kW of powe

On July 23, multiple media including the Nikkei reported that the U.S. and Japan had agreed in their tariff negotiations to reduce the current 25% auto tariff to 12.5%. Japanese autos exported to the U.S. will now face a total tariff of 15%, including the existing base rate of 2.5%.
On July 22, U.S. President Trump p