On April 29, after issuing the company’s Q1 2025, GM CEO Mary Barra said the company’s new guidance following the White House’s announcements on tariffs anticipates EBIT being in the range of USD 10-12.5 billion in 2025, rather than the previously forecast USD 13.7-15.7 billion, to take into account USD 4 billion to

On April 30, Ford announced the official launch and first shipments of its revised 2025 Ford Expedition from the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, which also assembles the 2025 Lincoln Navigator and F-Series Super Duty trucks.
The refreshed three-row SUV that can seat up to eight people has received a res

On May 1, IONNA offered an update on its 2025 expansion plan to eventually have 30,000 charging bays by the end of 2030.
Six new rechargeries that opened to the public in April, marking its first set of batch openings this year, now doubles IONNA's total network size to 12 sites and 120 bays.
It has 15 additional rec

On April 30, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2023 approval of California’s plans to require a rising number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks.
The House also voted to repeal an EPA waiver issued in December 2024 under former President Joe Biden for California’

On May 2, Uber Technologies and Momenta announced a strategic agreement to introduce autonomous vehicles to the Uber platform, in international markets outside of the U.S. and China.
First deployment for the partnership will take place in Europe at the beginning of 2026, with onboard safety operators. By combining Ub

On April 30, PHINIA Inc., a leader in premium fuel systems, electrical systems, and aftermarket solutions, announced that its innovators have been named on over 250 patents since becoming a standalone company in July 2023.
As a fuel systems spinoff of BorgWarner Inc., PHINIA has a longstanding patent legacy with over

The number of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in April 2025 (preliminary figures including estimates for GM/Stellantis/Tesla, etc.), aggregated by MarkLines as of May 2, was 1,465,356 units, up 10.0% y/y. The number of business days in April was 26, one day more than in the same month last year.
The U.S. has imposed an

On May 1, Mercedes-Benz announced plans to build another model at its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in response to U.S. import tariffs.
In a statement, the company said that it will shift assembly of a mid-range “Core” segment vehicle, tailored to U.S. customers, to its Alabama factory by 2027. The "Core" segment

On April 28, Stellantis paused production of Jeep Gladiator pickups in Toledo as it works to "align parts inventory with demand". 
The Toledo Assembly Complex's south plant normally builds the Gladiator on two shifts. The Toledo facility also makes the Jeep Wrangler.
Stellantis says it "will continue to monitor the s

On April 29, Rehlko and Toyota Motor North America announced at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo that Toyota will supply its hydrogen-powered fuel cell modules to Rehlko for use in its stationary power generator products.
Wisconsin-based Rehlko (formerly Kohler Energy) has a longstanding track record of deliver

On May 1, Uber Technologies and May Mobility announced a new multi-year strategic partnership. May Mobility aims to deploy thousands of AVs on the Uber platform over the next few years, with an initial launch planned for Arlington, Texas, by the end of 2025. 
Under the agreement, Uber will offer customers the option

On May 1, Aurora Innovation announced it has successfully launched its commercial self-driving trucking service in Texas. Following the closure of a recent safety case, Aurora has begun regular driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston. 
To date, the Aurora Driver has completed over 1,200 miles withou

On April 25, Zeeland, Michigan-based Gentex, announced that while Q1 2025 net sales of USD 576.8 million were down 2.3%, net income for the first quarter of 2025 was down 12.3% to USD 94.9 million.
Gentex said that as a result of the current and expected tariff escalation in the China market, it has pro-actively halt

On April 29, Blue Bird Corporation announced it is showcasing both its groundbreaking electric step van and propane-powered stripped chassis at the 2025 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.
The electric-powered step van is based on its Class 5-6 stripped chassis that features a 178-inch wheelbase for last-mile-d

On April 29, Epsilon Carbon announced the launch of a new research institute in partnership with Tufts University. The Tufts Epsilon Materials Institute, based at the School of Engineering, will focus on materials science and engineering, with an emphasis on innovations in battery materials. The initiative is support

On April 30, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) president Hildegard Müller reacted to the U.S. government's recent steps toward easing trade burdens on the automotive sector. Müller said that the measures fall far short of what’s needed, offering only minor relief and applying to a limited set of

GM's FY2025 first quarter financial results were announced.
Sales increased 2.3% YoY to USD 44.0 billion. This was a USD 1.0 billion increase over the previous year's USD 43.0 billion.
Operating income decreased 10.3% YoY to USD 3.4 billion, down USD 386 million from USD 3.7 billion in the previous year.
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On April 29, President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Warren, Michigan to celebrate his first 100 days. He reiterated some of the content in executive orders he signed earlier in the day.  "I've just signed an executive order to give partial tariff rebates to any company that assembles its cars right here in the U.

On April 24, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new Automated Vehicle (AV) Framework as part of his transportation innovation agenda. The new framework will unleash American ingenuity, maintain key safety standards, and prevent a harmful p