Elon Musk: Musk on Tesla: “A Weird Transition Period”

Tesla deliveries and profits were down significantly in the second quarter. Wall Street remains bullish on the company though, because of robotics, robotaxis and AI.

By David Kiley • July 24, 2025

Tesla reports 42% YoY drop in operating income

The automaker’s Q2 sales fell 13.4% from a year ago as it faces growing competition in the global EV market. 

By Eric Walz • July 24, 2025

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Automotive Manufacturing

Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.

By WardsAuto staff

Lucid Charts Product Updates for ’26 Amid Financial Changes

Lucid Group is trying to bust out of fledgling niche status as Tesla falters and the landscape for battery-electric vehicles changes.

By David Kiley • July 23, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 23

Japan Auto Stocks Jump with New U.S. Trade Deal; What Does Stock Market Know About Tesla?; GM Turns Sales Around in China

July 23, 2025

GM, Redwood Materials sign deal to deploy energy-storage batteries

The partnership will create low-cost batteries to power AI data centers and other applications.

By Eric Walz • July 23, 2025

Volvo regionalizing global production to avoid tariffs

The move is part of the automaker’s strategy to rapidly boost profitability and adapt to a rapidly changing tariff-fueled business environment.

By Larry Avila • July 23, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 22

GM Profit Plummets on Tariffs; VW Offers Screaming EV Lease Deal; Russian Auto Industry Goes From Bad to Worse

July 22, 2025

GM’s Q2 Earnings Hit by Tariffs

General Motors led all automakers in the first half with sales increases year over year. But tariffs hit earnings by more than $1 billion.

By David Kiley • July 22, 2025

U.S. Tariffs Cost Stellantis $350 Million So Far

Preliminary first-half 2025 financials show steep loses made worse by automotive tariffs on the company’s imports into the U.S.

By Paul Myles • July 22, 2025

GM reports $1.1B profit loss in Q2

The automaker will turn to cost-cutting to mitigate the impact of higher import duties.

By David Kiley | WardsAuto • July 22, 2025

Uber to add 20,000 self-driving Lucid Gravity SUVs to its ride-share platform

The luxury-electric SUVs will be outfitted with Level 4 autonomous driving technology developed by California-based Nuro.

By Eric Walz • July 22, 2025

Tariffs to slow spending, economic growth during H2: Conference Board

Consumers face an average effective tariff rate of 20.6% and a 2.1% short-run increase in prices, the Yale Budget Lab said.

By Jim Tyson • July 22, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 21

BYD’s Sales Growth Stalls Out; Mercedes Slashes EV Prices; 2027 Chevy Bolt Gets Mild Facelift

July 21, 2025

Nissan ending production at Japan plant

The automaker is working to return to profitability by FY2026, which includes reducing its global production footprint from 17 to 10 plants.

By Larry Avila • July 21, 2025

Nissan executive named CTO at grocery giant Ahold Delhaize

Jan Brecht previously served in leadership stints at Mercedes-Benz and Adidas.

By Roberto Torres • July 21, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 18

Uber Partners with Lucid & Nuro On Robotaxis; Porsche Plans More Jobs Cuts; Subaru Reveals New Uncharted EV

July 18, 2025

Kia Cruises to No.1 on Latest Ranking of Most-Seen Non-Luxury Auto TV Ads

Subaru is the most-seen brand on the chart, with two commercials that had a combined 214.3 million national TV ad impressions for July 7-13, per iSpot.

By Wards Staff • July 18, 2025

Stellantis names new North American dealer strategy leader

Jason Stoicevich returns to the automaker after departing a year ago and his return continues a wave of executive changes at the company.

By Larry Avila • July 18, 2025

In California, new car dealers look to apprenticeships to fill talent gaps

Across the industry, dealerships have reported shortages due to an aging workforce. 

By Carolyn Crist • July 18, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 17

War Brewing Between Automakers & Dealers; China Headed for New EV Regs & Policies; Ford Reveals BEV/EREV Bronco Sport

July 17, 2025

Panasonic opens its lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Kansas

The site will manufacture the company’s advanced 2170 cylindrical cell batteries to support electric vehicle production in North America.

By Eric Walz • July 17, 2025

Autoline Daily 2025: Top Industry News for July 16

Stellantis Throws In the Towel with Fuel Cells; Volvo To Shift SUV Production to U.S.; Mercedes Reveals 1st All-Electric Wagon

July 16, 2025

CHROs can be more critical than CEO in succession planning, report finds

Chief human resource officers can lead a successful process when trusted by the board and C-suite, but without it, CEO succession planning can face major challenges.

By Carolyn Crist • July 16, 2025

Rolls-Royce invests $75M in South Carolina engine plant

The 60,000-square-foot expansion will boost production of machinery used to power data centers and other industrial facilities.

By Nathan Owens • July 16, 2025

GM’s Ultium Cells battery plant in Tennessee to add production of low-cost LFP cells

The automaker is targeting significant cost savings for EVs compared to its current high-nickel battery chemistries.

By Eric Walz • July 16, 2025