GOP tax bill helps its biggest donor Musk, but harms his company, Tesla

Republicans announced a new tax plan today and it’s just about as bad for America as expected, taking money for healthcare, clean air and energy efficiency from American families and sending it to the ultra-wealthy instead. You might think that this helps one of those ultra-wealthy, Elon Musk, who gave hundreds of millions of dollars… Continue reading GOP tax bill helps its biggest donor Musk, but harms his company, Tesla

Automobile: The patterns of Stellantis and Renault ask the EU to soften the rules, supported by unions worried for jobs

John Elkann, President of Stellantis, and Luca de Meo, Managing Director of Renault, sound the alarm. They call for it, in an interview with Le Figaro published on Monday May 5, to a relief of regulations in the EU concerning the automotive market. The unions support these requests. Details. Most of the day: our exclusive… Continue reading Automobile: The patterns of Stellantis and Renault ask the EU to soften the rules, supported by unions worried for jobs

Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?

When Slate Auto, a start-up, unveiled a roughly $25,000 electric pickup truck last month, social media lit up with comments. Many people saw the no-frills vehicle, with an easy-to-repair body and nostalgic hand crank windows, as a refreshing antidote to today’s overstuffed and increasingly unaffordable cars. How unaffordable? Average monthly payments on new cars have… Continue reading Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?

Honda Motor reports 76% plunge in operating profit in huge earnings miss

Honda is seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Japanese auto giant Honda missed fiscal fourth-quarter earnings estimates as operating profit plunged 76%, with the company bracing for the full impact of U.S. tariffs. Here are Honda’s results compared with mean estimates from LSEG: Revenue: 5.36… Continue reading Honda Motor reports 76% plunge in operating profit in huge earnings miss

ZNA Z9: The “Rugged New Player” in Pickup Kicks Off Pre-sales

ZHENGZHOU,China, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On March 31, the grand pre-sale launch event for the “Rugged Off-road Pickup Player” Zhengzhou Nissan (referred to herein as ZNA) Z9 was held in Beijing, China. This strategic new pickup model from ZNA has officially begun its pre-sales phase, with two exciting versions: the Z9 and the Z9… Continue reading ZNA Z9: The “Rugged New Player” in Pickup Kicks Off Pre-sales

German FAZ: For the first time strike in Cologne Ford-Weren009346

There is a strike for the first time in the almost hundred years old Cologne Ford works. The protest campaign against planned job cuts at the location with 11,500 employees should begin on Wednesday morning and last until the end of the night shift on Thursday morning, as IG Metall announced. The management would like… Continue reading German FAZ: For the first time strike in Cologne Ford-Weren009346

@Toyota: [Toyota Times] Lunar Cruiser’s First Test Run! The Secrets to Moon Mobility

More than half a century after humans first set foot on the Moon through the Apollo program (1961-72), a new project is underway to return people to the lunar surface. From 2027, the Artemis program led by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send humans to the Moon’s surface to establish… Continue reading @Toyota: [Toyota Times] Lunar Cruiser’s First Test Run! The Secrets to Moon Mobility

@Toyota: [Toyota Times] Lunar Cruiser’s First Test Run! The Secrets to Moon Mobility

More than half a century after humans first set foot on the Moon through the Apollo program (1961-72), a new project is underway to return people to the lunar surface. From 2027, the Artemis program led by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send humans to the Moon’s surface to establish… Continue reading @Toyota: [Toyota Times] Lunar Cruiser’s First Test Run! The Secrets to Moon Mobility

Nissan’s contribution to Renault Group’s first quarter 2025 earnings

Press Release May 13, 2025   Nissan’s contribution to Renault Group’s first quarter 2025 earnings Nissan released today its results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024/2025 (April 1st, 2024 to March 31st, 2025). Nissan’s results, published in Japanese accounting standards, for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024/2025 (January 1st to March 31st,… Continue reading Nissan’s contribution to Renault Group’s first quarter 2025 earnings