For the next couple of weeks, the Morning Auto News are filed from a tropical island. Please excuse the inherently erratic schedule, and the possible absence of a few posts as we hang loose.
- China first to produce over 10m NEVs in a year – Chinadaily
- Nissan faces record debt bill with one year left to fix finances – Japantimes
- Bluesky attracts millions as users leave Musk’s X after Trump win – Reuters
- U.S. new vehicle registrations, Sept. & YTD 2024 – Automotive News
- Mazda BT-50 gets updated for 2025 but Americans won’t see it – Autoblog
- Hyundai Motor names U.S. chief as co-CEO before Trump return – Nikkei
- Geely’s Strategic Acquisition Boosts Stake in Lynk & Co – Businessinsider
- Global Data’s Jeff Schuster; NHTSA issues large penalty against Ford – Automotive News
- Donald Trump and Elon Musk are allies with rival social media platforms – Fortune
- Mercedes-Benz dealer buys Canadian airport runway for YouTube videos – Automotive News
- Tesla’s Chinese EV competitors are racing to build their own Optimus rivals – Businessinsider
- BYD, BMW plants in Hungary to start production in second half of 2025 – Automotive News
- Scania in talks with EV battery suppliers as partner Northvolt stutters, CEO says – Reuters
- Geely to reorganise Zeekr, Lynk units as founder, investors extract US$2 billion – SCMP
- Nissan pressure grows with second activist reported to own stake – Automotive News
- Lexus’s last AMG-chasing V8 super coupe goes out in noisy, esoteric style – Autocar
- Fact Check: Stephen King not banned on social media platform X for Musk comment – Reuters
- Car of the Year 2025 shortlist announced – Autocar
- Musk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist – Bloomberg
- Musk and Ramaswamy take to X to recruit “revolutionaries” for DOGE – Axios
- Musk asks ‘high-IQ revolutionaries’ to work for no pay on new Trump project – Guardian
- Why the Suzuki Swift is the perfect detox to modern motoring – Autocar
- Elon Musk Adds Microsoft to Suit Against OpenAI – New York Times
- Peter Thiel Says Elon Musk’s Turn to Trump Made Other CEOs Feel Safe – Businessinsider
- Nissan Motor Becomes Activist Investor Effissimo’s Next Prestigious Japanese Target – Wall Street Journal
- Porsche Taycan Stumble Demands a Bigger Fix – Bloomberg
- Xiaomi, Xpeng and Nio Report as Trump’s Win Promises to Bring Bruising Tariffs – Bloomberg
- Xpeng’s new ‘land aircraft carrier’ is a $276,000 van with a 2-man quadcopter, and it thinks it can sell 10,000 of them a year – Businessinsider
- GM is cutting its cheapest crossover in January amid a hurried shift to EVs – Autoblog
- Trump says Musk’s efficiency panel will issue reports – Reuters
- Chery showcases brand at LITF – Guardian
- Toyota exec pushes back on U.S. policies promoting EV adoption – Autoblog
- Hyundai Motor to name global COO Jose Munoz as CEO, report says – Reuters
- GM self-driving unit Cruise admits to submitting false report, will pay $500,000 fine – Reuters
- Can European car makers counter China by “working smarter”? – Autocar
- How Bluesky, the Rival of Elon Musk’s X, Is Seizing the Moment – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency will ironically require two men to run it – Fortune
- 3 Hard Questions for Tesla CEO Elon Musk About Cutting Government Spending – Barrons
- Why Musk supports Trump getting rid of EV tax credits – Businessinsider
- Tesla, Rivian Drop on Report Trump Wants to End EV Credit (1) – Bloomberglaw
- Techies Push Other Techies to Musk to Join Trump Administration – New York Times
- Elon Musk met with Iran’s UN ambassador, New York Times reports – Reuters
- How Elon Musk Manages Efficiency at Tesla, SpaceX, X – Businessinsider
- Tesla, BYD race past legacy automakers in profits on early EV embrace – Nikkei
- Next-gen BMW 3 Series sedan spied sporting Neue Klasse styling – Automotive News
- SpaceX Scraps Texas Land Swap Deal for Starship Rocket Hub – Bloomberg
- Jaguar shows upcoming four-door GT EV testing – Automotive News
- UAW, GM resolve dispute at Indiana plant after strike vote – Automotive News
- NHTSA Fines Ford With Its Second-Largest Penalty in History for Delaying Recalls – Wall Street Journal
