- Is Tesla in Trouble? Musk Is Betting on Robotaxi Future as TSLA Sales Fall – Bloomberg
- Musk’s xAI scores permit for gas-burning turbines to power Grok supercomputer in Memphis – CNBC
- Elon Musk Lost to Trump. He Can’t Get Over It. – Wall Street Journal
- Elon Musk’s xAI gets permit for methane gas generators – Guardian
- UK’s EV sales grow again in June – but 28% target still not hit – Autocar
- Citroen C3 Pluriel: are you overlooking this £1000 quirky cabrio? – Autocar
- Deutsche Bank, SeaTown Join VinFast’s $510 Million Private Debt – Bloomberg
- New hybrid Fiat 500 to cost 17,000 euros, brand CEO says – Reuters
- Samsung’s Texas blues and BYD’s lead over Tesla – Nikkei
- Alpine hires Steve Nielsen as new managing director – New York Times
- AGL Energy buys South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant from Tesla – Reuters
- Cadillac Lyriq Gets Pricier in 2026—But You Get More Tech for It – Autoblog
- Suzuki Is Becoming a Top Japan Importer With Made-in-India Cars – Bloomberg
- Tesla’s UK sales rise 12% in June from a year ago, New AutoMotive data shows – Reuters
- Black Honda Worker Must Fix Class Claims in Promotion-Bias Suit – Bloomberglaw
Friday Morning Auto News, Jul 04, 2025: Is Tesla in Trouble? Musk burns gas to power Grok, lost to Trump, can’t get over it. More.
Thursday Morning Auto News, Jul 03, 2025: Tesla in disarray, sales down. Japanese OEMs absorb tariff shock. BYD builds in Brazil. More.
- Tesla Is in Disarray. Musk Has Already Moved Beyond Caring About Cars. – Wall Street Journal
- Tariffs test Japanese carmakers’ shock absorbing powers – FT
- BYD begins output at major car plant in Brazil – Automotive News
- Tesla’s German car sales continue to fall in June – Reuters
- Hong Kong court quashes government decision to refuse permits to 2 Uber drivers – SCMP
- Mazda Canada pivots to imports with tariffs keeping CX-50 out of lineup – Automotive News
- Volvo Cars delays large-scale production at new plant in Slovakia – Reuters
- Tesla Stock Diehards Don’t Give an Inch – Wall Street Journal
- China’s Geely Brand Enters Italy With All-Electric, Hybrid SUVs – Bloomberg
- Tesla Stock Rises. Can Robots Trump Cars? – Barrons
- Ariel Atom celebrates 25th birthday with wild 525bhp special edition – Autocar
- Audi Resists US Price Hikes as 19% Sales Drop Adds to Tariff Woe – Bloomberg
- Column: Tesla to profit from Canada’s ZEV mandate, even as other federal policies punish it – Automotive News
- Savannah Bet Its Economy on a Big Hyundai Plant. Now It Has to Find the Workers – Bloomberg
- Polestar to build BMW iX1, Mercedes EQA rival in Europe – Automotive News
- Nissan recalls nearly 38K vehicles in Canada – Bnnbloomberg
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Jul 02, 2025: BYD sales hit new high. Musk takes on sales job. Xpeng defies China’s EV price war. More.
- BYD June sales hit new high with boost from deals, price cuts – Automotive News
- Musk takes over Tesla’s Europe, U.S. sales after Afshar’s exit – Fortune
- Xpeng defies China’s EV price war with steady sales as Tesla and local rivals try to keep pace – CNBC
- Tech Stocks Fall, Led by Tesla, and the Market Slips From All-Time High – Wall Street Journal
- Showpiece Hyundai-Genesis store opens on busy Toronto retail corridor – Automotive News
- Hyundai will preview small electric SUV at Munich show – Automotive News
- Porsche 911 Carrera 4S update brings more power and stronger brakes – Autocar
- Lexus starts construction on EV plant in Shanghai – Automotive News
- ‘A billion people backing you’: China transfixed as Musk turns against Trump – Guardian
- 2026 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Models Bring Back AWD, Add More Power for 992.2 Generation – Motortrend
- All-wheel-drive 911 Carrera 4S returns to Porsche lineup – Automotive News
- Tesla’s sales recovery hinges on low-cost car running behind schedule—‘without a new model, things will only get worse’ – Fortune
- NHTSA opens recall query into about 299,000 Stellantis vehicles – Reuters
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Jul 01, 2025: Renault to report $11.2 billion loss on Nissan stake. Musk and Trump are at it again. Nissan to delay supplier payments. More.
- Renault to report $11 billion loss on Nissan stake in first half – Reuters
- Elon Musk renews criticism of Trump spending bill, calls for new political party – Reuters
- Nissan seeks to delay supplier payments to free up cash, company emails show – Automotive News
- Drone Maker Baykar Completes Deal for Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace – Bloomberg
- New Kia EV4 hatchback brings 388-mile range for £37,695 – Autocar
- New Kia Sportage offers 236bhp hybrid for £34,425 – Autocar
- Skoda to preview possible Octavia electric wagon at Munich show – Automotive News
- S&P 500 Futures Drop in Premarket Trading; AeroVironment, Tesla Lag – Barrons
- Houston-area family sues Tesla over deadly Cybertruck inferno – Axios
- Tesla shares sink as Trump-Musk feud heats up, risking subsidies – Axios
- BYD June Sales Inch Up 10% After Month of Heavy Price Discounts – Bloomberg
- New Tesla sales in Spain rise 61% in June – Reuters
- Hyundai sales rise, Kia slips, closing out solid Q2 amid uncertain market – Automotive News
- Tesla Stock Falls as Trump, Musk Clash Again. Why the Feud Could Drag Shares Even Lower. – Barrons
- Tesla’s Elon Musk trades barbs with Trump over budget bill, renewing social media feud – Automotive News
- Exclusive: DOGE now targeting SEC policy, eyes SPAC rules, sources say – Reuters
- Hyundai seeks to ride Chinese coat tails to grab market share in Europe – FT
World’s Largest Automakers, May 2025: Toyota steps on the – yes – gas.
Toyota Group clocked in yet another record sales month in May, which brought the Jan-May total to 4,607,634 units, up a stout 8.4% compared to the same period last year. Imagine, analysts and pundits around the world notoriously predicted that the BEV-skeptic would be in rusty ruins by now. Toyota is powered by a global trend towards – hybrids.
Quarterly-reporting Volkswagen Group is AWOL again. Fresh numbers in a month.
Third-ranked Hyundai Group managed a small 0.9% gain due to strong sales of the junior partner Kia, up 2.3%, which more than made up for the tiny 0.2% decrease at mother Hyundai.
Caveat: All sales data as reported by the respective automaker. Note that “sales” can be an elastic term, some OEMs report hard registrations, some “sales to wholesale,” which can mean cars placed on dealer lots, or transferred to the OEM’s sales organization. Methods may differ from region to region. Some report “deliveries,” which can be nothing more than cars moved out of the factory door, some report hard registrations tabulated by government entities. Even those numbers can be skewed by “self-registrations” performed by dealers and OEMs alike.
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