Brian Thevenot

Los Angeles

Global Automotive Editor at Reuters

@Reuters Top News Editor, Americas. New Orleans resident. Former L.A. Times, STL Post-Dispatch, Texas Tribune and N.O. Times-Picayune.

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Articles

Even Porsche can't find its lane in China as foreign automaker sales skid

2 weeks ago | bilyonaryo.com | Nick Carey |Victoria Waldersee |Brian Thevenot

SOURCE: Reuters Porsche sales fell 42% in China in the first quarter Sharp decline of legendary brand reflects wider China-market problems for all foreign automakers Chinese EV makers moving into premium segments after dominating low-cost EVs By Nick Carey, Victoria Waldersee and Brian Thevenot SHANGHAI, April 24 (Reuters) – Foreign automakers in China face an increasingly urgent challenge at this year’s Shanghai auto show – winning back Chinese buyers while their domestic rivals churn out...
Trade war, safety concerns take centre stage at Shanghai auto show | Reuters

2 weeks ago | reuters.com | Nick Carey |Victoria Waldersee |Brian Thevenot

China's annual auto shows have become the world's premier showcase for the rise of ever-cheaper, high-tech electric vehicles from domestic brands in the world's biggest car market.
ANALYSE-Kaum Gewinner in Chinas ruinöser Autorevolution

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Victoria Waldersee |Brian Thevenot

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Analysis-China’s cutthroat EV revolution leaves little margin for profit

3 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Brian Thevenot |Victoria Waldersee

By Brian Thevenot and Victoria WalderseeHONG KONG (Reuters) -As the sun set over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, well-dressed social media influencers swarmed a lineup of sleek electric vehicles from Chinese automaker Xpeng, among the buzziest brands in the world’s premier EV market.
Analysis: China's cutthroat EV revolution leaves little margin for profit

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Thevenot |Victoria Waldersee

By Brian Thevenot and Victoria WalderseeHONG KONG (Reuters) -As the sun set over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, well-dressed social media influencers swarmed a lineup of sleek electric vehicles from Chinese automaker Xpeng, among the buzziest brands in the world’s premier EV market.
GM's Electric Gains Face Critical Test as Trump Targets EV Subsidies

2 months ago | gurutrade.com | Kalea Hall |Brian Thevenot |David Clarke

GM doubles share of U.S. EV sales to 12% in 2024 GM credits broad EV lineup for sales surge EV sales still only about 6% of overall deliveries Trump's plan to kill EV subsidies would test GM's EV momentum DETROIT, Feb 28 (Reuters) - General Motors has spent billions over decades trying to blaze an electric trail, releasing pioneering EVs and hybrids that ultimately failed to achieve mass-market sales before being scrapped. This time might be different.
アングル：米車突入事件、導入予定の車止めでも阻止できずコストと運用優先で強度不十分

Jan 10, 2025 | jp.reuters.com | Brian Thevenot |Chris Kirkham

［ニューオーリンズ４日ロイター］ - 米ルイジアナ州ニューオーリンズ中心部の繁華街で群衆に車が突入し、１４人の死者、数十人の負傷者を出した今月１日の事件。市当局はそれより何カ月も前に、今回用いられた車種に似た大型の「フォードＦ１５０」を使って、容疑者が今回の事件現場となったバーボン・ストリートに車両で突っ込むシミュレーションをしていた。エンジニアたちの結論は、この種のピックアップトラックが観光客で混雑するこの通りに時速２０キロ－１１２キロで突入することは可能だ、としていた。だが、ロイターが閲覧した市の委託によるエンジニアリング分析と入札の文書によれば、市が新たに設置を進めている道路の防護設備は、時速１６キロでの衝突にしか耐えられない仕様だった。...
New Orleans' barriers plan wouldn't have stopped truck

Jan 4, 2025 | perthnow.com.au | Brian Thevenot |Chris Kirkham

Months before the deadly New Orleans attack on New Year's Day, the city modelled scenarios for how an attacker could enter tourist hotspot Bourbon Street in a vehicle similar to the one used to kill 14 people and injure dozens more.
New Orleans attack suspect acted alone, supported Islamic State, FBI says

Jan 2, 2025 | brainerddispatch.com | Brian Thevenot

NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI said on Thursday. The suspect, who was shot dead at the scene after firing at police, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in Afghanistan. He drove from Houston to New Orleans on Dec.
Police probe motive in New Orleans truck rampage

Jan 2, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com | Brian Thevenot