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Suppliers hope automakers put volume ahead of profit as they manage tariff costs

1 week ago | autonews.com | John Irwin |Vince Bond Jr. |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura

The UAW believes excess capacity at Stellantis plants indicates the facilities can support additional products without reconstructing them from the ground up.
UAW presses Stellantis to boost tariff-free production at underutilized U.S. plants

1 week ago | autonews.com | Vince Bond Jr. |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker

The UAW believes excess capacity at Stellantis plants indicates the facilities can support additional products without reconstructing them from the ground up.
U.S. judge puts Bollinger Motors into receivership; assets frozen after founder’s lawsuit

1 week ago | autonews.com | Richard Truett |Kurt Nagl |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on May 8 announced a “breakthrough deal” on trade.
Lotlinx chooses AutoFi, TrueCar vet as new CMO

1 week ago | autonews.com | Mark Hollmer |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker

Japan’s smallest global automaker is weighing joint production of utility vehicles in one of partner Nissan Motor Co.’s U.S. assembly plants.
Trump heralds ‘breakthrough’ tariff deal with UK

1 week ago | autonews.com | Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker |Lois Hoyal

Japan’s smallest global automaker is weighing joint production of utility vehicles in one of partner Nissan Motor Co.’s U.S. assembly plants.
Stellantis to cut up to 200 jobs at Italy’s Termoli plant

1 week ago | autonews.com | Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker |Lois Hoyal

Stellantis' factory in Termoli where jobs are being cut ahead of the plant's shift to make electric transmissions for hybrid cars.
Schaeffler ramps up China product rollout after acquiring Vitesco Technologies

1 week ago | autonews.com | Yang Jian |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker

Schaeffler plans to produce a fully active damping system and a printed-circuit-board embedded power module for use in vehicles made in China.
Inventory drops 10% to 2.8 million after tariff-beater sales rush

1 week ago | autonews.com | Larry P. Vellequette |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker

Japan’s smallest global automaker is weighing joint production of utility vehicles in one of partner Nissan Motor Co.’s U.S. assembly plants.
Leapmotor to assemble vehicles at Stellantis’ Malaysia plant

1 week ago | autonews.com | Yang Jian |Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker

The C10 electric compact crossover will be assembled in Malaysia with kits imported from China, Leapmotor said.
Tariffs could force Mitsubishi to revive U.S. output through Nissan deal

1 week ago | autonews.com | Hans Greimel |Naoto Okamura |Julie Walker |C.J. Moore

Mitsubishi is exploring how to locally source products from Nissan factories in the U.S. to offset the impact of tariffs on vehicles such as the imported Mitsubishi Outlander crossover, the company's bestselling nameplate in the U.S.