Toyota is preparing to build its next-generation battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in China before launching production elsewhere, signalling a significant shift in the Japanese automaker’s manufacturing and development strategy. The Lexus-badged model is scheduled to enter...

Nissan and Honda have signed a joint development agreement to standardise key electronic control units (ECUs) and software for their next generation of software-defined vehicles (SDVs), with deployment planned from fiscal 2029. The agreement will...

Volkswagen’s workers are being told that the company faces a competitiveness problem. That is certainly true—but the important question is: competitive for whom, and at whose expense? The company is considering potentially tens of thousands of...

The collapse of the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks is not merely another dispute over tariffs. It is a warning about what happens when economic policy becomes an instrument of political intimidation. On Aug. 22, the...

The workers at Hyundai are not merely fighting over wages. They are fighting over whether they will have a place in the future they are being ordered to build. Around 40,000 Hyundai Motor union members...

The Trump administration is preparing to reduce its tariff on Canadian-built vehicles from 25 percent to 15 percent, according to people familiar with the negotiations. In return, Canada is expected to abandon its remaining retaliatory...