Industry News
What we’re seeing with Dongfeng’s decision to sell its 50% stake in its Honda engine joint venture is not just a business transaction — it’s a symptom of a larger systemic shift. For decades, foreign...
By Peter Fitch
August 18, 2025
Lucid Motors’ new Gravity electric crossover had only nine U.S. registrations by June 30, six months after production began, according to industry analysis. By comparison, the Lucid Air sedan saw 4,780 registrations in the first...
By Alberto Frammartino
August 15, 2025
Chinese tech giant and rising EV manufacturer Xiaomi has recruited Kai Langer, former head of design at BMW i, to join its automotive division. Langer, who spent over 20 years at BMW shaping the iconic...
By DCB Editorial
August 13, 2025
Nissan’s newly installed CEO, Ivan Espinosa, is enacting a sweeping restructuring plan that will eliminate 15% of the company’s global workforce—tens of thousands of workers whose livelihoods are being sacrificed to appease shareholders and “streamline...
By DCB Editorial
August 7, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover, now little more than a legal fiction, recently dispensed with its CEO, Adrian Mardell—a technocrat with a fondness for spreadsheets, whose tenure, like so many in the age of the managerial class,...
By Anthony Henson
August 6, 2025
A federal jury has ordered Tesla to pay $243 million in damages over a 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot system — marking the company’s first major courtroom loss related to its driver-assistance technology....
By DCB Editorial
August 4, 2025