Industry News
Ford Motor Company has announced a recall of approximately 4.3 million pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. due to a software defect that can cause trailer brakes and exterior trailer lights to fail. The affected...
By DCB Editorial
February 27, 2026
BMW is in advanced talks with the European Commission about a potential minimum pricing mechanism to replace EU tariffs on its China-made Mini battery-electric vehicles. The discussions involve setting a minimum import price that would address EU concerns over...
By DCB Editorial
February 26, 2026
What we’re seeing with Aston Martin is a textbook case of a corporation trying to reconcile profit expectations with global market pressures. They’re announcing up to 20% job cuts from a workforce of around 3,000, aiming to...
By Brian Denton
February 25, 2026
Volkswagen Group, Europe’s industrial behemoth, is bracing for a radical reshaping of its empire. By 2028, it intends to slash costs by 20 percent across all brands—a figure that reads less like corporate prudence and...
By Anthony Henson
February 18, 2026
Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley has reportedly discussed with officials in the Trump Administration a potential strategy for handling the eventual arrival of Chinese automakers in the U.S. market. Although a 100% tariff on Chinese-built vehicles — introduced under Joe...
By DCB Editorial
February 17, 2026
There is a kind of quiet confession in the decision by sterile corporate monolith Stellantis to resurrect diesel engines across Europe. Not a press-conference confession. Not the public language of retreat. But the subdued, bureaucratic admission that...
By Anthony Henson
February 16, 2026