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October 29, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Toyota Says Trump Is Bragging About a Deal It Didn’t Make
The automaker says the president’s claim of a $10 billion investment is unfounded.
July 24, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
American Car Companies Are Pissed About Trump’s Japan Trade Deal
U.S. automakers say they’re being screwed over by Trump’s trade deal with Japan.
June 4, 2025
Tori Otten
Trump’s China Tariffs Are Backfiring in Funniest Way Possible
Automakers have found a way around Donald Trump’s tariffs on China.
April 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Extreme Tariffs Have Already Hit the Auto Industry
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, meanwhile, promised that employment would go up as a result of the tariffs.
April 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Press Secretary Suddenly Knows Nothing About Trump Tariff Comments
Karoline Leavitt had yet another ridiculous defense for Donald Trump and his tariffs.
March 28, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Quietly Threatens U.S. Automakers Over His New Tariffs
Donald Trump clearly knows his tariffs will hurt consumers.
March 27, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Latest Tariffs Are Already Wreaking Havoc on the Auto Industry
Automotive stocks are crashing following Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs.
March 27, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s Trade War on Canada Could Devastate Northern Border States
Trump’s tariff plans look to have major consequences for the state economies heavily intertwined with their Canadian neighbors.
May 20, 2024
Timothy Noah
There’s Good News About the Labor Movement in the South
Yes, the United Auto Workers lost last week in Tuscaloosa. But you probably haven’t heard about the recent union victories in the region.
April 23, 2024
Timothy Noah
Republicans Are Rattled by the UAW’s Big VW Victory in Chattanooga
The first successful union drive at a foreign-owned Southern auto plant is a huge fricking deal for organized labor and the Democrats.
March 18, 2024
Michael Tomasky
“Bloodbath”-Gate: Yes, Trump Meant the Auto Industry. At First, Anyway
The media may have taken the former president out of context this weekend, but adding it back does him no favors.
October 5, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Big Auto Screwed Itself on the E.V. Transition
Don’t buy the narrative that the UAW strike will harm the switch to electric vehicles. Carmakers did this to themselves.
July 19, 2023
Amy Westervelt
Is Big Oil Turning on Big Auto?
Exxon released an ad earlier this month that could signal a public rift between two industries that have spent a century working side by side.
September 18, 2019
Nick Martin
GM Workers Strike to Get Back What the Recession Stole
Eleven years ago, the UAW threw General Motors a lifeline. Now, workers wonder if they can trust the union and the company to honor their sacrifice.
March 31, 2016
Adam Peck
The self-driving cars of the future are no match for our horrible infrastructure.
July 24, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Three Charts That Show Obama Isn't to Blame for Detroit's Bankruptcy
July 19, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Four Dumb Things People Are Saying About Detroit
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