Tag: supply chain
Toyota trims June production by 100,000 units due to chip shortage
On Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that global production for June would experience further adjustments as the carmaker grapples with supply chain issues. Of a previously...
Biden’s $3.1B electric car battery plan leaves mining concerns in limbo
Welcome to another edition of Inside Automotive with anchor Jim Fitzpatrick. Early this month, the Biden administration announced a $3.1 billion dollar plan to...
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess talks EVs and production disruptors in 60...
Despite being one of the most profitable automakers last year, Volkswagen is now feeling immense pressure amidst the turmoil overseas. While high prices and environmental issues...
Toyota executive doesn’t see car prices dropping anytime soon
At the New York Auto Show this week, Toyota North America's Executive Vice President Bob Carter said that the high and rising prices of...
As border blockade ends, carmakers have ground to make up
The Ambassador Bridge is once again flowing between the United States and Canada after a week-long blockade was removed by Windsor Police. However, the...
Cox Automotive’s Dale Pollak shares his best practices for sourcing used...
Dale Pollak grew up a dealership kid in Indiana and worked alongside his father Les, to learn the car business. Dale ran his own...
January U.S. auto sales: Low inventory still cause for concern; transaction...
2022 U.S. auto sales kicked things off with a SAAR (seasonally adjusted annual rate) of 15.2, the highest monthly SAAR reported since June of...
Protests at U.S.-Canada border disrupt production for automakers
Protests organized by truckers opposed to mandatory vaccination rules have stretched to nearly two weeks in the Ottawa, Ontario area, and disruptions caused by...
Where does the semiconductor chip shortage stand today?
With modern cars sometimes needing thousands of semiconductor chips to run the various electronics, automakers are still feeling the effects of the shortage. Today’s...
A look inside the current state of the semiconductor microchip shortage
While automakers and basically every manufacturer around the world were hoping the semiconductor microchip shortage would be a thing of the past by now,...
