Philip Nussel

The short-term EV sales windfall permeated August U.S. sales reports, but the long-term outlook for EV sales growth remains questionable.

With the Sept. 30 elimination of the $7,500 U.S. EV tax credit just weeks away, GM’s forecasters probably took a critical look at their supply and demand charts.

Here's a rundown of the week's top stories as determined by reader interest.

Chung and most of his Korean allies have been diplomatic all year about U.S. relations — particularly when it comes to trade and tariff negotiations.

Panelists, speaking in the future headquarters of General Motors in Detroit, warned that the Chinese auto industry will pose an existential threat to the rest of the industry.

Cancellations of new EVs are almost a daily story, but a few automakers are standing by plans to build electrified sales without the U.S. tax credits.

Lucerne International's aluminum forging project is being pushed out further, scaled down and likely moved out of Michigan. Detroit stands to lose 325 new jobs.

Finance and insurance managers should pay close attention to a scam in which loan applicants lie about their salaries to purchase multiple expensive vehicles in a short amount of time.

Carvana Co.'s experiment acquiring new-vehicle franchise dealerships is starting to look like it’s more than a test.

German auto suppliers are filing for bankruptcy or insolvency at a troubling pace these days.

Over the past month, the messy bankruptcy of aftermarket supplier First Brands reminded the auto industry of the economic challenges facing commodity parts makers.

No supplier championed Ford's move to aluminum parts for the F-150 in 2014 more than Novelis.

Federal bankruptcy watchdog cites “serious allegations of fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, misconduct, or mismanagement" in the failure of the Trico and Fram parent company.

GM and Ford will have to be careful with their messages to Wall Street next week because the conflicting signals could move their stocks up or down noticeably.

Other celebrities and sports figures have been dotting the dealership landscape for years, but Nick Saban's acquisitions raise the business to an even higher profile.

In the ultimate first-world problem, deliveries of the 2026 Toyota RAV4 will be choppy and dealerships will be stretched to maintain their inventories.

Given Toyota’s influence over the Japanese auto industry, the automaker was expected to make the biggest splash.

As expected, the Nexperia chip shortage is being felt first in the supply chain by Tier 1 companies such as Germany’s Bosch Group and ZF Friedrichshafen.

Nissan, a troubled automaker with a new CEO trying to turn things around, can’t seem to escape its addiction to force stair-step targets on its U.S. dealerships.

Unlike other dealership groups that simply settle these types of cases without comment, LaFontaine is pushing back, pointing out that Michigan’s vehicle titling law is “outdated” compared with those of other states.