Automotive World Journal – August 2025

On this concern:

Knowledge

• International gentle car gross sales forecast – July 2025 version

Outcomes

• GM Q2 tariff affect: US$1.1bn, comparable anticipated for Q3/This autumn
• Hyundai Motor: beneficial foreign exchange largely offsets tariff affect
• JLR Q1 gross sales down on account of tariffs and legacy Jaguar wind down
• Stellantis: gas cells out, V8s again in
• Tesla faces “just a few tough quarters”
• Skoda is VW Group’s most worthwhile model in H1 2025
• Volvo Vehicles’ low Q2 gross sales buoyed by sturdy service division

Technique

• Are legacy automakers transferring at ‘China velocity’?
• Aston Martin: UK-US tariff deal solely complicates forecasts
• BMW focuses on software program to reverse supply decline in China
• Mitsubishi’s French affair will get critical
• How does Daimler Truck count on to emerge ‘Stronger’ by 2030?
• Renault names interim CEO because it lowers FY25 margin forecast
• Stellantis calls it quits on hydrogen gas cells
• Tesla struggling globally because it faces intense competitors
• Vehicles face comparable monetary and competitors points to automobiles

Markets

• Does the automotive trade have a systemic recall drawback?
• Consolidation simply across the nook in China
• Is Brazil about to achieve its automotive market potential?
• By the numbers: Brazil’s automotive trade Jan-Could 2025
• Is Canada’s automotive trade at a crossroads?
• Kia scores document Canadian gross sales in H1 2025
• India’s auto market: gross sales down, exports up in Q1 25/26
• H1 2025: Japanese OEMs struggling in China, Europe, and US
• BYD strikes quick to construct momentum in Saudi Arabian EV market
• Has the Large Stunning Invoice killed US electrification plans?
• US strikes Japan deal: Europe optimistic, Detroit involved
• Do any automakers actually profit from the EU-US tariff deal?

Autonomous mobility

• European laws: AV roadblock or accelerator?
• NHTSA nominee: exhausting on AV regs, softer on AEB
• How will autonomy reshape insurance coverage and danger evaluation?

Software program-defined car

• SDV expertise strikes from retrofit to tailored
• What’s holding up the SDV rollout?
• ZAC proposes AI different to automotive neural networks
• How can maps assist shoppers belief automated driving?

Electrical mobility

• Jaguar harnesses track-side innovation for EV targets
• Chinese language EVs now perceived as superior in Europe, says Zeekr
• Batteries and chargers: the economics of electrification
• Ford Professional: the enterprise case for EVs hinges on good charging
• Traton Charging Options: entry is the game-changer
• ZF R&D head: “the artwork of engineering” within the EV age

Suppliers

• Marelli in Chapter 11: what does it imply for automotive?

Materials

• EVs and Euro 7 immediate lubricant evolution