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Industry Voices

Why the Auto Industry's Software Talent Problem Is About to Get Worse

The auto industry's ongoing struggle to recruit and retain software engineering talent has been a manageable problem for the past several years.…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 8 min read

OEM News

The Truck Pricing Discipline That Held Up: Why Pickups Have Been the Industry's Outlier

The pricing discipline in the full-size pickup segment has held up better than essentially any other segment of the U.S. vehicle market…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 8 min read

Regulation & Safety

When the Recall Notice Doesn't Arrive: The Problem of Tracking Vehicle Owners Through Multiple Sales

The recall notification system depends on accurate registered-owner data. When vehicles change hands multiple times outside the dealer-tracked channels, the chain of…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 8 min read

OEM News

The Mid-Cycle Refresh Calendar Is Slipping: What That Tells Us About the Industry

The mid-cycle refresh schedule that auto manufacturers have followed for decades has been slipping noticeably across multiple brands over the past two…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

EV & Battery

The Charging Infrastructure Numbers That Don't Add Up

The publicly reported charging infrastructure deployment numbers tell a story that the on-the-ground reality has been complicating for a while now. The…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

Classic & Collector

What the 1980s Japanese Sports Car Market Is Telling Us About Collector Valuations

The auction values on 1980s and early 1990s Japanese sports cars have produced one of the more interesting collector-market stories of the…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

Industry Voices

The Quiet Crisis at the Independent Repair Shop: What the Right-to-Repair Fight Is Actually About

The right-to-repair legislation that has moved in several states is the visible part of a longer-running shift in the relationship between independent…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 8 min read

EV & Battery

Battery Supply Chain Realities: Why "Onshoring" Is Harder Than the Policy Briefings Suggest

The Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and the various state-level incentives have produced substantial battery-plant announcements. The actual development of a North…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

Regulation & Safety

The Recall That Wasn't Quite a Recall: Why "Service Campaigns" Are Becoming the Industry's Preferred Tool

The line between a formal recall and a customer-satisfaction service campaign has been blurring for years. The trend has implications for consumer…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

Used Market

The Used-EV Depreciation Numbers Nobody Wants to Talk About

The wholesale numbers on three-year-old EVs have moved in a direction that is creating real problems for the leasing companies, the captive…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 7 min read

OEM News

Ford's Production-Cut Memo: What Suppliers Are Actually Hearing

The production adjustments Ford announced this quarter were framed as routine inventory management. What the supplier base is hearing privately is a…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 6 min read

Regulation & Safety

Why the EU's 2035 ICE Ban Is Already Being Watered Down

The 2035 internal-combustion ban was the centerpiece of European auto policy two years ago. The exemptions and reviews being negotiated now look…

Daniel Werner May 11, 2026 6 min read