Carmakers battle to foretell the Administration’s subsequent transfer.
Whether or not you drive a automotive, want a automotive, or simply often bum a journey with mates, you’ve come to the proper place. Be a part of Jill and Tom as they break down all the things that’s happening within the auto world. New-car opinions, procuring suggestions, driving inexperienced, electrical automobiles, basic automobiles, and loads of nice visitors. That is the Client Information Automotive Stuff Podcast. Excessive-Tariff Headwinds
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Episode: 265
Broadcast date: March 10, 2025
Visitor: Sam Fiorani
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Higher Batteries, Tariff Headwinds, Explaining Polestar
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Jill and Tom open the present masking a couple of information tales. First, Toyota is claiming it’s going to have a solid-state EV battery in a manufacturing car round 2030. Might be huge information in regard to EV value and vary. Hear in for particulars. The hosts went on to debate Mercedes-Benz’s new turquoise marker- and tail lights. Why are they doing this? Hear in.
Nonetheless within the first section, Jill shared particulars of a narrative she wrote about how the similar-size Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser crossovers differ. Clue: One is extra household pleasant than the opposite.
Within the second section, Jill and Tom welcome Sam Fiorani of AutoForecast Options to the present. Sam walked the hosts via the headwinds confronted by the auto business because of the present administration’s tariff plans.
Sam additionally mentioned Tesla’s plant capability scenario, which can be most acute in Europe, the place the corporate not too long ago opened a brand new manufacturing facility.
Within the final section, Jill is plagued by Tom’s “Pontiac or Oldsmobile?” quiz, and the hosts speak a bit about Polestar, a brand new EV model with Volvo roots.
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