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0:00 U.S. SAAR Tops 16 Million for 1st Time This Year
1:20 Japanese OEMs Falsify Safety Tests
1:58 Great Wall Shuts German HQ
2:25 Great Wall Sales Slow in China
2:46 Toyota Slowly Ramps Up EV Sales
3:53 GM Appoints Ex-Apple Execs to Software Unit
4:31 BYD Moves Into the Caribbean
5:20 Polestar Scrambles to Avoid U.S. Tariffs
6:16 Ford Explorer EV Production Kicks Off
6:39 Ford to Open Michigan Central Train Station
Story Links:
U.S. Car Sales: https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-globaldata-forecast-may-2024
Japanese OEMs Falsify Safety Tests: https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safety/toyota-stops-sales-amid-new-testing-scandal-honda-mazda-tripped
Great Wall Shuts German HQ: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-03/china-s-great-wall-motor-closes-european-hq-and-lays-off-workers
Great Wall Sales Slow in China: https://autonews.gasgoo.com/new_energy/70033341.html
Toyota Slowly Ramps Up EV Sales: https://insideevs.com/news/721897/subaru-solterra-us-sales-may2024/
GM Appoints Ex-Apple Execs to Software Unit: https://pressroom.gm.com/gmbx/us/en/pressroom/home/news.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2024/jun/0603-sso.html
BYD Moves Into the Caribbean: https://carnewschina.com/2024/06/04/byd-opens-first-store-in-caribbean-and-plans-10-more-counties-in-the-region-by-the-year-end/
Polestar Scrambles to Avoid U.S. Tariffs: https://www.autonews.com/china/ceo-china-owned-polestar-perplexed-us-tariffs
Ford Explorer EV Production Kicks Off: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/en/news/2024/06/04/mass-production-of-new-all-electric-explorer-starts-at-fords-ev-.html
Ford to Open Michigan Central Train Station: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/06/03/michigan-central-station-reopens-as-heart-of-a-culture—tech-hu.html
Read the transcript here: https://www.autoline.tv/daily/ad-3825-toyota-slowly-ramps-up-ev-sales-u-s-market-hits-16-million-saar-great-wall-shuts-german-hq/
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