AD #4166 - Nissan Considers Exporting SUVs To Japan From U.S.; Destination Charges Now Average $1,550; Tesla Reclaims EU EV Sales Crown

Speaker 1: This is Outoline Daily, the show dedicated to enthusiasts of the global automotive industry. All the new tariffs in the

US are costing automakers billions more in costs, but we believe they're worried about getting attacked by President Trump if they were to say that car prices are going up because of the tariffs. While actual sticker prices haven't changed

that much this year, the average vehicle costs just under fifty thousand dollars right now. We have seen purchase incentives

get slashed, which can amount to thousands of dollars. Now,

that hasn't been true for evs over the last several months as the federal tax credit has gone away, but we know ev incentives from major automakers like GM and Ford will go away at the end of the year.

Automakers have also increased destination charges in the face of new tariffs. While the cost to ship vehicles across the

US has been steadily.

Speaker 2: Increasing since twenty twenty one, According to.

Speaker 1: Edmunds, the nation, charges saw their biggest year over year increase in the last decade. They're up eight and a

half percent for the twenty twenty five model year, hitting an average of nearly one thousand, five hundred and fifty bucks.

The actual increase over the last four years might not seem that great, up an average of three hundred and twenty nine dollars, but some brands like Porsche and some segments like pickup trucks are about double that number. China

might like to boast about being an EV powerhouse, but sales of gas and diesel.

Speaker 2: Powered vehicles are also on the rise. In fact, they.

Speaker 1: Were up for a third straight month in September, and for the year they're up zero point eight percent, about the same increase that any V sales have seen in China.

According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, retail sales of ICE vehicles hit nearly one point two million units last month, and from January through September almost ten million have been sold. New energy vehicles are anyvs, which includes bvs,

phs and E revs, have never top fifty percent market share in China.

Speaker 2: For a full year.

Speaker 1: They look like they could be on pace for that this year, but with IC sales on the rise, it will likely be another close race. Despite posting better than

expected financial numbers in the third quarter, which sent its share soaring. General Motors just laid off more than two

hundred salaried workers. Most of the cots were at its

Warrn Tech Center near Detroit and were due to quote business decisions. In a statement to Bloomberg, GM said it's

restructuring its design engineering team, which resulted in a number of the layoffs. In an effort to turn around poor

sales and financial results, Nissan is looking for a boost wherever it can, and that could include exporting US made SUVs to Japan. The company is thinking about sending over

the Morano and or Pathfinder, saying it thinks they're well suited for Japan's road conditions, but the move would also help keep more models rolling down the assembly line and help boost its sales. And there could be another benefit

as well. President Trump arrived in Japan today and will

be in Asia most of the week with the hope of agreeing to new trade deals.

Speaker 2: The idea of exporting.

Speaker 1: US built models to sell in Japan, which Toyota is also considering, could help those trade negotiations.

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Speaker 1: Com that next Buria chip shortage could soon cripple production in the US. MIMA, the group that represents suppliers, says

that auto production will face quote significant impacts and the next two to four weeks. But it's not just US

suppliers that are being impacted. BOSS says it's preparing to

furlough workers at one of its plants in Germany if the shortage.

Speaker 2: Isn't resolved soon.

Speaker 1: And this all stems from Dutch chip maker and Experia getting bought out by Chinese company Wingtech. The Trump administration

warned that the Chinese were planning to move the operations to China, so.

Speaker 2: The Dutch government took the chip maker over.

Speaker 1: China retaliated by limiting exports of Experior components out of China, and that's what triggered this chip shortage. The Volkswagon brand

was number one in BEV sales in July and August in Europe, but Tesla reclaimed the top spot in September.

Speaker 2: The company sold more than thirty eight thousand evs, easily.

Speaker 1: Out selling second place Volkswagon by fifteen thousand units. But

while Tesla was the best selling EV brand, its sales were actually down twelve percent compared to last year. Renault

and BMW round out the top five in EV sales. Overall,

more than two hundred and fifty thousand evs were sold in Europe last month, up twenty two percent from a year ago and accounting for nearly twenty one percent of the total market. In our latest poll, we asked our

YouTube and Patreon members if they agreed with the prediction from former Stalanta CEO Carlos Stavares that the automaker's European operations could be sold to Chinese automakers while Chrysler goes back to US ownership, and the overwhelming majority eighty four percent said you agree that Stilantis will be broken up because there are just too many brands to feed. Only

ten percent said no, you don't believe it will happen because the company needs all that manufacturing scale, and the remaining six percent said neither.

Speaker 2: Here's what they had to say.

Speaker 1: Keith Mensing commented, if they break it up, I think the US company could struggle to maintain enough mark market share and tollal production. Tavares hurt this company to its

core JEEP and Chrysler aren't what they once were. One

Nick Thomas had this comment sounds like sour grapes from Stalantis's chief architect, now casting doubt from the sidelines. Curious

Dave Perkins says storied marks like Maserati and Alpha could and should stand on their own in a much smaller focus company. I rather doubt that they gain much in

the way of design and engineering as part of a much larger operation. And lastly, Bill Brabowski said quote, it

will take a bankruptcy type event, but Ram Slash Jeep will be carved off to a US approved buyer and the other pieces will be parceled to Chinese backed OEMs.

Volvo is already there. It will happen in the next

five years. Thanks for all of your feedback. Eighty four

percent is a shocking number to hear, but when you think about it, supporting that many brands in the long term will be really difficult, and that brings us to the end of today's show. Have a great day and

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