This is a law that lets the US President control trade during emergencies, like wars. It was used to put taxes on some imported products, but the Supreme Court said that wasn’t allowed here.
This is a law that lets the US President add taxes on imports to protect American businesses and security. The recent court ruling didn’t change this law.
The Aston Martin Valhalla is a very fast and expensive sports car made by Aston Martin. It uses special technology to go really fast and costs about a million dollars.
A solid state battery is a new kind of battery that can store more power and charge faster than regular batteries. It uses solid materials inside instead of liquids.
Lamborghini planned to make a new electric car called the Landsa Door around 2028 or 2029, but they decided not to make it and will focus on cars that use both gas and electric power instead.
A plug-in hybrid car uses both gas and electricity. You can charge its battery by plugging it in, so it can drive some distance using only electricity, which helps save gas and pollutes less.
Remote diagnostics means checking your car's health and problems from far away using internet technology. This helps fix issues faster without needing to bring the car in.
OTA means your car can get updates to its software through the internet, like how your phone updates apps. This helps fix problems or add new features without going to the shop.
ZF is a big company from Germany that makes important parts for cars, like transmissions and safety systems. Many car makers use parts from ZF in their vehicles.
Audi is a fancy German car brand that makes electric cars and other vehicles. It's part of the Volkswagen Group and sells many electric cars in Europe.
Bridgestone makes tires that help cars drive safely and smoothly on the road.
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Speaker 1: This is Autoline Daily, the show dedicated to enthusiasts of the global automotive industry.
Speaker 2: Last Friday, we got a number of.
Speaker 1: Comments that we didn't have anything about the US Supreme Court striking down a key piece of President Trump's tariff policy, while that news didn't drop until we had already recorded the show, So we'll get to it now. The court
said the President overstepped his constitutional authority when he used the IEEPA, or International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to justify tariffs on a number of countries. Trade experts say that
act was meant to be used in times of imminent danger, like the outbreak of war, but the setback for the President is unlikely to have much impact on the auto industry.
The terriffs he set on imported cars from Canada, Mexico, and China, as well as imported steel and aluminum, were imposed using Section two thirty two of the nineteen sixty two Trade Expansion Act, and that was not part of the Supreme Court's ruling. Even so, President Trump promises he's
going to impose other tarifs using other legal justification, and that will only create more confusion and uncertainty for automakers.
Speaker 2: And suppliers.
Speaker 1: If Aston Martin's performance this year is anything like twenty twenty five, it could find itself looking for a partner.
The company has suffered from delayed product launches, slower sales in China, supplier bankruptcies, and tariffs in the US, which is Aston's biggest market. While it still hasn't reported its
full results from last year, the company issued its third profit warning in a year last week, forecasting a larger than expected operating loss. According to Bloomberg, its stock price
has lost nearly all of its value since its IPO in twenty eighteen, going from sixteen dollars and fifty cents at the end of that year to about eighty cents a share now. But as part of that profit warning,
Aston also said twenty ti twenty six should be a better year, partly because it expects to sell five hundred Valhalla supercars this year, which cost about a million bucks apiece.
On top of that, shareholders chairman Laurence Stroll and his investor group have pumped over eight hundred and ten million dollars in the company since he took over in twenty twenty, most recently getting sixty seven million dollars from the Formula one team for using the Aston Martin name. However, Stroll
is already on his four CEO and the Off one team already own the naming rights until twenty fifty five, so this seems more like some creative fundraising. We've got
the testing results for Donut lab solid state battery. While
part of them, Donut says it's going to release the results in a series of videos, and the first one is all about charging. The VTT Technology Research Center of
Finland tested a twenty six amp hour prototype cell from Donut, charging it at several different current rates and either with one or two heat sinks.
Speaker 2: We're no battery experts.
Speaker 1: But it looks to have performed well, even charging from zero to one hundred percent in as little as eight minutes, although that was at a very high charging rate. Doughnut
also claims that it sells don't require high clamping forces.
Speaker 2: And don't swell and shrink.
Speaker 1: Like other solid state batteries, which can expand and contract fifteen to twenty percent during charging cycles. If you're interested
in following the Donut Lab tests, it looks like a new video will come out once a week. And now
another automaker is rolling back its EV plans. In twenty
twenty three, Lamborghini revealed an all electric model called the Landsa Door, which was supposed to launch in twenty twenty eight or twenty twenty nine, but Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkleman tells The Sunday Times that it's scrapping that model and will replace it with a plug in hybrid instead. Winkleman
says that EV development risk becoming an expensive hobby for the company and that customer interest in a pure EV.
Speaker 2: Was quote close to zero.
Speaker 1: Specifically, he says evs don't create an emotional connection with customers in the same way a gas powered card does through the sound and power of its engine. By twenty thirty,
Lambo's lineup will be all plug in hybrids, and Winkelmann says that's the only powertrain it will offer for the foreseeable future.
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Speaker 1: The German supplier ZF says the slower transition to EVS is helping it relieve some of its debt burden. The
company has been under pressure from rising interest rates and had refinancing obligations totally more than fifteen billion dollars through the end of the decade, according to its latest financial report.
Because of its struggles, ZF lost its investment grade status and has announced plans to cut fourteen thousand jobs, But the supplier's chief financial officer says it's starting to see some beef thanks to higher demand for parts for hybrids, plugin hybrids and gas powered vehicles.
Speaker 2: Thanks to that boost and reducing its.
Speaker 1: Borrowings over the last year, ZETEF says it's on track to regain its investment grade status, and ZETEF isn't the only company struggling with the slower than expected EV transition.
Lucid Motors announced it's cutting twelve percent of its workers globally.
The ev startup didn't specify the exact total, but at the end of twenty twenty four it had sixty eight hundred workers, so the number of cuts is likely in the hundreds, but hourly production workers at its plant in Arizona won't be impacted by the cuts.
Speaker 2: Lucid said it made the.
Speaker 1: Decision to quote streamline our organization so we can operate with greater efficiency and deliver on our commitments to gross margin improvement and long term growth. The automakers struggled with
production challenges, supply chain impacts, and rising costs last year, and we'll find out just how much that had an impact on Lucid's earnings when it reports them tomorrow. Despite
a sixteen percent decline in sales, the Volkswagen brand was number one in EV's in Europe last month.
Speaker 2: According to data Force.
Speaker 1: VW registered more than seventeen thousand evs in January, which was well ahead of Renaul in second place, which sold more than fourteen thoy four hundred evs. Scoto was number three,
only four hundred and twenty five units behind Renault BMW ranked fourth, and it was followed by Audi, giving the VW Group three of the top five brands in EV sales in Europe. In January, BYD climbed into the top ten,
ranking number eight with eighty seven hundred registrations, nearly double compared to a year ago, and Tesla's registrations tumbled seventeen percent to about seventy eight hundred units, dropping the EV maker to tenth place. Overall, the public EV charging experience
plays a big role in whether or not an EV owner will buy another EV or would recommend an EV to someone else, and according to market research firm Escalant, seventy four percent of the EV owners at surveyed rate their charging experience either a four or five out of five. However,
one third still reported having a problem with public chargers, with the most common issue being an offline or broken charger, so there's still improvements that can be made. One other
stat we found interesting is that a majority of EV owners still charge at home. Forty three percent only use
a public charger once or twice in six months, and twenty three percent only go about once a month. At
the other end of the spectrum, ten percent of EV owners use a public charger more than once a week.
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About this episode
The episode covers major automotive industry updates including the US Supreme Court ruling limiting presidential tariff powers, which adds uncertainty for automakers. Aston Martin faces financial struggles with delayed launches and profit warnings, while Donut Lab reveals promising solid-state battery charging results. Lamborghini shifts from a planned all-electric model to plug-in hybrids, citing customer preference. Supplier ZF benefits from slower EV adoption to reduce debt, whereas Lucid Motors cuts 12% of its workforce amid production challenges. Volkswagen leads EV sales in Europe despite Tesla's decline, and EV charging experiences remain mixed with many owners still relying on home charging.
- SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Leaves Autos in Limbo - Aston Martin Sells F1 Branding Rights - Donut Lab Solid State Battery Charges in Minutes - Lamborghini Scraps Electric Supercar Plans - ZF Debt Relieved by Hybrid Demand - Lucid Motors Cuts 12% Of Workforce - VW Leads European EV Sales Rankings - EV Owners Frustrated by Broken Chargers
