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The U.S. auto boom that fueled record sales and profits is winding down. General Motors CEO Mary Barra claims that the auto industry is changing more today than it has in the past 50 years. It's true that the U.S. auto sector had a close call during the 2008 financial crisis, when both GM and Chrysler needed federal bailouts to survive bankruptcy. But that was a pretty straightforward crisis, caused by excess labor costs and a plunge in auto sales due to a wrecked economy. The challenge today is posed by electric and self-driving cars, and it is far more fundamental. Automakers ...
Toyota Motor Corp. the largest Japan carmaker said the company felt a sense of crisis as the company braced for two consecutive years of falling profits and Toyota would streamline operations to bolster margins. The company’s operating profit tumbled 20 percent to 438.9 billion yen ($3.94 billion) in the carmaker’s fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31. Net income slid 6.6 percent to 398.4 billion yen ($3.58 billion), the company said Wednesday while announcing full-year earnings results. Revenue increased 6.8 percent to 7.44 trillion yen ($66.87 billion). Global retail s...
We provided you with information about April car sales in US and told you about the results the major automakers got, but what you still don’t know is where, in which state exactly the electric car sales were up and where they were down.California, dominates! It’s number one, with a per capita percentage of 0,7%, beating Hawaii with 0,4% and Washington with 0,3%. If you ask yourself why is is California, than we will try to make it a bit clearer for you our dear readers: → California has long offered a decent EV rebate (typically, $2,500).→ California’s p...
U.S. auto sales did disappoint a lot as we told you în our previous article: U.S. April car sales decline deeper than expected. You knew about projections of 4% decrease and 3.1% decrease coming from major companies but even so it’s hard to understand what exactly happened with the car market industry. Here's how major foreign automakers fared: Toyota1st Projection: -4.8%2nd Projection: -4.8%Actual results: -4.4%The Japanese automaker sold 201,926 vehicles in the U.S. in April. The company's namesake Toyota brand recorded a 3.5% sales decrease, whi...
We knew that when automakers will reveal their April car sales the results will be disappointing, but we had no idea the sales will be this low. The auto industry might be receding from its breakneck pace, which means the chances of getting a third consecutive year with positive results are not so high. Overall, the industry reported a 4.7% sales decline to 1.43 million units. General Motors, Ford, Fiat Chrysler and Nissan each reported deeper-than-expected sales declines for the month. Toyota narrowly edged expectations, but it still recorded a 4.4% decline for the month, compared ...
