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Multiple adverse factors contributed to a much rougher three months for truck manufacturers in the first quarter of 2025 than was expected at the turn of the calendar year.

“People worry Geely will centralize R&D in China. That’s a misunderstanding,” Hakan Samuelsson said. “There’s no such plan, and Chinese operations are also cutting costs.”

The comments are likely a final salvo from David McCall, who has stood in opposition of U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to the Japanese suitor since the deal was announced in December 2023.

Bankrupt battery maker Northvolt will stop production at its last remaining factory in northern Sweden at the end of June if it fails to find a buyer before then.

In the span of a few days, leaders in both Oregon and Vermont reversed plans to limit sales of diesel-powered trucks in favor of electric trucks in their states.

The Senate voted on May 22 to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

“When it comes to inside China … there is still bipartisan and broad concern about what can happen to these GPUs once they’re physically inside” the country, a White House adviser said.

ATA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are opposing a proposed federal investigation into whether the importation of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts poses a threat to national security.

Elon Musk said that he expects hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year.

General Motors has halted shipments of a small number of U.S.-made vehicles to China as the fallout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs reshapes the global auto sector.