Gabrielle Coppola

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guests looking at Audi Q5 model

Audi’s top-selling SUV expected to be unsellable in U.S. after Trump tariffs

By Gabrielle Coppola, Monica Raymunt, and others

Happy salesman showing cars to a couple at the dealership

GM, Hyundai sales jump as Trump tariff fears spur car buying

By David Welch, Keith Naughton, and others

Stellantis chairman John Elkann speaks into a microphone

Jeep maker urges Trump to aim tariffs at cars with no U.S. content

By Albertina Torsoli, Gabrielle Coppola, and others

Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck

Stellantis to cut up to 2,450 jobs at Detroit-area plant where Ram ‘Classic’ production will end

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, next to the all-electric Jeep Avenger SUV following a Bloomberg Television Interview during the opening day of the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The risk of Chinese manufacturers grabbing market share in Europe “is there,” but it’s “marginal” compared to what the European Union offered to the Chinese competition in terms of opening up the region’s auto market, said Taveres. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jeep cuts prices and expands lineup amid tougher competition and high interest rates: ‘We needed to do something’

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 11: (Center) CEO of Tesla Elon Musk looks on prior to Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Elon Musk is inviting Chinese EV car parts makers to Mexico to supply his big Tesla factory planned there, and Washington is freaking out

By Amy Stillman, Gabrielle Coppola, and others

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 10: Workers picket outside of the Ford Assembly plant as the UAW strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers continues on October 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The strike, which started on Sept. 15 at three locations, has now been expanded to 43 facilities nationwide. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Auto workers got another big concession from their successful six-week strike: $100 in back pay for each day they walked off the job

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

Autoworkers picketing a an auto plant in Ohio.

GM and Stellantis are nearing a tentative contract with autoworkers and ending a costly six-week strike after agreeing to a 25% pay hike

By David Welch, Gabrielle Coppola, and others

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – OCTOBER 14: Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 14, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. UAW leadership announced that the Kentucky Truck Plant would be the latest automotive manufacturing facility to join the nationwide strike. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

Ford reaches tentative deal with striking autoworkers, marking a huge breakthrough in a work stoppage that’s cost the industry billions

By Keith Naughton, David Welch, and others

ROMULUS, MI – FEBRUARY 13: Bill Ford, Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, announces at a press conference that Ford will be partnering with the worlds largest battery company, a China-based company called Contemporary Amperex Technology, to create an electric-vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, on February 13, 2023 in Romulus, Michigan. Part of a multi-billion dollar investment, the battery plant will provide approximately 2,500 jobs. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Ford is investing billions in an EV battery plant in Michigan, and it’s got a partner from China

By Keith Naughton, Gabrielle Coppola, and others

Customers at a AutoNation car dealership

Car discounts aren’t coming back after the pandemic, AutoNation CEO says

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

DETROIT, MI – FEBRUARY 08: A view of the Ambassador bridge to Canada on February 8, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. Due to Canadians protesting vaccine mandates, hundreds of trucks attempting to cross the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Windsor, Canada are now stuck on the US side after the bridge was closed. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

The ‘freedom convoy’ of truckers protesting Canada’s vaccine rules blocks a crucial link in the auto supply chain

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

Tesla CEO Elon Musk views the Tesla Model Y in 2019.

Tesla hails air-quality effects of shutdowns that Elon Musk called fascist

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

Harley-Davidson CEO Matt Levatich stepped down last Friday. Board member Jochen Zeitz will fill in as CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

Harley-Davidson starts search for a CEO who can rev up the motorcycle maker’s sales

By Gabrielle Coppola and Bloomberg

The London Motor And Tech Show

Audi Recalls Its First Electric Car for Battery Fire Risk

By Gabrielle Coppola, Dana Hull, and others