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Stephen Wilmot

ARTICLES BY STEPHEN WILMOT

Jebel Ali port in Dubai following an attack earlier this month.

The Iran war is now disrupting global trade

4 min read . 14 Mar 2026

Shenzhen-based BYD delivered more than a million vehicles outside China in 2025, the company said, more than double the previous year’s total. (File Photo: Reuters)

Chinese EVs blow past Tesla and tariffs en route to global reign

9 min read . 21 Jan 2026

Ford CEO Jim Farley Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News

Ford and Renault team up in Europe to compete against low-price Chinese cars

3 min read . 09 Dec 2025

A worker at a Nexperia production line in Hamburg, Germany. Fabian Bimmer/Reuters

Chips held hostage in trade war start flowing again to auto suppliers

2 min read . 08 Nov 2025

While Nexperia is a small player in the automotive-chip market overall, it is the market leader for a basic category of chips mainly consisting of transistors and diodes. (AP Photo)

The auto industry is panicking about another potential chip shortage

4 min read . 17 Oct 2025

Volkswagen has helped to spur the EV reckoning in Europe.

The rest of the world is following America’s retreat on EVs

5 min read . 15 Oct 2025

Jaguar and Land Rover logos at a showroom in New Delhi. Photo: Priyanshu Singh/Reuters

A cyberattack crippled Range Rover production. The reboot is proving tough.

4 min read . 18 Sept 2025

Inside the effort to make EVs roar like real sports cars

4 min read . 11 Sept 2025

The fruits of billions of dollars of investment, the SUVs will travel farther and charge faster than most of today’s electric vehicles.

BMW and Mercedes take on Tesla with new luxury SUVs

5 min read . 08 Sept 2025

BMW’s new iX3 electric car displayed in Munich on Friday.

BMW and Mercedes take on Tesla with new luxury SUVs

5 min read . 08 Sept 2025

The original bus sold in the millions, embodying Volkswagen’s name, which means “the people’s car” in German. (Getty Images via AFP)

How Volkswagen’s electric bus went from American flagship to flop

11 min read . 10 Jul 2025

US tariffs on British cars increase fourfold to 10%, threatening UK's luxury auto exports to key US market despite new pact. (Image: Pixabay)

America’s love affair with posh British cars is under threat despite trade deal

5 min read . 16 May 2025

JetBlue is predicting softer demand into the summer. (Image: AFP)

Trade war uncertainty prompts new wave of companies to yank forecasts

5 min read . 30 Apr 2025

US President Donald Trump delivers announces tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2. (REUTERS)

The 1960s ‘Chicken Tax’ Shows the Lasting Impact of Tariffs

6 min read . 04 Apr 2025

Mercedes-Benz has worked to bolster its American credentials in recent years. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News

Mercedes-Benz tried hard to be American. It still got hit by tariffs.

5 min read . 31 Mar 2025

President Trump said that he would impose a 25% tariff on all imported vehicles starting on April 2. (Reuters)

How Trump’s tariffs are hitting the world’s biggest auto exporters

2 min read . 27 Mar 2025

Money isn’t enough to buy a top-of-the-range Ferrari. (Image: Pixabay)

The wild economics behind Ferrari’s domination of the luxury car market

7 min read . 21 Feb 2025

Automakers from Europe and Asia have been gaming out alternative manufacturing plans to remain competitive. Photo: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg News

Trump is scrambling global automakers’ reliance on America

4 min read . 19 Feb 2025

In Germany, workers are entitled to full pay for up to six weeks of absence through illness a year. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture alliance/Getty Images

Another thing Musk hates about Germany: Absentee workers at his Tesla plant

5 min read . 03 Feb 2025

FILE PHOTO: Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)

How Stellantis CEO’s cost-cutting mantra cost him his job

3 min read . 03 Dec 2024