Automotive Insight

with John McElroy

U.S. market share winners and losers

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports General Motors, Hyundai and Toyota are tops when it comes to gaining market share, but those that aren't may be providing the best deals.

10-08
01:03

Wixom based company working on carbon capture technology

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports a company called Remora, which is based in Wixom, is working on carbon capture technology for diesel locomotives and diesel semi trucks.

10-08
01:05

Subprime car loans send warning signs

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports car loan delinquencies are causing some concern. (Photo: Getty Images)

10-07
01:58

Car companies want to go to the moon, show off lunar rovers

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports NASA is running a contest to see who can come up with a new lunar rover. GM has one contract. (Photo: Getty Images)

10-06
02:54

EVs with better range and prices could help ease sales dip

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy says EV sales shot up as incentives were nearing an end, but maybe sales don't have to plummet with no incentives.

10-03
02:54

GM, Toyota make comeback in China thanks to new products

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports two automakers have started to turn things around in China.

10-02
03:12

Automakers work on displays to alert pedestrians to driverless cars

WWJ Auto Analyst John McElroy reports autonomous taxis will have to have ways with communicate with pedestrians. (Photo: Getty Images)

09-30
01:57

Data centers use ten times more electricity than electric vehicles

WWJ Auto Analyst John McElroy reports while the perception is EVs will use up all the electricity, it's not the reality. There's another culprit.

09-29
02:07

Danger signs as U.S. heavy duty truck sales plunge

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports heavy truck sales started dropping in May a month after new tariffs were announced. Experts say there's been a decline in freight demand

09-23
01:38

Auto suppliers selling junk bonds to raise capital

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports several tier one suppliers, who are major players in the auto industry, are selling junk bonds because they couldn't sell their own stock to raise money for capital projects. (Photo: Getty Images)

09-22
02:02

Mexico tariffs hit General Motors the hardest

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy says GM may have to turn to Brazil to sell low-cost cars and trucks in Mexico. . (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

09-18
02:01

Jaguar crippled by cyber attack

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the cyber attack happened three weeks ago and there hasn't been one car built during that time.

09-17
02:16

AI is driving up the cost of cars

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports while artificial intelligence is a wonderful thing for some, it is driving the cost of a car higher. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

09-17
02:06

Canada could open the door to Chinese EVs

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports Canada is looking to drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and it could affect the Detroit Big Three.

09-16
02:36

Mexico hits China with 50% tariffs

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports Mexico is worried about China flooding its market with new cars so tariffs will be increased.

09-12
02:09

Why we have auto dealer franchise laws

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports franchise laws were put into place so automakers couldn't compete with auto dealers.

09-10
02:37

Massive grilles on the way out

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the most noticeable design trend of new century involved grilles that are huge. But now they are no longer trendy.

09-10
02:01

Automakers could cut costs by using fewer parts for cars, trucks

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports automakers are getting serious about using fewer parts, and in one case Lucid said it will have one-half the number of parts when compared to a Tesla Model Y. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

09-09
01:27

Chinese auto exec predicts only 5 OEMs will survive

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the CEO of a new Chinese automaker says they have entered the "knockout" round and only five companies will survive.

09-04
02:09

Styling changes create excitement, drive sales

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports there could be lessons learned from the annual styling changes automakers undertook years ago.

09-04
02:14

Strategery

1/3 content and 2/3 ads as usual. yeah, forecasts are being adjusted downward and the estimates vary a lot--no shit, how about some actual "insight"

04-11 Reply

Strategery

3 min of ads and 45 sec of "insight" as usual

02-11 Reply

Strategery

30% content and 70% advertising, as usual

08-29 Reply

Strategery

podcast platforms should reject uploads with advertising/content ratios greater than 0.5, especially when shows upload consecutive episodes

07-23 Reply

Brian Juszczyk

so, gm is gonna try to make a better product???? that's the plan? should of been the plan for decades.

11-12 Reply

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