Over the course of the last three years, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers have been rocked by a series of challenges, including shutdowns and restarts due to COVID-19, extreme labor turnover, higher...more
As a trial lawyer, I have spent my career marshaling factual evidence to support the legal conclusions or argument that I intend to make. I rely on good facts and marginalize bad facts, hoping to create a clear path to a...more
Anyone want to buy a vehicle? A better question might be: anyone got a vehicle for sale? Whether because of supply side issues, demand side issues, other issues, or all of the above, the fact remains that the first quarter of...more
In 2022, automotive suppliers face many of the same issues that have bedeviled the industry throughout 2021, as well as a host of all-new challenges. Unfortunately, as with many aspects of pre-pandemic life, the relative...more
3/17/2022
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
IMMEX ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Mexico ,
Motor Vehicles ,
National Security ,
NHTSA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OEM ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
OMB ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Vertical Mergers
Supply chain problems have been a recurring theme on the Dashboard since COVID began. Whether it be protests in Canada, the need for more batteries for electric vehicles, investigations into the problems by the FTC, and...more
If the automotive industry is going to start manufacturing millions upon millions of electric powered vehicles, it is going to need a lot of batteries. Plainly, the capacity to meet that expected eventual demand does not...more
Admittedly, here at the Dashboard we have been publishing a lot about the torrent of issues facing the Automotive Industry. Sales in China are down. Supply chains continue to be a general mess of delays. Plants continue to...more
First off, the good news: I was able to buy a new bicycle. This is a tremendous accomplishment since the supply chain for bicycles has been difficult, to say the least, for a long time. We even talked about it here on the...more
The May 2021 sales figures are in, and they are good. The industry has to be careful comparing May 2021 to May 2020, but even with that said, sales are good. As reported by Automotive News, the “seasonally adjusted,...more
Have you tried to buy a bicycle in the last 12 months? How did that go? What sort of selection or choice did you have? Or how about needing just a replacement part, could you find one? Odds are that you could not find a new...more
...Given that the original epicenter of the coronavirus was the important worldwide manufacturing hub of Wuhan, China, the automotive industry was swiftly and seriously impacted in ways that continue one year later. The...more
One year ago, the automotive industry was swiftly and seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This disruption, in addition to the new administration, continues to present a variety of fresh issues.
Foley’s...more
3/10/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Mexico ,
NHTSA ,
Patents ,
Safety Standards ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Wars ,
U.S. Customs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Vaccinations ,
Vertical Mergers
It is not difficult to find a headline about home sales booming during the pandemic. More Space, Please: Home Sales Booming Despite Pandemic, Recession; New Yorkers Are Fleeing To the Suburbs: ‘The Demand Is Insane’...more
Automotive plants and their suppliers are slowly starting to come back online not just in the United States, but in North American and around the world. As we enter this next post-quarantine phase, we must consider what is in...more
With the advent of artificial intelligence and the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT), at some point customers may be able to drive into a dealership for tire and rim repairs with minimal wait time and an automated...more
2/14/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Blockchain ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
IBM ,
Internet of Things ,
Manufacturers ,
Popular
Tis the season for bloggers of all industries and topics to write about expected trends for the New Year (or to comment on the trends that just happened in the last year). Here at the Dashboard we like to look forward, as...more
More and more, when people discuss the automotive industry, they refer to “mobility”. The word is not new. Even a quick online search will find it used as far back as 2016. Back then, an early proposed definition was...more
It continues to get safer to drive a vehicle in the United States. Unfortunately, it is more dangerous than ever to be in and around those safely driven vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released...more
Did you know that in 2018 alone, 15 states enacted legislation related to autonomous vehicles? Or that since 2012, 41 states have considered legislation related to autonomous vehicles? We are careening toward an environment...more
Florida is the latest state to allow vehicles to operate on the road without a steering wheel. In doing so, Florida became the third state after Michigan and Texas to allow vehicles on its roads without a human even having...more
Thankfully, no. However, the industry is facing its most challenging environment since 2009 and the years that followed. The latest news, as reported by CNN and others, has Ford cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs this year...more
What if the automotive industry builds autonomous vehicles and no one wants them? What if no one trusts them well enough to want to own one or ride in one? This is precisely what was addressed at the recent World Congress...more
There are long lists of industries that will be disrupted by Autonomous Vehicles. Not surprisingly, Insurance is expected to be one of them. Some see tremendous opportunities arising from the increase in Autonomous Vehicles....more
2/14/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Auto Insurance ,
Automotive Industry ,
Connected Cars ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Driverless Cars ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insuretech Sector ,
Liability Insurance ,
Manufacturers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
OEM
We might be at least part of the way through the looking glass in the Automotive Industry as OEMs, led by General Motors, are looking to keep the industry pointed in the direction of zero-emission vehicles and the Federal...more
After all the gloom and doom and worry, the United States, Canada and Mexico tweaked the North American Free Trade Agreement. Most importantly (apparently), they changed the name. Banished is NAFTA. In its place is the United...more
10/11/2018
/ Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies