Automotive News Daily Drive
Daily Drive is a daily podcast series hosted by Automotive News Executive Editor Jamie Butters and Kellen Walker. We speak with industry experts, insiders and Automotive News reporters about events and trends impacting and reshaping the automotive industry.Automotive News is the leading source of news, data and understanding for the auto industry's decision-makers. Learn more at autonews.com.
Episodes
760 episodes
Oct. 19, 2025 | Bonus Episode: Cox Automotive President Steve Rowley on AI, tariffs
Automotive News Publisher KC Crain sits down with Cox Automotive President Steve Rowley to talk about how artificial intelligence is shaping Cox’s business and the rest of the industry, as well as Rowley’s view of the impact of tariffs on the m...
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Oct. 18, 2025 | Weekend Drive: Does Stellantis’ $13 billion investment vindicate tariffs?
Automotive News reporters Larry P. Vellequette and Michael Martinez discuss the biggest news stories from the past week, including a historic $13 billio...
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Oct. 17, 2025 | Jeep plant goes idle due to aluminum shortage; Wolters Kluwer’s Matt Babcock
The fallout from an aluminum plant fire in New York spreads to Stellantis, idling its Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer plant near Detroit. Nort...
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Oct. 16, 2025 | BMW faces chip supply threat; August EV surge offers insights
U.S. and China export restrictions threaten BMW’s chip supply. Vehicle cybersecurit...
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Oct. 15, 2025 | Exclusive Interview: Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa talks $13 billion U.S. investment
CEO Antonio Filosa talks about Stellantis’ plan to pour $13 billion into the U.S., its biggest move since Chrysler was founded 100 years ago. Stel...
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Oct. 14, 2025 | Pinewood.AI’s U.S. blitz comes with big risks; GM takes $1.6 billion charge
Automotive News’ Mark Hollmer talks about Pinewood.AI’s big, risky plan to jump headfirst into the U.S. dealership management system market.
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Oct. 13, 2025 | First Brands CEO resigns amid bankruptcy; De-Leon Energy CEO Shmuel De-Leon
First Brands founder Patrick James has stepped down as the auto parts maker advances its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
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Oct. 12, 2025 | Bonus Episode: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says software critical to automaker survival
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says he believes software-defined vehicle architectures will be critical for automakers’ survival in a decade’s time, and legacy manufacturers are falling behind. On this bonus episode, Scaringe talks during an Automotive...
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Oct. 11, 2025 | Weekend Drive: Aluminum plant fire exposes supply chain fragility
Automotive News Staff Reporters Larry P. Vellequette and Molly Boigon talk about the week’s biggest news stories, including an aluminum plant fire that has caused ma...
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Oct. 10, 2025 | Ford scraps EV tax credit extension; Vehicle Management Systems’ David Prusinski
Ford joins General Motors in canceling its electric vehicle lease tax credit extension. The Chevy Bolt EV
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Oct. 9, 2025 | GM makes major changes to supplier contracts; robotics tariffs possible
General Motors slips major new terms into supplier contracts. Ford’s F-150 Lig...
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Oct. 8, 2025 | GM cancels EV credit extension; Genesis turns 10 with big ambitions
General Motors cancels its electric vehicle tax credit extension and will offer its own discount instead. Ford faces a
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Oct. 7, 2025 | Nissan seeks partner to share electrified model; new revenue streams
Nissan is in talks with multiple automakers to supply an electrified vehicle based on its top-selling Rogue crossover.
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Oct. 6, 2025 | Stellantis’ $10B plan for U.S. investments; Magna International’s Todd Deaville
Stellantis is reportedly planning to invest about $10 billion in the U.S.
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Oct. 5, 2025 | Bonus Episode: Analysts Jessica Caldwell, Stephanie Valdez Streaty on market trends
Stephanie Valdez Streaty, Cox Automotive’s director of industry insights, talks about what electric vehicle makers will need to accomplish to hit 25 percent of the light-vehicle market by the end of the decade. Plus, Edmunds Head of Insights Je...
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Oct. 4, 2025 | Weekend Drive: End of EV tax credit fuels sales; government shutdown
Automotive News Staff Reporter Michael Martinez and Greg Layson, digital and mobile editor for Automotive News Canada, talk about the week’s biggest news stories, including the rush to snap up electric vehicles before the Sept. 30 end of U.S. E...
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Oct. 3, 2025 | Tesla sets sales record; Cox Automotive’s Andy Mayers
Tesla sets a sales record in the third quarter as consumers rushed to snap up federal electric vehicle tax credits before their Sept. 30 expiration....
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Oct. 2, 2025 | EV surge propels Q3 sales; Cox Automotive’s Stephanie Valdez Streaty
The pull-up of electric vehicle sales before federal incentives went away juiced sales for many automakers in September and the third quarter. LG Energy is
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Oct. 1, 2025 | Ford’s five years of Farley; What government shutdown means for industry
Ford CEO Jim Farley says “we’ve made a lot of progress” in his time leading the automaker, which began five years ago.
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Sept. 30, 2025 | End of electric vehicle tax credits; EV Politics Project’s Mike Murphy
Federal electric vehicle tax credits expire at midnight. General Motors and Ford are using their financing arms
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Sept. 29, 2025 | Market resilience about to be tested; JLR restarts some production
Experts say they expect tariffs, expiring EV tax credits and other factors to hamper affordability in the coming months. JLR starts a
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Sept. 28, 2025 | Bonus Episode: Former Congressman Mike Rogers Part 2
In this second and final part of Molly Boigon’s interview with U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers, the former Republican Congressman from Michigan talks about the elimination of federal tax credits for EVs, funding for battery research and more....
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Sept. 27, 2025 | Weekend Drive: Cyberattack fallout for Stellantis, JLR
Automotive News’ Larry P. Vellequette and Richard Truett discuss the biggest news of the past week, including fallout from cyberattacks against JLR<...
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