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Michael Accardi

STORY ANGLES - Focuses on market impact: Covers how industry developments affect production, demand, and trade dynamics. - Emphasizes regulatory and geopolitical implications: Highlights trade tensions, policy shifts, and compliance challenges.

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
38
Latest publication
Sep 8, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Autos
Top 50K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Michael Accardi

    Volkswagen Is Doing The Math, Wants To Sell Ducati Despite Success (opens the original)

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    Volkswagen is considering selling Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati as the German automotive conglomerate starts a daunting restructuring of its global business portfolio. The iconic motorcycle brand - operated by VW's Audi division since 2012 - is one of approximately 600 business units under review out of the group's roughly 2,000 corporate holdings. According to Bloomberg, Audi CEO Gernot Döllner has confirmed that Ducati's future is actively being discussed as part of a portfolio review

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Michael Accardi

    Japanese Automakers Most Exposed To Canada-U.S Auto Tariff War (opens the original)

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    The theme of 2026 is that automakers are caught in the crosshairs, hoping for relief from trade tensions. They made choices, they did math and planned years in advance-then all at once the regulatory environment as they knew it changed. Washington plans to double tariffs on Canadian-built vehicles, auto parts, and steel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that duties on vehicle imports from Canada will jump from 25 percent to 50 percent starting on January 1 if he doesn't get what he wants. T

  3. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Michael Accardi

    7,000 People Told GM Their 6.2L V8 Blew Up After Recall "Fix" (opens the original)

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    Federal safety regulators are escalating their investigation into General Motors' 6.2-liter V8. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officially widened an engineering analysis into nearly one million vehicles after nearly 7,000 owners told GM their engines blew up even after the prescribed recall fix was performed. The probe covers 997,743 vehicles from model years 2021 through 2026. Affected models equipped with GM's L87 6.2-liter V8 engine include the Cadillac Escalade an

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Michael Accardi

    A Cheap Land Rover For Americans Could Just Be A Really Expensive Jeep (opens the original)

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    Jaguar Land Rover wants to build vehicles in the United States. The motivation is driven by the fact that local assembly offers a direct route to avoid punishing import tariffs. But building cars stateside independently is an expensive proposition, which is why JLR is cozying up with Stellantis to create unique, U.S.-focused Defender models built on American soil. JLR Chief Financial Officer Richard Molyneux laid out the strategy during an investor call, following the initial memorandum of under

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Michael Accardi

    U.S. and Canada Face Off Over Auto Tariffs (opens the original)

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    American and Canadian deal-makers are deep in eleventh-hour negotiations, trying to hammer out a compromise that would scale back President Donald Trump’s punishing 25% "Section 232" national security tariff on Canadian-assembled vehicles down to at least a baseline 15%. Without a breakthrough, a looming deadline could trigger steep new U.S. duties on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, threatening assembly plants on both sides of the border. While dropping the tariff rate from 25% to 15% sho

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