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Tesla is thriving in Japan and outpacing homegrown EVs

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This was hinted at in data from the Japan Automobile Importers Associations others category, which indicated a 56% yearly increase to 2,120 units in Q1 2025. Tesla constitutes most of the vehicles in the Japan Automobile Importers Associations others category, as noted in a Nikkei Asia report.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. That left Honda severely behind in the global race toward long-range electric vehicles that Tesla kicked off in 2012 with its Model S. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however.

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Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Turmoil: The Global Car Market in Crisis

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How Trumps Auto Tariffs Are Reshaping the Global Car Market In an increasingly interconnected world, few industries are as globalized as the automotive sector. In 2025, former President Donald Trump reimposed a sweeping 25% tariff on imported automobiles and selected auto parts. A Hit to Global and U.S. market strategies.

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Trump Tariff Tax Affects Subaru Outback Production

The Truth About Cars

Canadas free-trade deal with Japan (and other countries) will permit the entry of Outback wagons from Asia without penalty, giving Subaru the ability to continue selling the things at a relatively sane sticker price instead of having to slap a 25 percent tax on the Monroney.

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Audi opens Research & Development Center for Asia in Beijing, China

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Audi AG has opened its new Audi R&D Center Asia in Beijing, China. The center is part of Audi’s global R&D and will closely cooperate with the development departments of FAW-Volkswagen. The head of the Audi R&D Center Asia is Lorenz Fuehrlinger. compared to the previous year.

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Ford reorganizes Asia Pacific markets; establishes stand-alone China business

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Ford Motor Company is reorganizing its Asia Pacific operations. As part of those actions, which include hiring a new President and CEO (Anning Chen) for Ford China, Ford China is elevated to a stand-alone business unit reporting to Ford global headquarters. Prior to this position, Chen served as CEO, Chery Automobile, Ltd.

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Geely officially discloses new global B-segment automobile modular architecture: BMA; new BMA-based SUV to launch this year

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Automobile modular architectures—for example, TNGA of Toyota, and MQB, MLB and MEB of the Volkswagen Group—hav become a major trend in the auto industry. Production based on BMA will be launched in EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East and Southeast Asia.