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Cadillac brand chief John Roth said that the average age of the luxury brand’s customer was 58 in 2015. Today, it’s closer to 54 or 56.

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Cadillac has said it plans to be an all-EV brand by the end of the decade, but that messaging has taken on more fluidity as EV sales have grown slower than once anticipated.

GM and Honda led the industry’s 14 percent gain in new U.S. electric vehicle registrations in February compared with a year earlier as Tesla and Rivian stumbled, according to S&P Global Mobility.

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Ford Motor Co. is recalling 148,266 vehicles as a part of two U.S. recalls, NHTSA said in two reports released April 11. One recall covers 123,611 vehicles that may see a loss of brake function due to a brake fluid leak. The second recall covers 24,655 vehicles that potentially have a software issue that could lead to a loss of drive power.—— Read the rest of this story and here: https://lnkd.in/gR-Gs7Ku #Ford #Recall #VehicleSafety #AutomotiveNews #BrakeSafety #DrivePower #AutomotiveIndustry #CarRecalls #NHTSA #VehicleTech #AutoSafety #CarMaintenance #SafetyFirst #AutomotiveUpdates #Recalls #BrakeIssues

The lender’s auto net financing revenue was $1.3 billion, down $108 million year over year, caused in part by lower lease gains.

Nissan wants to turbocharge sales of its made-in-the-U.S. metal to accelerate profitability and hedge against a potential slowdown in imports from Mexico and Japan now subject to 25 percent tariffs.

China is banning automakers from using the terms “smart driving” and “autonomous driving” when they advertise driving assistance features, and it will tighten scrutiny of such technology upgrades. The mandate on vehicle advertising was delivered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in its meeting with nearly 60 representatives from automakers on April 16, according to a transcript seen by Reuters and confirmed by one of the attendees. The move follows a fatal accident involving Xiaomi’s best-selling SU7 sedan in March that triggered widespread concerns over vehicle safety.—— Read the rest of this story here: https://lnkd.in/gf4S75hM #Automotive #Safety #Autonomous #SmartDriving #Regulations #Assistance #Automakers #Tech #Cars #China #Industry #Innovation #Vehicles #Future #Driving #SafetyFirst #Updates