This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for February 23, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Trump did not have the authority to impose import tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Trump had used this law as justification to declare wide-ranging tariffs on almost all imported products and materials coming into the U.S. over the past year. W

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for February 12, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Following last week's announcement that Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon would be replacing Koji Sato as CEO of Toyota Motor Company, American Honda has made a similar announcement. Current CEO Kazuhiro Takizawa would be handing over the reins to CFO Eiji Fujimura on April 1. These moves come at a time when the industry is grappling wi

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for February 11, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Despite being famously skeptical about battery electric vehicles, Toyota is continuing to press ahead with adding new models to its lineup. Last year, Toyota launched a major upgrade of its first EV for the North American market, the bZ, which increased range, improved charging, and redesigned the interior. This week in California, Toyot

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for February 10, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. In 2006, director Chris Paine gained some notoriety for his documentary film: Who Killed the Electric Car? It chronicled the aftermath of General Motors's decision to take back all of its EV1 cars from the customers that had been leasing them since they debuted in 1997 and then crush most of them. Paine followed that with a sequel, The R

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for January 22, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. The growth rate of electric vehicle adoption may have plateaued in the U.S. in 2025, but public charging infrastructure is still expanding at a prodigious rate even into 2026. The Alternative Fuels Data Center from the U.S. Department of Energy provides a rich source of information on all forms of transportation energy providers beyond tr

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for January 20, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Tariffs are a tax on the consumers who buy products, no matter how much some politicians try to deny it. Tariffs aren't paid by the country exporting a product; they are paid by whoever imports the product and are generally passed along to those who ultimately buy the product. We've seen this over the past year as new vehicle affordabilit

When Donald Trump assumed office for the second time a year ago, he almost immediately began imposing massive import tariffs on most of the U.S.’s biggest trading partners, including immediate neighbors Canada and Mexico. He also threatened to annex Canada as the 51st state. Canadians quickly realized their neighbor and long-time ally to the south might no longer be their best friend. This week, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Beijing and struck a new trade d

Jeep Celebrates 85 Years with Heritage-Themed Wrangler The iconic off-roader gets a nostalgic makeover as the third installment in Jeep's year-long special edition series. Distinctive plaid fabric adorns the seats, dashboards, and door panels, while bronze-finished tow hooks and unique badging honor the brand's eight-and-a-half decades. The Anniversary model rolls on Steel Oxide wheels and includes commemorative medallions throughout the cabin. The Corvette ZR1X Becomes Ameri

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for January 16, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. As expected, the Trump administration's policies of the past year, including applying massive tariffs on almost all of the U.S. major trading partners and rolling back any and all environmental policies, are starting to have an impact. Ultimately, these policies are going to isolate the U.S. economy from the rest of the world, and if Amer

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for January 14, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Telemetry has published its first automated driving systems (or ADS) scorecard report. This report evaluates and ranks the leading companies developing Level 4 ADS for robotaxis, roboshuttles, and middle-mile and long-haul deliveries based on criteria such as vision, go-to-market strategy, production strategy, technology, safety strategy,

Telemetry’s Industry Insights Report Finds 2025 Marked Breakthrough Year with Robotaxis Scaling Globally and Driverless Trucks Operating on Public Roads DETROIT, MI – January 14, 2026 – After two decades of development, automated driving systems are finally starting to achieve meaningful commercial scale, with robotaxi operations delivering hundreds of thousands of paid rides weekly and driverless trucks making daily freight runs on public highways, according to the 2026 ADS

This is the Telemetry Transportation Daily for January 13, 2026, and I'm Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President of Market Research for Telemetry. Yesterday in Detroit, General Motors CEO and Chair Mary Barra took part in what has become something of an annual tradition, a fireside chat with the president of the Automotive Press Association, who this year is Kalea Hall from Thomson Reuters. This year, the event moved from its usual December timing to early January to coincide with t