Automakers are cutting models, delaying launches, and rewriting global factory plans as the industry’s EV bet collides with consumer demand, software rules, and political trade walls.

Today’s episode breaks down discontinued models from BMW, Toyota, Lexus, Tesla, Ford and Volvo, MAPP’s warning that seven brands may be at risk in the U.S., Volkswagen’s possible 100,000-job restructuring, hybrid demand rising toward 27%, and Polestar being blocked from U.S. sales while Volvo gets clearance under the same Geely ownership.

Today's Key Headlines

~BMW Z4, Toyota GR Supra, Lexus LS, Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X are among models leaving lineups

~MAPP says seven unnamed brands are at risk of not surviving in the U.S. market

~Average vehicle prices near $50,000 could rise another 10% over the next five cycles

~Volk ...