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Jerry Hirsch
Senior Editor of the Technology and Innovation team for Automotive News
Jerry.Hirsch@crain.com
Jerry Hirsch is a veteran business and economics journalist with several decades of experience covering the automotive industry, transportation and logistics. As the Automotive News senior editor for technology and innovation, Hirsch manages coverage of Tesla, Rivian, Lucid and other EV startups. His portfolio includes the EV transition, batteries, battery materials, autonomous vehicles, automated driving, software-defined vehicles and automotive industry suppliers. Hirsch also manages coverage of commercial vehicles and heavy trucks. Previously, Hirsch was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times.

Latest from Jerry Hirsch

Column: Auto industry looks to humanoid robots to solve labor and factory problems

There are technological obstacles ahead, but robots offer huge cost savings in supplementing or replacing human factory workers.

2025 100 Leading Women: Kathryn Schifferle

Kathryn Schifferle tapped venture to build Work Truck Solutions, a digital company that provides commercial vehicle dealers with inventory management tools.

2025 100 Leading Women: Tracy Mack-Askew

Don't hesitate, Tracy Mack-Askew said, when you can embrace change and opportunity.

Column: Automakers ignore human cost in quest to overturn California air pollution rules

Automakers should ignore the air pollution caused by their cars and trucks in their drive to overturn California regulations pushing a transition to zero-emission vehicles.

Automakers struggle bringing hydrogen cars to market

Toyota's fuel cell car sales have slowed, pushing it and other automakers to look for ways to find markets for the zero-emissions technology.

Trucking industry eagerly awaits Tesla’s long-delayed Semi as 2026 production target closes in

Semi production launch would come about nine years after Tesla CEO Elon Musk premiered the electric truck in 2017.

Kenworth, other electric truck makers, confront changing policy environment

Electric truck makers are expecting an eventual shift from diesel even as federal support for EVs declines.

Auto industry innovation shines through PACE Award and PACE Pilot finalists

From inkjet printers for cars to new systems allowing for vehicles with electric architectures, read about the innovations that got judges’ attention in the Automotive News PACE Award and PACE Pilot programs this year.

Auto industry supports tariff exemption, braces for more uncertainty

The auto industry is embracing relief from tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico that could overturn the North American supply chain. But the reprieve is only temporary.

Here are the latest developments in Trump’s tariff plans for Mexico and Canada

Here are some headlines to keep track of developments in the administration's tariff strategy, as well as an explanation of why proponents think duties are necessary to protect U.S. manufacturing.

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