Cartoons

A collection of cartoons highlighting trends and stories in the automotive industry.
Leo Michael cartoon: Nissan’s new mobile global HQ?

Cash-strapped Nissan Motor Co. is reportedly planning to sell the house that Carlos Ghosn built — the Japanese carmaker’s towering glass global headquarters in Yokohama — to fund its urgent restructuring plan.

June 01, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Vehicle unaffordability

Price hikes of up to $2,000 on Ford‘s 3 Mexico-built vehicles are expected to alter window stickers by late June.

May 25, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Where your chargers aren’t

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program was designed to solve a pressing problem — building chargers in areas without significant EV adoption, where private industry has been unable or unwilling to invest. Now the program is in doubt as President Donald Trump wants to withhold federal funds supporting EV transition.

May 18, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Autonomous comeback?

Analysts say Toyota's new relationship with Waymo could set self-driving technology down a path toward creating personally owned autonomous vehicles.

May 11, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Crash test tariffs

Automakers and suppliers are cutting their profit forecasts, and retailers are adjusting their strategies moving forward as all players in the auto industry try to come to grips with President Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

May 04, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Beat Your Development

CATL's upgraded Shenxing battery can now offer 323 miles of range, topping BYD's 248-mile system

April 27, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Tesla’s Cyberyuck

Tesla has launched a lower-cost version of its wildly styled Cybertruck that strips out features such as all-wheel drive, air suspension and the distinctive rear light bar. Cox Automotive estimated first-quarter Cybertruck sales at 6,406 vehicles, trailing the electric Ford F-150 Lightning at 7,187 deliveries.

April 20, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Tariffying!

Suppliers and automakers are scrambling to cope with the compounding nature of President Donald Trump's tariffs and the speed with which the new levies are coming into effect. Tariffs on U.S. vehicle imports began April 3, and the Trump administration said duties on a wide range of parts will go into effect by May.

April 13, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Tariff eggsplosion

President Donald Trump sees his tariffs, which started April 3, as a way to encourage more manufacturing in the U.S. But those in the industry say moving manufacturing sites stateside isn’t easy and takes years.

April 06, 2025 10:00 AM
Leo Michael cartoon: Stock departure avoidance

Tesla’s stock price dropped 28 percent from Jan. 1 to the March 26 market close, wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization. The Wall Street collapse is in part driven over concerns over Elon Musk’s damage to the brand.

March 30, 2025 10:00 AM
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