Mike Wayland
@mikewayland.bsky.social
Autos reporter for CNBC. Tips/news to: [email protected] | Ex-Automotive News, Detroit News, MLive Media Group and CMLife at Central Michigan University | An editor once described me as "Skeptical but with a smile."
I kind of miss in-person annual shareholder meetings. It was a love/hate relationship covering them but way more interesting with a live audience/shareholders. (Monitoring GM’s and just not the same).
June 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I kind of miss in-person annual shareholder meetings. It was a love/hate relationship covering them but way more interesting with a live audience/shareholders. (Monitoring GM’s and just not the same).
Here at Toyota’s HQ for the first time. Really impressive campus.
May 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here at Toyota’s HQ for the first time. Really impressive campus.
Ford CEO Jim Farley touts American manufacturing, says “we never left” … unlike others. Farley says what if others who import vehicles invested as much as Ford in the US? Farley says 4 million more vehicles a year would be manufactured in the U.S.
April 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ford CEO Jim Farley touts American manufacturing, says “we never left” … unlike others. Farley says what if others who import vehicles invested as much as Ford in the US? Farley says 4 million more vehicles a year would be manufactured in the U.S.
The auto industry is having an unprecedented challenge in trying to plan out their businesses. It’s “no longer the exception” … it’s pretty normal, says Magna CEO Swamy Kotagiri.
April 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The auto industry is having an unprecedented challenge in trying to plan out their businesses. It’s “no longer the exception” … it’s pretty normal, says Magna CEO Swamy Kotagiri.
Carmax misses bottom-line earnings expectations and pulls long-term financial targets amid Trump's tariff rollercoaster.
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Carmax misses bottom-line earnings expectations and pulls long-term financial targets amid Trump's tariff rollercoaster.
SO ... unclear if the auto tariffs will be changed, as Trump mentions reciprocal tariff pullback, but Wall Street seems optimistic: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
April 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
SO ... unclear if the auto tariffs will be changed, as Trump mentions reciprocal tariff pullback, but Wall Street seems optimistic: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
And there you have it.
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And there you have it.
New lesson learned from Gilles on late Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne: He hated customer clinics and the company did not do them under his leadership.
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New lesson learned from Gilles on late Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne: He hated customer clinics and the company did not do them under his leadership.
Stellantis design guru Ralph Gilles on new, ambitious designs “I’d give Kia credit right now, they’re trying everything” … says Cybertruck is another whether you “hate it or move it.”
April 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Stellantis design guru Ralph Gilles on new, ambitious designs “I’d give Kia credit right now, they’re trying everything” … says Cybertruck is another whether you “hate it or move it.”
New lesson learned from Gilles on late Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne: He hated customer clinics and the company did not do them under his leadership.
April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New lesson learned from Gilles on late Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne: He hated customer clinics and the company did not do them under his leadership.
Gilles says Stellantis is using AI as a “sixth designer” in a group of 5. The company uses it to streamline operations by feeding it their own information and designs.
April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Gilles says Stellantis is using AI as a “sixth designer” in a group of 5. The company uses it to streamline operations by feeding it their own information and designs.
Sitting next to a Dodge Charger Daytona EV next to the stage at SAE’s WCX. Maybe a demonstration of the “Fratzog exhaust” coming up?
April 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sitting next to a Dodge Charger Daytona EV next to the stage at SAE’s WCX. Maybe a demonstration of the “Fratzog exhaust” coming up?
Stellantis design chief Ralph Gilles on designing for EVs, ICE, hybrids, etc: “We need to go green” but we also can’t go bankrupt.
April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Stellantis design chief Ralph Gilles on designing for EVs, ICE, hybrids, etc: “We need to go green” but we also can’t go bankrupt.
$GM taps new leader for fleet business Envolve: Ian Hucker, most recently was chief commercial officer for Hyundai Capital Europe and was also previously an executive with Lynk & Co., as the new leader of its fleet business in North America.
March 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
$GM taps new leader for fleet business Envolve: Ian Hucker, most recently was chief commercial officer for Hyundai Capital Europe and was also previously an executive with Lynk & Co., as the new leader of its fleet business in North America.
A couple of additional auto charts
March 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A couple of additional auto charts
Wow... That was quite the rapid fall to negative.
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wow... That was quite the rapid fall to negative.
Yikes. Stellantis market share drops in U.S. and Europe, per annual report. Turnaround plan underway, but it's going to take a lot to main back that much share.
February 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yikes. Stellantis market share drops in U.S. and Europe, per annual report. Turnaround plan underway, but it's going to take a lot to main back that much share.
Elkann on Stellantis' CEO search: "The CEO selection is on track. We have excellent candidates.” Expected during the first half of this year.
February 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Elkann on Stellantis' CEO search: "The CEO selection is on track. We have excellent candidates.” Expected during the first half of this year.
Stellantis to begin full quarterly reporting in Q1 2026: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/26/s...
February 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Stellantis to begin full quarterly reporting in Q1 2026: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/26/s...
Goodyear pops on Q4 earnings and 2025 guidance, including announced cost savings as is executes "Goodyear Forward" plan, led by former Stellantis exec Mark Stewart.
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Goodyear pops on Q4 earnings and 2025 guidance, including announced cost savings as is executes "Goodyear Forward" plan, led by former Stellantis exec Mark Stewart.
That's a lot of red: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/g...
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
That's a lot of red: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/g...
Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents nearly every automaker operating in U.S. & American Automotive Policy Council (GM, Ford, Stellantis) reactions to Trump administration’s announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/t...
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents nearly every automaker operating in U.S. & American Automotive Policy Council (GM, Ford, Stellantis) reactions to Trump administration’s announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/t...
Statement from Honda regarding Trump’s announced tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as additional 10% on China. Ford and Stellantis declined to comment; GM, Nissan and others have not responded. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/t...
February 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Statement from Honda regarding Trump’s announced tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as additional 10% on China. Ford and Stellantis declined to comment; GM, Nissan and others have not responded. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/t...
UAW among the first auto-related organizations/companies to respond with an actual comment after Trump administration’s announced tariffs: cnbc.com/2025/01/31/tru…
February 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
UAW among the first auto-related organizations/companies to respond with an actual comment after Trump administration’s announced tariffs: cnbc.com/2025/01/31/tru…
Barra says she did not believe IRA would be passed, as she discusses company’s plans with EVs, PHEVs, ICE under a Trump administration: “we will continue to adjust our strategy” with customer demand. Without tax credit for consumers, demand will slow.
December 11, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Barra says she did not believe IRA would be passed, as she discusses company’s plans with EVs, PHEVs, ICE under a Trump administration: “we will continue to adjust our strategy” with customer demand. Without tax credit for consumers, demand will slow.