Lexus reduced American production on rates: Report – Jalopnik

Happy Tuesday! It is September 9, 2025, and this is the morning shift – your daily rounding of the top automotive headlines from all over the world, in one place. Here you will find the most important stories that make Americans drive and make ends meet.

In this morning’s edition we look at Lexus’s rate-influenced production plans for the US, as well as the attitude of Germany about the future of the car. We will also look at the latest Ford Recall and the latest Shakeup in the management of Stellantis.

The entire point of President Trump’s trade war is Teshuring – bringing production, an industry that has long shifted to countries with lower labor costs, back to the States. It is appropriate that many car manufacturers react by promising to make large, flashy investments in American production, but Lexus takes the opposite tactics: bringing more production at home in Japan and ending production in one of the two factories in the United States. By Reuters:

Toyota Motor will consolidate the production of its luxury Lexus markers in the United States to a single location of two in the light of high rates imposed by the Trump administration, the Nikkei reported Tuesday.

The report said that the move is aimed at strengthening the American production of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, while a production of high-end Lexus cars is moved to Japan.

The move will put an end to the production of the Lexus Es in the US, unless a certain amount of production is moved to the factory in Indiana that the TX produces. It is likely that this only makes room for Toyota units with a higher volume, instead of the Lexus, but it is still not a great sign for the American market.

Automakers are all in the arms about future environmental regulations that can bring hydrocarbon-driven cars to the pasture, all to retain a kind of ‘habitable planet’. It is no surprise that the people who earn money with ice engines for ice engines would be, but someone who is a bit shocking is against the health of the only planet where we have to live: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. By Bloomberg:

Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for more regulatory flexibility of the European Union and threw his weight behind the urge of the German car industry to alleviate rules that would effectively ban the combustion motor vehicles in 10 years.

The conservative leader did not stop calling the 2035 deadline for selling only emission-free vehicles to delay or be deleted to stir some members of his block on. Instead, he repeated the support of his coalition government for ‘technological openness’, a reference to the desire of the automotive sector that is exempt from hybrid and other vehicles of the rules.

This whole idea of ​​”technology -openness” has been a lot of driven lately, under a few different names. It is the same as Toyotas “electrified diversified” or even, in some cases, “consumer choice”. We must have the opportunity to buy flower that is largely sawdust, actually! We have to keep harmful things on the market, because what if someone wants it?

Have a drink! Ford calls on cars again, this time 1.5 million models that can have a defective rear view cameras. What is to happen There? By Reuters:

Ford recalls around 1.5 million vehicles in the United States due to a problem with the rear view camera that causes reversed, distorted or blank image, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday.

The recall influences selected vehicles from model years 2015 to 2019 from Lincoln MKC, Lincoln Navigator, Mustang, F-20050, F-350, F-450, F-550, Expeditie, Edge, Transit Connect, Econoline and Ranger, said Nhtsa.

For those who keep the number, that is 110 recall from Ford so far this calendar year. The most recorded company is Stellantis, with 30. Come on, Ford.

Here it is people, the big news you’ve been waiting for: Mike Koval, Senior Vice President and head of the global sale for Jeep, left Stellantis. I know, I know, it takes a minute to falter the news. By Automotive news:

Stellantis veteran Mike Koval Jr., who once led Ram and Mopar Noord -America, left the company.

Koval, 46, was senior vice president and head of the worldwide sales activities of Jeep at the time of his departure of 5 September.

“We thank him for his dedicated service and wish him constant success,” said a spokesperson.

Koval’s more interesting term of office than Jeep was his time at Ram, where he provided the launch of the RAM 1500 Rev EV. That has the chance to be a neat truck if it ever comes out.

All that cheating, just to be hit by another New York team in the Super Bowl.

Look, I know I just did “Golden Boy” yesterday as the radio equipment. In defense, when I wrote that, the mountain goats had not yet announced that we would get a new single today. I am sorry to inform you that this Lin-Manuel Miranda has.