Larry P. Vellequette

By the way, despite the green palm trees testifying otherwise, my current status, technically, is "snowed in"...

It's rough out there I tell ya.

Toyota’s Jack Hollis retires as COO of North America, will be succeeded by Mark Templin In a surprise announcement, longtime Toyota Motor North America executive Jack Hollis abruptly retired effective immediately from the company where he has worked for 33 years.

Nobody I know in the automotive world has this in their 2025 Bingo card.

Wow.

Toyota’s Jack Hollis retires as COO of North America, will be succeeded by Mark Templin
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Toyota Motor tops 1 million in U.S. electrified sales in 2024; Lexus sets annual record For the year, the Japanese automaker reported combined U.S. sales of its two brands of 2,332,623, up 3.7 percent from a year ago.

Toyota Motor tops 1 million in U.S. electrified sales in 2024; Lexus sets annual record
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If there is another auto executive who has more absolute fun at his job than Tim Kuniskis, I don't know who it would be.

Subaru tops Consumer Reports’ 2025 brand rankings as Detroit 3 struggle on reliability Domestic automakers struggled in a ranking that measures factors including vehicle performance, safety and reliability. Consumer Reports said brands that have long-term strategies that don't deviate y...

Fantastic accomplishment for #Subaru with today's results of #consumerreports annual survey.

Subaru tops Consumer Reports’ 2025 brand rankings as Detroit 3 struggle on reliability
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As Toyota purchasing head Bob Young retires, a new guard steps in The dean of automaker purchasing chiefs in the U.S. can not only look back on a career spent keeping Toyota’s North American factories running — he also knows he's passing the torch to a longtime coll...

#Toyota's longtime head of purchasing for North America, Bob Young, is retiring after leading the automaker's supplier efforts through a tumultuous era.

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Column: Don’t just end EV tax credit — be brave and burn it all down Let’s also ask Congress, while it’s in the mood to cull legislation, to burn down the cap-and-trade greenhouse gas credit scheme, also known as carbon credits.

To your point, Mike: (and sorry for the paywall)
Column: Don’t just end EV tax credit — be brave and burn it all down
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Column: Don’t just end EV tax credit — be brave and burn it all down Let’s also ask Congress, while it’s in the mood to cull legislation, to burn down the cap-and-trade greenhouse gas credit scheme, also known as carbon credits.

If the incoming Congress and the Trump administration are going to whack the #EV tax credits, they shouldn't stop there.
Burn it all down.
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Hi all. Happy to be here. I cover #Toyota and #Subaru for #Autonews.