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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #474
Geopolitical disruption centered on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is tightening petroleum and plastics supply, triggering cost spikes and material risk…
Mar 20
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #473
Middle East trade disruptions, cyberattacks, semiconductor pressure, and EV investment pullbacks are converging across the auto industry. Automakers and…
Mar 13
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #472
US-Israel-Iran war fallout is rapidly becoming a major automotive supply chain threat, as Strait of Hormuz disruption, shipping reroutes, and Qatar’s…
Mar 6
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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February 2026
Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #471
Stellantis’ $26.3B EV-driven loss. Tesla’s Cybercab leadership exit. Nio’s ES8 chip shortage. A new 15% global tariff after the Supreme Court blocks…
Feb 27
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #470
Automakers and suppliers are accelerating supply chain redesign as EV losses, tariffs, chip governance issues and localization mandates reshape global…
Feb 20
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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🎂 Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #469
Supply chain risk is spiking: GM scrambles to map sub-tiers after First Brands’ Chapter 11, Toyota and Honda swap in finance chiefs as tariff and…
Feb 13
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #468
Novelis’ NY fires still disrupt Ford F-Series aluminum production, VW-UAW locks in a 20% raise in Chattanooga, and Stellantis’ ACC battery production…
Feb 6
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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January 2026
Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #467
From First Brands’ emergency OEM funding to Tesla's EV about-face, trade uncertainty is accelerating consolidation, with mounting financial, labor, and…
Jan 30
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #466
Mitsubishi reshuffles the C-suite amid tariff pressure, Renault pulls Ampere back into the core, and GM, Mercedes, and BMW reposition production to…
Jan 23
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #465
Trade is no longer the backdrop. It’s the plot. The USMCA’s 2026 review is forcing automakers and suppliers to game out scenarios that could rewrite…
Jan 16
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #464
Rising fault lines are spreading across the global auto industry, from a supplier cash crunch and cyber-driven production halts to abrupt EV strategy…
Jan 9
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #463
South Korean EV battery suppliers are absorbing major financial shocks as automakers slash planned capacity, with LG Energy Solution and L&F among the…
Jan 2
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Nick Gaydos
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Elm Analytics
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