Antonella Abbate • 4 April 2025
Global Automotive Industry in Turmoil as Trump’s New Tariffs Threaten Japan, China, and Europe
The global automotive industry is facing major disruptions following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of new sanctions and tariffs on imported goods to the U.S., set to commence on March 4, 2025. With Japan, China, and European automakers heavily reliant on exports to the U.S., concerns are mounting over the economic impact on these countries’ automotive sectors.
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AI is now core to the latest generation of ADAS: deep-learning perception stacks, on-board real-time inference and sensor fusion enable crash-avoidance features that demonstrably reduce collision rates (notably AEB/FCW), while vehicle dynamics control is evolving from rule-based ESC to predictive, AI-assisted torque-vectoring and integrated stability management. Modern systems combine camera/radar (and in some programs lidar, mapping and environmental sensing) to detect, predict and act within fractions of a second; this increases safety but also creates new service obligations — precise sensor calibration, validated software/firmware management, authenticated OTA updates and documented post-repair procedures.
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