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Weatherhead's Susan Helper offers insights on auto industry

Media | March 19, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff
Media Expert: Susan Helper

U.S. automakers risk being reduced to niche producers of gas vehicles

The New York Times: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at Weatherhead School of Management, warned that the U.S. auto industry could shrink to “nameplates” only if research, software, and powertrain technology leadership shifts abroad.