{"id":36302,"date":"2026-06-16T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36302"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:26:17","slug":"how-audi-is-navigating-busy-u-s-ice-ev-and-tariff-morass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/how-audi-is-navigating-busy-u-s-ice-ev-and-tariff-morass","title":{"rendered":"How Audi is navigating busy U.S. ICE, EV and tariff morass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/11\/PDTN\/90507761007-audi-usa-audi-q-3-fr-34-road.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Audi Q3 is fun to drive on open roads, and will tow up to 1,500 pounds.\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Audi Q3 is fun to drive on open roads, and will tow up to 1,500 pounds.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>San Luis Obispo, California \u2014<\/em>\u00a0Audi is a canary in the coal mine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The German luxury maker this week introduced the three-row Q7, the latest in a gas-fed, 2026 SUV assault on the U.S. market with three powerful new models including the entry-level Q3 subcompact SUV and a palatial, three-row flagship Q9, its first entry in the full-size segment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The stampede of horsepower, however, masks the complicated international landscape that Audi, and other foreign brands, face as they navigate a U.S. market with low EV demand and high tariffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/foreign\/2026\/06\/13\/audi-gas-powered-models-q7-tariffs-us-auto-market\/90504884007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Audi Q3 is fun to drive on open roads, and will tow up to 1,500 pounds. Henry Payne, The Detroit News San Luis Obispo, California \u2014\u00a0Audi is a canary in the coal mine. The German luxury maker this week introduced the three-row Q7, the latest in a gas-fed, 2026 SUV assault on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36303,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36302\/revisions\/36303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}