beSpacific<p>As of 12:01 am ET today, most <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/auto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auto</span></a> part <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/imports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imports</span></a> will come with a 25% import tax. Not a single one of the 10 million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> turned out by US plants last year was built without some imported parts. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on parts will mean tens of billions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dollars</span></a> in new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> to American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> buyers and owners. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/business/auto-parts-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/05/03/business/au</span><span class="invisible">to-parts-tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a></p>