Charlie Chesbrough is a business economist with more than 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. He leverages Cox Automotive’s data assets to deliver industry-leading data and insights that empower decision-makers in the rapidly changing automotive marketplace. Chesbrough joined Cox Automotive in 2017 and is based in Detroit.| Cox Automotive Inc.
Erin Keating is an Executive Analyst and Senior Director of Economic and Industry Insights at Cox Automotive. She has 25 years of experience in marketing and communications, including 10 years with Audi of America, where she also ran Audi Motorsport North America. With a focus on the wider industry, the individual automakers, and consumer shopping and buying behavior for new vehicles, Erin provides analysis and insights leveraging the breadth and depth of data from DRiVEQ, Cox Automotive’s ...| Cox Automotive Inc.
Admittedly, tariffs have been a central topic so far in 2025, with both actions and proposals coming fast and furious from the White House. Actions have been taken to close existing loopholes and exemptions in earlier steel tariffs, restoring full 25% tariffs on all steel imports, and to raise aluminum tariffs to 25% all beginning … Continued| Cox Automotive Inc.
Jonathan Smoke leads Cox Automotive’s economic and industry insights team, which tracks key metrics and trends impacting both the wholesale and retail markets for vehicles informed by the proprietary data from the company’s businesses and platforms. For 28 years, Smoke has focused on translating data and trends into relevant actionable insights for the industries that represent the biggest purchases that consumers make in their lifetimes: real estate and automotive. Smoke joined Cox Autom...| Cox Automotive Inc.
