Recycling Today MAR 2025 / by Brian Taylor, Senior Editor / Read original article
While automakers ramped up output in the U.S. last month, new auto sales declined year on year in February.
Recyclers planning for how the United States economy will develop in 2025 are receiving mixed signals from construction and automotive sector data covering February activity.
In February, the first full month of the new presidential administration with several rapidly implemented trade and government spending policies, architectural and engineering firms are reporting a slower pace of new business, and the used car market is growing, while the new passenger vehicle sales pace is stagnant.
The Japan-based MarkLines website indicates new passenger vehicle sales in the U.S. fell by 2.3 percent this February compared with one year earlier. While pickup truck and SUV sales grew by a modest 0.8 percent, passenger car sales dropped 14.1 percent year on year.
Among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) still communicating monthly sales figures, Toyota Motor (-4.9 percent), Ford Motor (-8.8 percent) and American Honda (-2.8 percent) all lost ground, whereas Hyundai-Kia improved by 5.5 percent, according to BestSellingCarsBlog.
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