The spotlight at the Munich auto show this year is swinging back to BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen after previously focusing on Chinese automakers.
The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by the end of the decade.
Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
El gobierno surcoreano dijo el domingo que enviaría un avión chárter a Estados Unidos para llevar de regreso a cientos de trabajadores detenidos en una redada de inmigración.
The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.
Los agentes migratorios detuvieron a cientos de personas, en su mayoría ciudadanos de Corea del Sur, en una obra de construcción de una planta de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en Ellabell. El hecho ha generado inquietud diplomática.
Nearly 500 people, most of whom are South Korean citizens, were arrested at a construction site for a Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant in Ellabell, Ga., on Thursday.
Executives of a South Korean battery maker were apprehended at a construction site in Georgia, the company said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
Electric models from the luxury car brand have been very successful, but they may struggle once a $7,500 federal tax credit ends next month.
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
Ford, which once had a lead on other established automakers, said on Monday that it will use new materials and methods to lower the costs of electric vehicles.
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Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.
As the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat, Great Wall Motor and BYD are building factories and bringing affordable EVs and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets.
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.
Slight changes to the big budget bill left the factory’s tax credits intact, according to the carmaker, which will use the batteries to make more affordable electric vehicles.
Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.