Ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect.
The Biden administration is planning a major shift to electric vehicles, but experts say it requires a secure, resilient supply of critical minerals.
America must secure the raw materials that a clean energy future requires.
Booming in a depressed market, battery-powered vehicles are a plus for the climate but pose a big threat to carmakers and parts suppliers that are slow to change.
To meet his climate goals, the president must clean up these carbon-spewing vehicles.
Senator Marco Rubio criticized the electric carmaker for opening the outlet in a region where China has been accused of targeting Muslims.
The Times’s Race to the Future series is focused on the competition for electric-car resources that will shape the 21st century.
Everyone knows the biggest winner from electric cars: Tesla. Few outside the auto industry know the other big winner: the battery maker CATL.
Beijing gave CATL lavish subsidies, a captive market of buyers and soft regulatory treatment, helping it to control a crucial technology of the future.
Competition between American and Chinese companies will be the real driver of decreased greenhouse gas emissions around the globe.
