La salida del principal inspector de trabajo de Brasil ha puesto al gobierno del presidente Lula, político de izquierda y exdirigente sindical, en una situación incómoda.
The dismissal of Brazil’s top labor inspector has landed the leftist government of President Lula, a former union leader, in an awkward spot.
This is how cars got so ridiculously, forbiddingly expensive.
The move was a tacit acknowledgment of China’s dominance in the global market and the power of its automakers to keep prices low.
The authorities in Wuhan, the site of one of the world’s largest experiments in self-driving cars, cited a “system failure” after widespread reports on Tuesday evening.
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off.
El país encontró en Medio Oriente un hogar para sus crecientes inversiones y mercados de acero, vehículos eléctricos y paneles solares. Ahora tiene mucho que perder.
The country found a home in the Middle East for its investments and growing markets for steel, electric vehicles and solar panels. Those are now at stake.
The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.
General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.
It feels as if our political institutions have abandoned the climate, but the clean energy economy is still growing.
American manufacturing prowess won’t be restored without bringing new technologies to the factory floor.
Los inversionistas están perdiendo el entusiasmo por las empresas chinas de vehículos eléctricos, ante la preocupación de que los años de crecimiento fácil hayan llegado a su fin.
Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.
A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States in developing clean energy technology, self-driving cars and other innovations.
Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.
Is a Chinese century now dawning?
China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.
The president’s hostility to E.V.s is hurting U.S. automakers.