Los gigantes industriales chinos y rusos tratan de aprovechar los depósitos de minerales indispensables para los automóviles eléctricos. Un empresario de EE. UU. tiene su propia estrategia: la paciencia.
Chinese and Russian industrial giants seek to tap mineral deposits vital to electric cars. A Texas entrepreneur has his own strategy: the long game.
The company’s Lexus brand will only sell electric cars by 2030 in China, Europe and the United States.
It may not be cheap, but swapping the combustion engine in your car for an electric one is getting easier.
The company will make electric pickups at an existing plant and batteries at a factory built with a partner, a person with knowledge of the plan said.
Herbert Diess, who angered workers by mentioning the possibility of job cuts, will hand over some authority to a deputy.
Under an executive order, the federal government would phase out the purchase of gasoline-powered vehicles, and its buildings would be powered by wind, solar or other clean energy.
“We are aware of driver concerns and are discussing the feature with the manufacturer,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement.
Competition between American and Chinese companies will be the real driver of decreased greenhouse gas emissions around the globe.
The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.
