President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles.
The Japanese companies are considering joining forces to survive in a rapidly changing auto industry, but auto history is filled with troubled and failed marriages.
Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers hope the deal can help them catch up with Tesla and China’s BYD in electric vehicles and advanced software.
Jigar Shah and Robinson Meyer discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
General Motors has gone from market leader to also-ran in the world’s largest car market, stymied by its own missteps and Chinese policies that favored its local rivals.
The Trump administration is expected to revoke the program, setting up a legal clash between the state and federal government.
The automakers, Japan’s second and third largest, are said to be discussing a tie-up that could reshape the country’s industry.
Trump will face a new China this time, one whose advanced manufacturing muscles have exploded in size, sophistication and quantity.
Changing technology, political turmoil and competition from China are cutting into profits and forcing carmakers to cut jobs and close factories.
California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them.