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.
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.
The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
Si Estados Unidos quiere ser competitivo frente a China, tiene que poner orden en su economía.
Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.
Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.
If we are going to be competitive with China, we have to get our economic house in order.
Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
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.
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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.
The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.
Mientras la guerra se reinventa en Ucrania y Silicon Valley se afana por mantener su liderazgo en IA, el dominio chino de las baterías causa inquietud mucho más allá de la industria automovilística.
As warfare is reinvented in Ukraine, and Silicon Valley races to maintain its A.I. lead, China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry.