Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.
Los agentes migratorios detuvieron a cientos de personas, en su mayoría ciudadanos de Corea del Sur, en una obra de construcción de una planta de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en Ellabell. El hecho ha generado inquietud diplomática.
The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.
Executives of a South Korean battery maker were apprehended at a construction site in Georgia, the company said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
Electric models from the luxury car brand have been very successful, but they may struggle once a $7,500 federal tax credit ends next month.
Ford, which once had a lead on other established automakers, said on Monday that it will use new materials and methods to lower the costs of electric vehicles.
Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is economic idiocy.
But automakers can’t absorb the cost forever and will soon begin to raise new car prices, analysts say.
Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.
Las subvenciones, la hidroelectricidad y un vecino que es una potencia manufacturera están haciendo que los coches eléctricos lleguen a Nepal más rápido que a casi ningún otro lugar.
Subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else.
General Motors was the second auto company this week, after Stellantis, to show the toll that President Trump’s trade policies are taking on the industry.
The Chinese government is taking steps to rein in what it calls “involution,” or excessive competition that is hurting local companies and fueling the country’s deflationary spiral.
As the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat, Great Wall Motor and BYD are building factories and bringing affordable EVs and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets.
As the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat, China is building factories and bringing affordable electric vehicles and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets in Brazil, and ultimately, the rest of Latin America. Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, explains.
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.
China’s national champion carmaker BYD embodies a state-led industrial model that America may no longer be able to compete with.