Ford Rejigs E.V. Plans After Suffering Billions in Losses
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.
Trump Is Turning Us Into a Doddering Industrial Giant
Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is economic idiocy.
Car Companies Are Paying Tariffs So You Don’t Have To
But automakers can’t absorb the cost forever and will soon begin to raise new car prices, analysts say.
Ford Is Latest Carmaker to Blame Tariffs for Profit Slump
The company estimated that duties on imported cars and car parts would cost it $2 billion this year.
Chinese Cars, Brazil Style
China wants to dominate the market for the cars of the future, and it has set its sights on Brazil’s giant auto market.
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
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.
How China is Dominating the Electric Car Market
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.
U.S. Proposes Steep Tariffs on Critical E.V. Battery Material
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
Ford Says Battery Plant’s Tax Break Survived Republican Attacks
Slight changes to the big budget bill left the factory’s tax credits intact, according to the carmaker, which will use the batteries to make more affordable electric vehicles.
This Carmaker Embodies the Industrial Threat China Poses to the U.S.
China’s national champion carmaker BYD embodies a state-led industrial model that America may no longer be able to compete with.