“Es una de las principales transformaciones industriales quizá en la historia del capitalismo”, dijo un ejecutivo de la industria. La creciente demanda por los coches eléctricos está impulsando una transición radical que podría beneficiar al medioambiente.
The automaker will build a battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to produce electric pickup trucks, creating 4,000 jobs.
To meet his climate goals, the president must clean up these carbon-spewing vehicles.
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, the chief executive, seeks to cast VW as a dynamic, modern company, but his style risks the ire of its powerful works council.
Ford’s plans for multi-billion dollar manufacturing sites for electric vehicles has Tennessee and Kentucky singing a different tune on cleaner energy.
The automaker and a supplier will spend $11.4 billion on three battery factories and a truck plant, creating 11,000 jobs.
A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.
A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.
Chancellor Angela Merkel steered Europe through crises, and Germany has boomed during her tenure. But she has ducked changes needed to ensure the success lasts, analysts say.
