The country found a home in the Middle East for its investments and growing markets for steel, electric vehicles and solar panels. Those are now at stake.
Category: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
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Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles
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.
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Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas
The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a Times examination.
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Stock Slide and Slow Sales: What’s Happening in China’s E.V. Market?
Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.
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Uber Taking Steps to Expand Number of EV Chargers Near Its Drivers
The company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install them in neighborhoods where its drivers lived and work.
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Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs
Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market
The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
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Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry
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.
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Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care
The electric vehicle maker’s shares are near record highs as Wall Street focuses on the company’s plans for robots and self-driving cars.
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G.M. Shares Rise as Investors Are Encouraged by 2026 Prospects
The automaker said that it would buy back stock worth up to $6 billion and that it expected profit to rise this year after it pulled back from electric vehicle production.
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U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada
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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Mark Carney Heads to Beijing to Discuss Canada-China Relations as U.S. Outlook Darkens
The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.