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Electric vehicles

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    China’s EV price war set to intensify next year as BYD squeezes suppliers

    Chinese carmaker asks auto parts providers to cut their prices by 10%

    Rows of electric cars are lined up on the dock at Yantai port, ready for export
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Business InsightJune Yoon
    Trump’s plans threaten the EV transition

    An abrupt change of course on US subsidies would come at a time when demand is already slowing in developed economies

    Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of a Tesla gigafactory for electric cars in Germany
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Stellantis
    Vauxhall owner Stellantis blames EV rules for plan to close UK van factory

    About 1,100 jobs at risk as carmaker says government mandate played a ‘significant role’

    The Vauxhall plant in Luton
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    California could leave Tesla out of proposed EV rebate programme

    Gavin Newsom’s plan sets up another potential clash with carmaker’s chief Elon Musk

    Tesla vehicles are displayed at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    The Northvolt dilemma: can European EVs avoid relying on Asian batteries?

    Governments, carmakers and investors must recraft the region’s strategy after the fall of the Swedish group

    Workers at the Northvolt gigafactory near the town of Skellefteå, near the Arctic circle in Northern Sweden.
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    LexTransport
    E-scooter backlash could send fledgling sector off course Premium content

    If mobility companies want to avoid obstacles and bans, they would be advised to help local authorities enforce road rules

    Two people on an e-scooter pass the Colosseum in Rome, Italy
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    John Gapper
    Britain should not gamble with its car industry again

    Labour is courting hubris by trying to beat the EU’s 2035 deadline for EV transition

    An employee secures a part in to the door frame of a Opel Vivaro medium sized van on the final assembly line at the Vauxhall plant in Luton
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    EU shift to electric cars still riddled with obstacles

    French scheme shows demand at right price but image problems and infrastructure are hampering adoption

    Lucile Harmand is a florist in Callian. Every week, she uses the van from AgilAuto Partage for her deliveries
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Northvolt AB
    Battery start-up Northvolt files for bankruptcy protection in US

    Europe’s big hope for homegrown manufacturing has struggled with production at its factory in northern Sweden

    Workers at the Northvolt gigafactory near the town of Skellefteå, near the Arctic circle in northern Sweden
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    UK manufacturing
    UK ministers resist car industry pressure to ease fines on EV sales targets

    Amid pressure on manufacturers, electric vehicle sector holds two-hour meeting with cabinet ministers on mandate

    Transport secretary Louise Haigh
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    Head of Volkswagen’s North American division steps down

    Pablo Di Si leaves carmaker ‘at own request’ to be replaced by Porsche veteran amid push to regain US market share

    VW’s Chattanooga plant in Tennessee
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    Volkswagen’s hopes of US comeback shaken by Trump’s re-election

    Threat of tariffs and subsidy shake-up come as German carmaker faces weak American sales of its all-electric SUV

    A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall in Torrance, California
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies

    New requirements will apply to batteries but could be expanded to other green sectors

    Chinese electric cars before they are loaded on container ships
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    UK manufacturing
    UK government considers ‘flexibilities’ to help carmakers hit EV targets

    Transport secretary Louise Haigh says she is in ‘listening mode’ about manufacturers’ challenges

    An employee works on a Nissan Qashqai car on a production line
  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan to warn jobs at risk as UK EV targets push car industry to ‘crisis point’

    Carmakers fear goals unreachable as consumer demand softens

    Nissan’s Sunderland car plant
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Trump’s shake-up of EV rules would be ‘huge positive’ for Tesla

    Ending consumer subsidies for battery-run cars will lead to wider losses at the electric-car maker’s US rivals

    Montage of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Tesla logo
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    LexSolar power
    Japan on cusp of energy storage boom Premium content

    Demand for residential batteries set to surge

    A man walks between the panels
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Lex
    Asia will get rough end of the Trump trade Premium content

    Process of pricing in rising protectionism in the auto sector has barely begun

    A BYD Atto 3 electric vehicle at the Paris Motor Show
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    LexAutomobiles
    Carbon fines will only add to Europe’s automotive pile-up Premium content

    Pain will be unevenly spread among carmakers, with analysts identifying bedraggled Volkswagen as the most exposed

    A vehicle’s exhaust pipe releases fumes in Berlin, Germany
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Business InsightRichard Milne
    Norway shows just how China has advanced in cars

    Brands such as MG, BYD and Xpeng are making big inroads into country’s auto market, competing on quality as well as price

    A BYD 07 EV model electric car is displayed at the Beijing Auto Show
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    LexElon Musk
    Musk has parked his Tesla on the White House lawn Premium content

    The opinionated billionaire is not on the ballot, but he has turned the US election into an effective pulpit

    Elon Musk is speaking at a town hall event, holding a microphone
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    France pushes Brussels to delay fines on carmakers

    Emissions rules coming into force could lead to billions in penalties being imposed on weak auto industry

    An employee works on a van at the Renault SA Sandouville plant in Le Havre, France
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    LexXiaomi Corp
    Premium EVs should help put Xiaomi on the podium Premium content

    Company’s new model may not be everyone’s dream car, but it is well positioned to compete

    A Xiaomi store in Shanghai, China
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    The FT View
    The perfect storm for European automakers

    Volkswagen and its EU rivals have allowed China to steal a march in EVs

    A female factory worker inspects a car on the production line
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Robin Harding
    Has China already won the EV race?

    If carmakers believe the auto transition must happen at some point, delaying simply puts them further behind

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of a Chinese electric car with a Volkswagen factory in its headlights
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