Dem Senator Rips China For ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Its Battery Plant Deal With Ford Nino Cambria on February 17, 2023 Democratic Virginia Sen. and Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner called…
Ford’s Electric Truck Plans Go Up In Smoke After Battery Fire John Hugh DeMastri on February 16, 2023 Ford will pause production of its signature electric pickup truck for several…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – BYD, the world’s largest maker of electrified vehicles, plans to invest $1.2 billion to build a new factory for its batteries in China, according to environmental appraisal…
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co has agreed to recognize the United Auto Workers (UAW) at a new planned Michigan battery plant if a majority of workers sign cards, the automaker…
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States. Jan. 27, Eagle Pass…
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained one male Mexican Citizen wanted for rape and domestic battery. “The apprehension of…
(Reuters) – Proterra Inc said on Thursday it plans to cut more jobs and combine electric bus and battery production in South Carolina as it looks to trim costs. The…
By Victoria Waldersee and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German carmakers, Tesla, chip producers and battery maker Northvolt met the German chancellor and cabinet ministers on Tuesday to discuss topics…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean electric vehicle battery maker SK On said on Monday it has not decided whether to pursue a battery cell venture in Turkey with Ford Motor…
By Joseph White LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK On plans to produce a new, lithium-iron-phosphate electric vehicle battery by 2025 as part of an effort to deliver lower-cost…
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) are considering building a battery plant in Michigan or Virginia to reap tax benefits without treading on…
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Redwood Materials is the latest company to set up shop in South Carolina’s growing community of electric vehicle and battery manufacturers, the Carson City, Nevada-based…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it had finalized a $2.5 billion low-cost loan to a joint venture of General Motors Co and…
By Helen Reid and Nelson Banya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mining companies and governments in Africa are calling for stronger trade ties with the United States after a new climate law…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Republican lawmakers on Wednesday were highly critical of the decision by the U.S. Energy Department to award $200 million to Microvast Holdings…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers begin two days of voting on Wednesday to decide whether to unionize at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell manufacturing joint venture in…
By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of China’s Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd said lithium prices now at record levels could halve by end-2025, telling…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will play a big role in South Korea’s ambition to lead the electric vehicle batteries market and diversify from China for its battery metals needs, a…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) are considering building two joint venture battery plants in the United States, a local online news…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and SK On plan to invest about 2.5 trillion won ($1.88 billion) to build a new joint venture battery factory in the…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Workers next month will decide whether to unionize at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell manufacturing joint venture in Ohio, a U.S. government agency said.…
By Emma-Victoria Farr and Jan Schwartz FRANKFURT/HAMBURG (Reuters) – German carmaker Volkswagen is holding discussions with investors to join its battery division ahead of a possible partial initial public offering…
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp will buy remanufactured battery cathode material from Redwood Materials, beginning in 2025, for the Japanese battery maker’s new Kansas plant, the companies said…
(Reuters) – A fragile supply chain marred by geopolitical tensions could hit the planned expansion of electric vehicle (EV) battery production, slowing EV adoption, S&P Global Mobility warned in a…
By David Lawder CLEVELAND (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hailed the beginnings of a Midwest “Battery Belt” on Thursday as a result of the Biden administration’s investments in…