Monday, 24 February 2025

Spotlight: Tesla

FILE PHOTO: A Toyota Logo is seen at a Toyota dealership in Zaventem, Belgium, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

Toyota joins group of automakers to help build EV charging network

Joint venture between multiple car makers to provide powerful US EV charging network signs up Toyota as latest investor.

FILE PHOTO: A Lucid Air electric vehicle is displayed at a shopping mall in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Hyunjoo Jin/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Price cuts help EV maker Lucid beat quarterly delivery estimates

Lucid Q2 deliveries above estimates as price cuts lure consumers to luxury EV brand.

FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song//File Photo
News

Tesla, shareholder clash over $7-billion legal fee request in Musk pay case

Battle over "outlandish" Tesla legal fees set to continue as shareholders make their case.

China has spearheaded a targeted industrial strategy to boost its EV sector, pouring vast state funds into domestic firms (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)FinanceIn-DepthPoliticsTrade

Why are Chinese EVs facing EU scrutiny and tariffs?

Beijing has yet to react but a Chinese trade group condemned the bloc's "protectionism".

Brussels launched an investigation last year into Chinese manufacturers to probe whether state subsidies unfairly undercut European automakers (AFP)
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

EU slaps Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 38%

The EU on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38% on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" state subsidies

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" roll-on, roll-off vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
AutomotiveElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

Four-month window for EU-China talks before EV tariffs become permanent

There is a four-month window during which the tariffs are provisional and intensive talks are expected to continue between the two sides.

Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker's showroom in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsTradeTransport

Tesla cars for first time on Chinese government purchase list

Tesla Model Y was included in a list of electric and plug-in hybrid models that government in China can purchase as a service...

BYD is China's dominant electric vehicle maker but is looking to expand overseas (AFP)
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsRegulationsTradeTransport

China’s BYD opens EV plant in Thailand despite slowdown, tariff row

China's EV giant BYD opened a factory in Thailand on Thursday, hours before the European Union imposed swingeing tariffs on Chinese EV firms

China's BYD opens its first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market, in Rayong, Thailand, July 4, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)IndustryManufacturingNews

China’s BYD opens EV factory in Thailand, first in Southeast Asia

The facility is worth $490 million and will have a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year.

FILE PHOTO: Nissan Motor's electric vehicle (EV) model Sakura is being charged at a charging station in Yokohama, Japan, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)IndustryManufacturingNews

Nissan, Honda consider partnering on software, charging infrastructure: Nikkei

The automakers are looking to jointly develop the operating system that controls cars in a bid to bring down costs.

Login into your Account

Please login to like, dislike or bookmark this article.