EU tariffs on Chinese EVs are unlikely to dent their European expansion

EU tariffs on Chinese EVs are unlikely to dent their European expansion

People look at a BYD Dolphin electric subcompact during the 2023 Shenyang International Auto Show on May 3, 2023 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese electric vehicles will remain competitive in Europe despite the EU’s additional tariffs on autos made in the country, particularly after they … Read more

Mercedes shares slump after cutting 2024 guidance on weak China demand

Mercedes shares slump after cutting 2024 guidance on weak China demand

An employee does final inspections on a Mercedes-Benz C-Class at the Mercedes-Benz US International factory in Vance, Alabama. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Mercedes shares fell more than 8% Friday after becoming the latest carmaker to cut its guidance this year as sluggish demand in China and trade disputes weigh on the sector. … Read more

Elon Musk’s X and Starlink face daily fines in Brazil for ban evasion

Elon Musk’s X and Starlink face daily fines in Brazil for ban evasion

Combinations showing Entrepreneur Elon Musk (L) and Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes (R) Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Elon Musk’s X faces steep daily fines in Brazil for allegedly evading a ban on the service there, according to a statement from the country’s supreme court on Thursday. The fines, imposed by Brazil’s … Read more

Tesla’s Chinese rival Nio cuts price for new Onvo-branded car

Tesla’s Chinese rival Nio cuts price for new Onvo-branded car

Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng HEFEI, China — There’s yet another Chinese electric car aiming to undercut Tesla, with a steeper discount. Onvo, the lower-priced brand launched by premium electric car company Nio, announced its first car, the … Read more

UAW warns of potential strikes at Ford, Stellantis

UAW warns of potential strikes at Ford, Stellantis

UAW president Shawn Fain and members and workers at the Mopar Parts Center Line, a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Michigan, picket outside the facility after walking off their jobs at noon on September 22, 2023. Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – A year after unprecedented strikes by the United … Read more

Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA for ‘regulatory overreach’

Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA for ‘regulatory overreach’

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff on September 9, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Elon Musk said SpaceX will sue the Federal Aviation Administration for “regulatory overreach” after the agency planned … Read more

UAW union filed unfair labor charges against Stellantis

UAW union filed unfair labor charges against Stellantis

United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union on Monday said it had filed federal unfair labor practice charges against … Read more

Why the European Union’s tariffs on Chinese automakers may not work

Why the European Union’s tariffs on Chinese automakers may not work

By the end of October, the European Union will make a final decision on what some analysts call the biggest EU trade case against China in more than a decade. But automakers and countries are divided over whether to place tariffs — so far of up to 36.3% — on Chinese electric vehicles. A German … Read more

Brazil supreme court unfreezes assets of Elon Musk’s Starlink, X

Brazil supreme court unfreezes assets of Elon Musk’s Starlink, X

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social … Read more

Tesla Semi fire needed 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish

Tesla Semi fire needed 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish

Tesla Semi Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe, … Read more