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China starts a food fight over Western EV tariffs

18 November 2025 at 06:00
China is fighting import tariffs on its electric vehicles by making Western farmers pay the price. Beijing has levied billions of dollars of agricultural sanctions against the U.S., the European...

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XINGHUA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 23: Aerial view of farmers harvesting scallions in a field on February 23, 2022 in Xinghua, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Tang Dehong/VCG via Getty Images)

Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD

9 October 2025 at 04:00
Tesla has cut prices on its bestselling models to compete with Chinese rivals that have been giving it a run for its money. On October 7, the company reduced the...

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A worker cleans a Tesla Model Y electric vehicle at the newly opened Tesla Inc. store at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Tesla opened its first India showroom, showcasing Model Y cars priced at nearly $70,000, as Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker looks to tap new markets and offset slowing sales where it's already well established. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images

EV jobs are starting to slip away

4 September 2025 at 05:00
The electric vehicle industry is cutting staff faster than smoke. More than 30,000 workers have lost their positions at electric-vehicle makers and related industries worldwide over the past year, according...

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Employees work on a Trumpchi brand vehicle production line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. (GAC) plant. Trumpchi, the Chinese auto brand established in 2010 and now preparing for U.S. sales, has become a topic of debate as owner GAC considers whether American consumers would love or hate the marque with a name similar to that of the controversial former U.S. president.

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VinFast speeds into India after U.S. U-turn

4 August 2025 at 02:40
VinFast is building factories faster than it can sell cars. The Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker opened its first Indian factory on August 4, betting on expansion even as its existing plant...

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Mr. Pham Sanh Chau, CEO of VinFast Asia and Mr. Ashwin Ashok Patil, Deputy CEO of Sales & Marketing at VinFast India at the at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 where Vinfast announced its first electric vehicles for the Indian market.
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