Trump’s Trade War Could Shut Down Tesla & GM In China
Actions have consequences. Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale trade war with China. Has he considered what the consequences may be for American companies like Tesla and GM?
Actions have consequences. Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale trade war with China. Has he considered what the consequences may be for American companies like Tesla and GM?
Magna International and BAIC have formed a joint venture to engineer and manufacture electric cars in China.
Aside from just asking which companies will be semi-leaders, which will be surviving laggards, and which will go bankrupt or be acquired, a question that came to my mind this week was, “When will leading car companies go 100% electric?” So, let’s go through some companies and brands and consider this question.
The new GM sustainability report is packed with good news for EV fans, autonomous driving fans, and renewable energy fans, and other clean tech lovers.
A new survey by Drive Change Drive Electric indicates that people like EVs– but they have a whole lot of uncertainty about EVs to make a purchase.
So much electric vehicle news, so little time, but what actually changed in the electric vehicle industry last month? Below is some notable news.
Amidst admission that this year has delivered a “hellish” several months for Elon Musk and Tesla factory workers, the star Tesla CEO and co-founder also dropped a figure that it seems half the world has been waiting to hear. It’s a figure that will perhaps seem too old to rely on in just one week, and epically out of date in a month or two, but it’s the kind of figure that could shift a few billion or so here or there in the investment and trading community.
Just a few days ago, an article here at CleanTechnica expressed why Tesla needs more models and trims. Although the author probably meant those to come from Tesla itself, not from a coach builder, the timing of the article was perfect. Because just a day earlier, Dutch site zerauto.nl showed an amazing Tesla Model S shooting brake (aka station wagon). The modified Model S was made by Remetzcar, who previously built a hearse based on a Model S. (CleanTechnica had an exclusive experience with that hearse last year.)
Rivian is an Illinois-based startup that is following an alternate path. It is quietly going about its business of building a 5-passenger electric pickup truck called the A1T and a 7-passenger electric SUV called the A1C. Both vehicles will use the same basic chassis featuring a battery pack in the middle and an electric motor at each end.
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things…
of reluctance machines
and induction machines
of Carborundum
and other amazing things…
and of course the question of whether pigs have wings”