August 30th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Across the Pacific in China, Tesla is hosting exclusive track events for owners, parties at its showrooms, and even a custom line of Chinese Tesla stickers for popular social media apps
August 8th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
In response to the ongoing trade war with the US, China has decided to double the size of the Free Trade Zone south of Shanghai to attract more foreign investment.
May 31st, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Electric cars use cobalt and rare earth metals. The Chinese are hording them and may refuse to sell them to the US. Therefore we the US should immediately ban the sale of electric cars in the name of national security? Got all that?
March 9th, 2019 | by Tim Dixon
Welcome to the next issue of China × Cleantech, February 2019 edition. A new year has come and the news keeps flowing. For our full China × Cleantech history, stroll over to the “Future Trends” section of our website
February 22nd, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Kandi Tackles The US EV Market After NHTSA Approves 2 EVs
January 7th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Elon is in Shanghai this week for the groundbreaking ceremony at the new Gigafactory 3. He says the facility should being producing Model 3s for Chinese customers by the end of this year, and that the next Tesla CEO could come from China.
January 5th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has applied for an exemption from the tariffs imposed by the Trump maladministration on the computer that is the "brain" of the Model 3, saying it cannot find another supplier without adding significantly to its costs and delaying production.
December 15th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla is cutting prices in China on its Model X and Model S in anticipation of the Chinese tariff dropping to 15% on January 1.
December 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Good news, bad news for Tesla yesterday. China says it may soon lift the 40% tariff it imposed on cars imported from the US, and a judge in Connecticut has ruled the company is illegally selling cars at its store in Connecticut.
December 6th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
A Chinese official says the agreement reached at the G20 conference last week between China and the US will be implemented "immediately." What does that mean for the tariffs on Tesla automobiles exported to China? We simply don't know yet.
December 3rd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
A tentative cease fire in the trade war between the US and China may help lift Tesla to a record year in 2018. Green Tech Media says is expects the company to deliver 60,750 Model 3s in the fourth quarter.
October 7th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are encouraging Tesla to get its Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai built sooner so it can start manufacturing cars in China. The company says it costs up to 60% more to build a car in the US than in China.
July 15th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Trade wars are easy to win, our own Dear Leader says. He's right, but maybe not in the way he imagines. CleanTechnica readers of a certain age may remember a time a few decades ago when America imposed import tariffs on Japanese cars in an effort to protect US carmakers. The result? Japanese automakers soon built new factories in the US and began to push the domestic companies toward oblivion. Today, Toyota and Honda continue to crank out sedans built in America while the Big Two And A Half in Detroit have slashed sedan production to focus on the only vehicles they can sell successfully -- pickup trucks and large SUVs
March 18th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
MSNBC gets a lot of things right. In fact, it may be the best mainstream media outlet when it comes to focusing on what's important and when it comes to keeping nonsensical political spin off its shows. However, it seems the outlet doesn't know energy
