Batteries, tires, steel and aluminum were added to the list of Chinese imports that should be more heavily scrutinized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"The last 36 months at NFI have been extremely difficult to navigate," chief executive officer Paul Soubry told analysts August 16.

Of the 61 companies that constitute Tesla’s “storage battery” category, thirty-nine percent of them were Chinese, making China the organization's biggest supplier of lithium-ion battery materials.

The Biden Administration is looking to the U.K. as a source of critical minerals for automakers and other high-tech manufacturers.

Under the revised investment rules, automakers will need to commit to producing at least 40% of the content of EVs in Indonesia by 2026 to qualify for incentives.

In just a decade, Mexican manufacturing has experienced a seismic shift, driven by the swift rise in automation, a notable influx of Chinese enterprises, and substantial diversification across industries.

It’s no wonder that companies from all over the world are establishing operations in Mexico.

Electric vehicle battery fires are harder to put out because of self-oxidizing lithium salts that can lead them to keep re-igniting.

The talks with potential buyers, such as Ford, Tesla, Volkswagen, Samsung and SK On, are still in the early stages.

The company expects F-150 Lightning sales to “significantly increase” in September and October as production ramps up and it fills backorders.