Automotive

Deserted Factories Show How China Electric Car Boom Went Too Far

September 23, 2021

While home-grown stars like Nio Inc. and Xpeng Inc. have gone on to raise billions of dollars and are now selling cars in numbers that rival Tesla, scores more have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.

FedEx Partners With Self-Driving Car Startup Aurora in Texas

September 22, 2021

Bloomberg

Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. truck.

GM Plans ‘Substantial Shifts’ in Supply Chain as Chip Woes Last

September 18, 2021

Bloomberg

General Motors is planning to revamp its supply chain as the pandemic-triggered chip shortage and rising demand for chip-intensive vehicles have demonstrated the need for an overhaul.

Obscure Firm’s 1,219% Rise Shows Profit, Pain of Chip Crunch

September 16, 2021

Bloomberg

The semiconductor squeeze is turning low-profile companies like Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. into star players.

Walmart Teams With Ford, Argo to Launch Driverless Delivery Service

September 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Walmart is teaming up with Ford and self-driving startup Argo AI to launch a driverless delivery service in three U.S. cities.

Tesla Co-Founder Aims to Build an Entire U.S. Battery Industry

September 15, 2021

Bloomberg

Redwood Materials Inc., the battery recycling company created by Tesla Inc. co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.

Economies on the Brink Push Southeast Asia to Reopen

September 14, 2021

Bloomberg

Even as they struggle with one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, nations across Southeast Asia are slowly realizing that they can no longer afford the economy-crippling restrictions needed to squash it.

Short-Circuiting the Global Semiconductor Shortage

September 10, 2021

Patrick Maroney, SCB Contributor

How can we reengineer the chip supply chain to ensure the right inventory gets to the right place at the right time?

Ford Will Stop Making Cars in India, Take $2 Billion Charge

September 10, 2021

Bloomberg

Ford Motor Co. will shut its car factories in India and record roughly $2 billion in restructuring charges, scaling back significantly in a country that past management saw becoming one of its three biggest markets.

Vietnam’s Supply Chain Role to Grow Despite Covid, U.S. Chamber Says

September 7, 2021

Bloomberg

Covid has disrupted but not derailed Vietnam’s expanding role in global supply chains and growth prospects.

Automotive

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