Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, suggests testing a self-driving function in China using robotaxis, and Chinese authorities are expected to approve.
The White House is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as next week, with a levy on electric vehicles and other clean energy goods. The full announcement is expected on Tuesday and will target solar goods, critical minerals, and batteries from China, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. The Biden administration […]
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) premier automaker, BYD, is selling a $12,000 Electric Vehicle (EV) that "could be a nightmare" for the United States auto industry without an all-out ban or steeper tariffs on such cars made by Chinese companies.
Does the “no limits” relationship have limits? Russian President Vladimir Putin is embarking on his first foreign trip since his splashy inauguration to a fifth term in office, and his destination is no surprise: China. The two-day state visit beginning Thursday is expected to be heavy on pomp and ceremony, with effusive toasts and carefully choreographed gestures of friendship and mutual respect. But status matters, and Putin is clearly the junior partner to Chinese President Xi Jinping. As the...
The Everything Electric North event will run at the Yorkshire Event Centre from May 24-26 and will feature most of the electric vehicles (EVs) on the market. Many industry experts will be on hand to chat to visitors and there will be more than 50 live theatre sessions. Organisers say the first event last year drew 15,000 people and this year’s is expected to be bigger. It has now been rebranded as Everything Electric North. The event comes amid a surge of interest in electric vehicles. The...
The U.S. reaction came after BYD, a Chinese electric vehicle brand, announced future construction plans of a new plant in Mexico. The post U.S. Considers Tariffs Against China if it Produces Electric Vehicles in Mexico first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
For shoppers who want to buy an electric car but have been put off by the steep price tag, the news this week that President Biden has hiked tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to shut them out of the U.S. market is not good. It means that Chinese-made EVs won’t be sold in the U.S. any time soon and American consumers won’t have access to affordable models, such as BYD’s Seagull, which sells for $12,000 in China. Similar EVs available in U.S. at the moment cost three times more. Right now the American...
The Russian president will meet Xi Jinping as part of a trip that Chinese state media has described a visit from an ‘old friend’Full report: Putin arrives in ChinaVladimir Putin has said that Russia-China cooperation is not directed against any other power and is a stabilising factor for the world, during his meeting with Xi Jinping.It is of crucial significance that relations between Russia and China are not opportunistic and are not directed against anyone. Our cooperation in world affairs...
On the eve of the visit, Putin said in an interview with Chinese media that the Kremlin
President Biden is keeping the tariffs on Chinese imports put in place by his predecessor and 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump. And he's adding new ones for things like electric vehicles.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday as he began a two-day state visit while Moscow presses forward with a new offensive in Ukraine, underscoring the close relationship between the autocratic leaders. Following Putin’s dawn arrival, he was greeted by Xi with full military honors at the Great []