The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday announced more restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals, crucial for manufacturing semiconductors, electric vehicles (EVs), green energy products, and other key technologies.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated a factory in the town of Hansalpur that will manufacture an electric vehicle (EV) called the Maruti Suzuki e-Vitara.
General Motors said this week it will upgrade its facilities across the United States to boost its electric battery production and ensure America’s ability to lead in electric vehicle battery manufacturing.
CEO of Highland Electric Fleets Duncan McIntyre told Breitbart News Daily that “domesticating that supply chain is absolutely essential,” as rare-earths have become a foundational pillar to modern society.
China banned exports of several critical minerals to the United States in December, but enterprising American buyers have found ways to obtain the metals through third-party nations like Thailand and Mexico, and some Chinese companies have proven willing to work around the ban.
U.S. engineers have discovered mysterious, undocumented communication devices lurking in some Chinese-made solar power inverters and batteries, Reuters reported.
Ford is recalling over 272,000 specific vehicles due to a battery problem, the news coming after the company has experienced several other recalls.
China hit American drone manufacturer Skydio with sanctions this month, potentially cutting the company’s supply chain and preventing it from supplying more drones to the Ukrainian military.
Chinese green energy companies Jinko Solar, TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology, and Sungrow announced on Tuesday they have signed major deals with Saudi Arabia to build wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
The Michigan community of Green Charter Township on Friday lost a court battle to block Chinese-linked electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer Gotion Inc. from building a factory near the town.
Chinese lithium giants Ganfeng and Tianqi warned investors on Tuesday that their profits are plunging by up to 80 percent as the demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries weakened, producing a glut of lithium that drove prices down.
China’s state-run Global Times took a victory lap for the communist tyranny’s domination of the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain.
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers argued that it will be more
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) reported Friday that China is now the research leader in 19 critical high-tech fields, compared to only four for the United States.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that ensuring that all the people who work on electric vehicles have union jobs “is one of the main sticking points in the contract negotiations” between the UAW
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Early Start,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) said she thinks there’s a 50/50 chance of an auto worker strike and that while there isn’t an either/or between the environment and workers, “Perhaps the biggest issue is
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Steve Rattner, who ran President Obama’s task force on the auto industry, stated that if jobs in electric battery plants are unionized and have the same rules as traditional assembly plants, “then
A Chinese company that employs hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members is set to build two battery plants in Michigan.
A report published by the Business & Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC) on Wednesday accused Chinese companies of more than a hundred human rights and environmental abuses at the mines where China produces much of the world’s supply of “green energy” minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and various rare earths.
The Biden administration is loaning Ford and its partner billions of dollars to help build electric vehicle battery plants.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC), a human rights advocacy group based in London with an international research team, published a report last week that warned of human rights violations and environmental damage in the supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) reacted to Ford partnering with a Chinese firm to manufacture electric vehicle batteries by stating that “while it would be tough on Ford, I think that we
Yusheng Wang, 35, an employee of Canada’s largest electricity producer Hydro-Quebec, was arrested at his home south of Montreal by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Monday.
A study found more children have been ingesting lithium batteries, also known as “button” batteries, which could have dire consequences.
The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources on Friday announced $6 billion in funding for a plant that will manufacture metals for electric vehicle batteries, plus plans for another $32 billion invested into Saudi Arabia’s mining industry.
Joe Biden and other Green New Deal advocates continue to push for electric vehicles but without the necessary domestic supply of batteries. For now, the United States is dependent on the Chinese Communist Party for the necessary critical minerals and other elements needed to build them.
The supply chain necessary to produce electric vehicles is littered with nations that abuse human rights and environmental best practices.
Buried inside the “infrastructure” bill is mention of China ‘s role in the supply chain needed to grow a fleet of electric vehicles in the U.S.
