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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Nikkei Editorial Urges Japan to Match US, China EV Moves

Green Car Congress

An editorial in Japan’s Nikkei argues that Japanese automakers need to respond aggressively to compete in the rapidly changing global market for electric vehicles.both Toyota and Honda had until recently thought that the era of hybrids would continue for a while before electric vehicles began to gain popularity.

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Toyota to receive $853 million subsidy to expand local battery production

Teslarati

Toyota Motor Company is expected to receive an $853 million subsidy from Japan’s industry ministry to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery production. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry officially designated storage batteries as crucial to the country’s economic security.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

His third, lithium iron phosphate, is now one of the most popular battery chemistries in the automotive industry. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. about 13 kilometers from Yale , where his father was a religion professor.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Each reaches basically the same conclusion: the global non-Chinese automakers will never be able to catch up unless they radically change their corporate mindsets. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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China’s EV Subsidy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Government Aims to Create Strong Domestic Industry but Generous Rebates Risk a Backlash as Rich-Poor Divide Grows. Japan and Europe. Auto industry executives said the subsidies are likely to apply only to vehicles produced in China, although that wasn’t clear from the government notice. By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU.

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Toyota to move production to China

Green Cars News

In what is seen as a major shift in power in the auto industry, a BBC report is suggesting that Toyota is planning to manufacture key components of its hybrid cars outside Japan for the first time. According to the report, the company is likely to manufacture both electric motors and batteries at its Chinese [.].

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