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Mexico Won't Offer EV Incentives to Chinese Automakers

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Chinese automakers are expanding into Mexico, with companies like BYD opening dealerships across the country. Mexico is no stranger to Chinese auto companies, as there are around 20 already selling vehicles in the country. They also want to take action to protect American EVs from cheap or subsidized Chinese models.

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Biden administration considers penalties for Chinese EV companies in Mexico

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The Biden Administration is considering penalties for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) automakers who are moving production to Mexico. We’re not going to let China flood our market making it impossible for American auto—auto manufacturers to compete fairly. It was considering a site in Nuevo León, where Tesla plans to build Giga Mexico.

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Report: Ford's EV Skunkworks Team to Create Three Affordable Electric Models

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However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. That said, Chinese EV manufacturers building vehicles in Mexico could get around that tariff, as goods produced south of the border don’t have financial penalties attached to them, thanks to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada

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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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China is the world’s largest automotive market, and understandably so, an important one for electric vehicle (EV) makers like Tesla. market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. auto market anytime soon , some U.S.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium—the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war—is poised to explode, and going forward Nevada is emerging as the front line in this pending American lithium boom. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

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Partners include the New Mexico Consortium, University of Maryland, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research. Their open-access study is published in Nature’s new Communications Earth & Environment journal. The pores are miniscule—typically less than five nanometers—and poorly understood.

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China says it will ‘rein in’ the flood of EVs coming our way

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BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with.

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