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Ford JV Partner SK Innovations Sees US Battery Shortage Persisting Until 2025
Korea's SK Innovation, expects the U.S. vehicle industry to face a battery supply shortage until 2025 because of the long lead times to build production facilities.
Self-Driving Startup Aurora Maps Out Commercial Strategy
Mar 31, 2022 02:38 AM
The move comes as several autonomous trucking companies prepare to launch driverless routes in the coming years and begin signing up industry partners and customers in an effort to turn long-elusive self-driving into a profitable reality.
Indian Businesses Seek Government Support To Meet 2030 EV Target
Mar 31, 2022 02:08 AM
More than 25 companies, including automakers Mahindra & Mahindra and Volvo, oil giant Shell, and clean mobility startups, want India to set firm targets and frame policies to support the transition to electric vehicles.
Commercial EV Startup ELMS Signs Battery Supply Deal With CATL
Mar 31, 2022 02:06 AM
The companies are also exploring a setup where CATL would have a U.S. plant that would make battery cells and ship them to the ELMS plant in Indiana for assembly into battery packs.
Hyundai Motor Aims To Develop Chips, Cut Reliance On Chipmakers
Mar 31, 2022 02:04 AM
A global shortage of semiconductors, triggered partly by surging demand for laptops and other electronic products during the pandemic, has shuttered some auto production lines globally this year. Hyundai temporarily suspended some factories.
In Mexico's Auto Heartland, Workers Struggle As Chip Shortage Bites
Mar 30, 2022 10:43 PM
The temporary closures have translated into lost wages for tens of thousands of workers here and across Mexico due to furloughs and layoffs, according to interviews with laborers, union leaders and industry executives.
Texas Wins Contest To Host Samsung's New $17 Billion Chip Plant
Mar 30, 2022 10:23 PM
The plant would create 2,000 high-tech jobs with construction to begin in the first half of next year, and production due to start in the second half of 2024, the South Korean tech giant said.
Ryder, Gatik Team Up To Roll Out U.S. Autonomous Delivery Network
Mar 30, 2022 09:06 PM
Truck fleet operator Ryder System Inc and Gatik said on Tuesday they will build a national U.S. autonomous short-haul, "middle-mile" logistics network for Gatik, a Silicon Valley self-driving startup, to deliver goods to business customers.
Car Production Curbs Hit TomTom Amid Chip Shortage
Mar 30, 2022 08:46 PM
Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom warned on Thursday supply chain problems in the auto sector could last until the first half of next year after it reported a bigger than expected quarterly core loss.