Battery and Components
Umicore draws capex flak
The European battery metals processor remains under fire despite reining in spending
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Corporate Strategy
Ford and a paucity of BEV ambition
Jim Farley fails to match rhetoric on smaller vehicles to product plan
Policy and Regulation
Canada to join the ‘China-free’ EV market
Its southern neighbour has already created the conditions for a material buying pool isolated from Chinese products
Charging and Grid
Powerdot secures green financing boost
The Portugal-based CPO has received its second major cash injection of the year
Vehicle Sales
Renault expects better BEV year in 2025
New products tipped to drive European sales jump, but not immediately
Policy and Regulation
German corporate abandons Tesla
Drugstore chain kicks back against Musk’s demagoguery
Corporate Strategy
Detroit enthusiasm for EREV grows
Ford and Stellantis are expanding their ambitions in the technology
Vehicle Sales
All-electric Peugeot E-3008 orders top five figures
A quarter of all demand for the new Stellantis C-segment e-SUV is BEV, and this may grow
Vehicle Sales
US left out of BYD-Uber deal
The Chinese EV heavyweight appears steadfast in its commitment to avoid the American market
Vehicle Sales
Stellantis’ Chinese JV begins shipping A-segment cars to Europe
The JV has also shipped D-segment e-SUVs
Ford
Ford, GM trying to rein in Trump on EVs
Neither of the Detroit heavyweights go deep into what a Trump White House might mean, but do nod at advising Republicans to steer clear of trashing the fledgling industry
Vehicle Sales
Timetable for more affordable Tesla slips further
Musk no longer dangling the possibility of a 2024 rollout of his firm’s new offering
Policy and Regulation
Tariff hit drags Volvo sales expectations lower
The firm is now offering a range of growth in volumes on the back of European and US duty hikes