Category: Manufacturing

August 2, 2021

Tata Motors on Monday said it will hike the prices of its passenger vehicles by an average of 0.8 per cent from August 3, depending on the variant and model. However, the company said it will offer protection from the […]

July 13, 2021

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing will report Q2 earnings on July 15. Forecasts of 27 analysts expect earnings of $0.931 per share compared to earnings of $0.791 per share from the same quarter last year. Wall Street analysts are expecting the company […]

June 9, 2021

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China. The 68-32 vote for the bill […]

June 8, 2021

Tesla sold 33,463 China-made electric cars in May, including exports, a 29% jump from April, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Tuesday. China’s overall passenger vehicle sales jumped 1.1% to 1.66 million cars in May […]

May 24, 2021

The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor. A big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels. The global […]

May 13, 2021

Japanese car maker Nissan is planning to make half a million fewer vehicles in 2021 as the global chip shortage continues to wreak havoc on the automotive industry. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday […]

May 5, 2021

General Motors says it will finish the year strong, in part because of its strategy in dealing with a worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips. In an unusual move, GM CEO Mary Barra issued a Letter to Shareholders simultaneously with GM’s […]

April 15, 2021

The chief executive of Germany’s Daimler believes the automaker will face stiff opposition from tech giants like Google, Apple and Alibaba if they decide to launch their own electric vehicles. While the tech giants are yet to start selling their […]

April 14, 2021

Sustainability has made its way onto the dashboard of many company executives, and the money is set to follow — particularly in the electric vehicle space, if investment trends and research and development commitments are anything to go by. “ESG […]

April 12, 2021

Clarence E. Brown has experienced union strikes, plant shutdowns and layoffs due to parts shortages during his 47 years working for General Motors. But Brown, president of a United Auto Workers local chapter in Kansas, describes the ongoing semiconductor chip […]