Korean conglomerate in talks to expand EV capacity as it seeks to tap into growing demand driven by US policy

President Joko Widodo is keen to meet Tesla chief Elon Musk during an upcoming US visit, the minister said, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to rev up its nickel industry

The automotive giant will work with JVC Kenwood, a maker of portable power units, and Yokohama-based R Energy, which recycles Nissan batteries

The incidents involved three companies, including Ola Electric, which is backed by Japan's SoftBank Group and was the country's top-selling e-scooter maker in April

Internal memo outlines plans to add more shifts to boost production to pre-lockdown levels even as suppliers struggle to provide parts.

The steep sales decline was caused by swingeing lockdowns that shuttered production sites and sales outlets.

According to an internal memo, the US carmaker plans to churn out 2,600 electric cars from the Shanghai plant per day from May 16

Nio, which was this week added to a US list of potential delisting candidates, announced on Friday it is seeking a secondary listing

One of China's largest companies, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, known as Sinopec, and electric vehicle maker Nio were also among the names added

About 8,000 Tesla employees returned to work at the US company's Shanghai giga-factory on April 19, the Miami-based EV news website said

Volvo said production was down at the end of the first quarter due to a shortage of a specific semiconductor and warned that the supply problem would persist

Li Auto, which gets 80% of its EV parts from Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta, was hit hardest while Xpeng in far away Guangzhou fared the best.