William Wilkes

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | William Wilkes |Tom Mackenzie

Stella Li on June 12. (Bloomberg) -- BYD Co. sees China’s electric vehicle price war as unsustainable, according to a senior company executive, who stopped short of saying the country’s largest EV maker would scale back the aggressive discounting it helped trigger. “It’s very extreme, tough competition,” Executive Vice President Stella Li said in an interview with Bloomberg News in London.

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | William Wilkes |Wilfried Eckl-Dorna

Mercedes-Benz Group AG and BMW AG are stepping up efforts to avoid potential parts shortages, as China’s export controls on rare earth metals threaten to disrupt global car production. Mercedes has intensified discussions with key suppliers about the short-term availability of components containing these materials and whether to stockpile certain items, according to Jörg Burzer, who oversees the company’s production.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | William Wilkes |Wilfried Eckl-Dorna |Keith Naughton

The body of an automobile at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, Germany. (Bloomberg) -- Automakers in the US and Europe raised concerns about China’s export controls on rare earth metals, as Beijing’s move threatens to disrupt global car production. Mercedes-Benz Group AG and BMW AG are in talks with suppliers to prevent shortages of components containing these materials, with the former discussing stockpiling certain items.

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | William Wilkes

Mercedes-Benz Group AG has intensified discussions with key suppliers about the risk of parts shortages, as China’s export controls on rare earth metals threaten to disrupt global car production. The German automaker is in talks with suppliers over the availability of components containing these materials, according to Jörg Burzer, who oversees production at Mercedes. The discussions center on the short-term availability of parts and whether to stockpile certain items.

4 weeks ago | ba.bloombergadria.com | William Wilkes

Prodaja automobila u Evropi pala je u aprilu zbog slabijeg privrednog rasta i nesigurnosti izazvane globalnim trgovinskim napetostima, što je navelo potrošače da odgode veće kupovine. Registracije novih automobila smanjile su se za 0,3 posto na 1,08 miliona vozila, objavilo je u utorak Evropsko udruženje proizvođača automobila (ACEA). Glavna tržišta poput Njemačke, Francuske i Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva zabilježila su pad.