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Latin American Auto Industry
Heavy metal options
The focus of this report is on China’s battle for market shares and technology in the electric vehicle (EV) segment, which could be described as a ‘downstream’ part of the automobile industry. But it is important to note the rising EV sales may also have transformative effects on parts of the ‘upstream’ – such as the mining of key Latin American metals like lithium and copper, which are essential components of modern EVs. In fact, the electric vehicle boom could trigger some significant changes in the Latin American mining industry.
- The motor vehicle revolution
- The global automobile industry
- The global advance of EVs
- China is in the EV driving seat
- Latin America is buying Chinese electric
- Sign of the times: “zero mileage” second hand cars
- The mystery of Chinese car prices
- Improving Chinese safety performance
- Heavy metal options
- Brazil: football fields full of cars
- Brazil weighs up data protection risks
- GM plans to side-step US-China auto rivalry
- Brazil faces labour trouble at Camaçarí
- Dolphin leading the charge in Mexico
- The view from Aguascalientes
- Mexico debates tariffs on Chinese imports
- Liverpool rethinks BYD deal
- The case of the disappearing gigafactory
- What are the ‘Trump tariffs’ for the Latin American auto industry?
- Conclusion