US proposes $7.54 billion loan to Stellantis, Samsung SDI battery joint venture

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis and Samsung SDI to help build two electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plants in Indiana. The conditional commitment award must still be finalized and includes $6.85 billion in…

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BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued by Republican states over climate accords

(Reuters) -BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have been sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states, which said the large asset managers violated antitrust law through climate activism that resulted in reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Wednesday’s complaint filed in the federal court in Tyler, Texas, is among the highest profile lawsuits targeting…

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Stellantis to halt production in Turin in December due to weak demand for Fiat 500 EV

MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis will again halt auto production at its historic Italian Mirafiori plant from Dec. 2 to Jan. 5 due to continuing poor sales for the electric Fiat 500 city car made there, the automaker said on Wednesday. Reuters had reported earlier this month that trade unions were expecting another production stoppage at the…

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US oil firms unlikely to go ‘drill, baby, drill’ under Trump, says Exxon executive

By Ron Bousso and Robert Harvey LONDON -U.S. oil and gas producers are unlikely to radically increase production under president-elect Donald Trump as companies remain focused on capital discipline, a senior executive at Exxon Mobil said on Tuesday. “We’re not going to see anybody in ‘drill, baby, drill’ mode,” Liam Mallon, head of Exxon’s upstream…

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