Koreans are raging over Hyundai Ice Raid. Tesla could pay the price

Bloomberg On Wednesday he published a cooling report called “Unmade in America”. He described how highly trained and qualified workers were held in the “hell” conditions. A pregnant woman said the detention gave her nightmares. Others were forced to sleep near urinals and eat a nasty food. Treatment caused outrage in South Korea, where many feel that their citizens were humiliated.

Now the will is spilling into the Korean EV market, where, according to local media reports, some buyers are now avoiding US cars.

Welcome Critical materialsYour daily rounding of messages that shape the world of electric cars and transport technologies. Also on radar today: Waymo cooperates with VIA to turn cars without drivers into public transport. In addition, one of the most interesting EV players coming to the scene soon – Sacout Motors – throws a lot of money into their American production operations.

30%: Koreans avoid American cars after Georgia Imigration

Hyundai Motor Group’s investment of $ 12.6 billion is a major project of Georgian development, which should generate more than 40,000 direct and indirect welcome jobs for American workers.

This included its own manufacturing point by America Hyundai and nearby LG Energy Solution plants, which adds batteries for EVS Hyundai.

September 4, approximately 300 highly qualified Korean engineers and technicians arrived to help build a battery plant LG Energy. Soon, however, they ended up in the ice retention center.

Bloomberg They reported that workers who interfered with the waist, bonds, and crammed to the rooms with toilets without doors. Some engineers said BBC That officers showed weapons.

A pregnant woman told a local television news station after returning to Korea that she had been placed in a 30 other room. She saw that another woman got seizures, but did not receive any medical care.

It seems that none of this has dropped in its home country, and the locals demanded boycott of American goods and cancellation of Tesla orders in favor of Hyundai ev.

Here’s what Korea Chosun a day Reported:

The South Korean consumer, who reserved the Tesla vehicle, canceled the order responsible for mass retention of Koreans on the Hyundai Motor Group Group Energy Solution Battery in Georgia in the United States.

Netizens responded with comments such as: “You made a rare decision,” “I’m also angry and I’m considering a boycott of US products,” and “I choose a home car for the same reason.”

This incident left 59.2% of the South Koreans disappointed by the US government, according to a survey of 508 adults aged 18 years and older realmeter in 8th place. Only 30.7% understood the action of the US government as unauthorized, while 10.2% replied, “I’m not sure.”

Korean companies have some of the world’s best EV, batteries and consumer electronics thanks to Samsung, Hyundai, LG Energy Solution, SK and many others – (which have large USRATION and production equipment. And Hyundai and Kia are very popular among American consumers.

However, there is a risk of raising between the two countries. Trump’s administration seems to understand this. After the consequences, the President attempted some damage control and said that foreign workers were welcome in the US

“If we do, all this massive investment will never come first … I will not let the girl scare or discourage investment in America outside or societies or societies,” he said on his social media platform, social social.

60%: Robotax is now public transport

Waymo connects with VIA, a company that expands the public transport system with cars and missiles on request, to a taxi without a driver to Chandler in Arizona, this autumn.

Robotax will be folded into Chandler Flex, the public transport service on request. He supplies software, application and mapping via baselles that drive this network of public transport on request.

With Chandler Flex, riders can order a vehicle that a sweater up to the specified “virtual bus stops”. Most wrinkles are today in the minivans of Chrysler Pacifica and every journey costs only $ 2. But for the less technologically, the telephone line is also. You can simply call and ask for RID.

Later this year, the inhabitants of the Jaguar I-Pace Waymo will be able to convene electric robotaxi.

That’s just the beginning, Waymo and Via Say. If the pilot succeeded, it could encourage other local government in the US to also bring an autonomous vehicle directly to their public transport networks.

90%: Scout Motors Revs UP

The construction of an auto -factory is like building a brand new city. These large plants bring suppliers and new workers. Grocery stores and jump near new roads and upgraded motorways for connection.

Volkswagen supported Scout Motors is love for something similar to its newly announced investment of $ 300 million in South Carolina, where it builds a $ 2 billion race to make Terra Terra Terra and Traveler SUV.

The new investment will go to building a “supplier park” for specialized production and logistics space. The site will also organize a battery set and a vehicle building that creates the same 1,000 new jobs.

The production of scout EV and the extended EV (EVS) scope is expected to start by the end of 2027, so expect provision at the beginning of 2028. This means that if it all goes as planned.

100%: Would you like robotaxi as public transport?

Autonomous companies usually built cars without drivers as a bike ride services. Baselles, robot Ubers and Lyfts. However, the new Waymo-VIA partnership will place Robotaxi within the public transport system. Intoread of Rething premium services that could be something that anyone can jump to the French cost of traditional Uber or Lyft.

Prices in Chandler have been and have been and for it to work, Waymo prices will have to stay close to what people already pay for service on the request of the city. So could you take the news Waymo if the price was like a driving bus? And would you rather be in front of buses that may ever be uncomfortable and unreliable?

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