Auto industry

Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow is pushing for last-minute changes to stringent new electric-vehicle tax-credit limits in her party's tax and spending deal amid a pressure campaign from the auto industry.

For EVs to qualify, their batteries will need to contain minerals extracted from or processed in a country the U.S. has a free trade agreement with, and a portion of components to be manufactured or assembled in North America.

Senate Democrats have scrapped a $4,500 bonus tax credit for electric vehicles made with domestic union labor as they seek to wrap up negotiations on a spending deal.

The Top 100 Firm is adding a research firm that studies relations between automobile makers and their suppliers.

Now that Republicans in Congress have released their final tax bill, two big questions remain. What will companies do with all that cash, and who will benefit the most?

The push by Tesla Inc., General Motors Co. and other carmakers to boost sales of electric vehicles was dealt a blow by House Republicans who on Thursday proposed eliminating a $7,500 per vehicle tax credit that has helped stoke early demand.