Archive · 25 Jul 2025

Bajaj Auto May Halt EV Production Amid Rare Earth Crisis

Bajaj Auto May Halt EV Production Amid Rare Earth Crisis

Imagine electric cars need special materials to work, like tiny magnets.

China is the main supplier of these materials, called rare earths.

Bajaj, a big company making electric scooters, is running out of these materials.

They made fewer scooters in July and might not make any in August.

This is because China has limited how much of these materials they are selling to other countries, including India.

This is a problem because India wants more electric cars, but it is hard to make them without these special materials.

The government needs to figure out how to get these materials to keep the electric car industry going.

Sources