Consumer tastes shift from all-white to metallic accents and tinted lids

Company battles to boost output while ensuring quality and safety, and keeping costs low

Suspension of production comes as Peninsular Malaysia experiences its worst flooding on record, with tens of thousands of people displaced

Southeast Asian nation holds about a quarter of the global reserves of nickel

Companies based in Japan file one-third of total applications in the highly competitive area

Spark fades for Chinese battery producer as it faces greater overseas participation in its vast home market

The batteries would go into Model 3 cars produced at Tesla’s factory near Shanghai, which is slated to begin operating this year