Alleged forced labor scandal rocks EV industry: ‘This is the price of environmentalism’
BlazeTV Staff
March 17, 2026
The Washington Post’s exposé alleges ‘slavery-like’ conditions of worker exploitation, deception, and withheld wages in the electric vehicle industry.
A disturbing exposé from the Washington Post is raising serious ethical questions about the global electric vehicle boom, detailing alleged “slavery-like” conditions tied to a Brazilian plant operated by Chinese automaker BYD.
The exposé details a specialized task force’s findings of the alleged scheme, which “began in China, where job postings and foremen issued false promises of good pay — usually more than $1,700 per month — often without committing them to writing.”
“At the Brazilian border, workers were brought in on visas sponsored by [Chinese electric automaker] BYD that identified them incorrectly as specialized technicians rather than manual laborers,” the exposé alleges.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/stu-does-america/alleged-forced-labor-scandal-rocks-ev-industry-this-is-the-price-of-environmentalism
