Tag: Automobiles
Clean Energy Projects Surge After Climate Bill Passage
In the weeks since President Biden signed a comprehensive climate bill devised to spur investment in electric cars…
Ford Raises Prices of F-150 Lightning Electric Truck
Ford Motor on Tuesday became the latest automaker to raise the price of electric vehicles when it significantly…
Electric Cars Are Too Costly for Many, Even With Aid in Climate Bill
Policymakers in Washington are promoting electric vehicles as a solution to climate change. But an uncomfortable truth remains:…
Plug-In Hybrid Cars Gain Ground in Race With Electric Rivals
In late 2010, General Motors sought to seize the high ground from Toyota’s successful Prius hybrid with the…
United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption
DETROIT — For the United Auto Workers, the last five years have been one of the most troubling…
Climate Bill ‘Transformative’ for Auto and Energy Industries
Making electric cars more affordable.For the auto industry, one of the most important provisions in the climate bill…
Energy Department will lend G.M. and LG $2.5 billion to build battery factories.
The U.S. Energy Department said Monday that it would lend $2.5 billion to a battery maker owned by…
Electric Car Sales Climb Sharply Despite Shortages
Americans are buying electric vehicles at a record pace, undeterred by rising prices and long waits for delivery,…
Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From Labs to Mass Production
SAN JOSE, Calif. — For years, scientists in laboratories from Silicon Valley to Boston have been searching for…
Tesla Sales Slow as the Pandemic Hobbles Production
Tesla said Saturday that vehicle deliveries from April through June fell 18 percent from the first quarter of…
GM Quarterly Sales Fall Amid Shortage in Computer Chips and Other Parts
The auto industry is facing worrying signs all across its horizon, including rising interest rates and fears of…
Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric
SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — The boys spilling out of a grade school in an Italian village went silent…