WASHINGTON (AP) — Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers said Sunday they have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one company to move ahead with plans to manufacture batteries in Georgia. President Joe Biden called it “a win for American workers and the American auto industry.”
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Major automakers believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. But they'll need to sell the idea to reluctant buyers.
Anybody who owns an electric vehicle needs a 240-volt charger at home. With it, your car can recharge overnight, so you start every day with the equivalent of a full tank.
General Motors' Bolt electric utility vehicle is due to go into production in late spring of 2022 and go on sale in early summer.
Vehicles will increasingly use electric motors, a change driven by governmental response to accelerating climate change.
In a wide-ranging keynote presentation that addressed everything from the practical to the fantastical — a single-seat drone aircraft was shown in a concept video — General Motors outlined its plans to accelerate the production of electric vehicles across a full spectrum of brands.
At CES, luxury automaker Audi showed a near-final prototype of its upcoming e-tron GT electric vehicle. The e-tron GT will be a sleeker, sportier sedan version of Audi’s current e-tron Sportback SUV, with an estimated range of more than 200 miles.
CES is a major showcase for the newest in electric cars and autonomous vehicles.
Experts say elation over electric vehicles hit a peak in 2020 as other businesses stumbled in the pandemic. Here's a look at the vehicles' breakout year.
Over the course of this year, one thing was clear: America's obsession with pickup trucks is far from over.
Private transportation companies have joined the electric push too. Ridehailing businesses Uber and Lyft said this year that they plan to transition to all-electric vehicles by 2030.
Government interest in electric vehicles also helped the industry surge this year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in September that all new cars and trucks sold in the state would be zero-emission by 2035. The British government announced in November that it would ban sales of gas and diesel cars in 2030.
Tesla became the world's most valuable automaker this summer and is now worth more than Toyota, VW, Daimler, Ford, GM and Honda combined. Tesla's stock has surged more than 600% this year even as it sold about 1% of the vehicles those automakers sold in 2019.
Some environmental advocates have said that because we are barreling toward catastrophe, Biden should invoke emergency authority to address climate change. This step would be bold — quite possibly bolder than Biden is willing to be — and it would carry major rewards and risks.
Watch as this new all-electric Ford F-150 races up hills with ease.
No list of gas-saving tips would be complete without the admonition to slow down. There’s no getting around the fact that lower speeds require less fuel, most because aerodynamic resistance increases with the square of speed.
Gwen Tombergs was recently awarded the 2019 AARP Iowa Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization's most prestigious and visible volunteer award.
The newest member of the Mustang family appears to be a pointed attempt by Ford to take on Tesla.
From computers to mobile phones, developments in modern technology mean everything has got smaller.
Like all electric vehicles, the eDumper harnesses power from braking.
As the world move towards an electric future, the eDumper provides us with a glimpse of what the future may look like.
GOLDFIELD, Nev. - We were taking a smarty-pants car through honky-tonky country - Reno to Las Vegas. Our route: U.S. 95, Nevada's Electric Highway, a mostly two-lane road that has been peppered with charging stations to meet the growing demand of electric vehicles, or EVs. Although still a fraction of the market, EV sales are surging, particularly in California, where sales increased 84% in ...
Volkswagen is using its ID line of electric vehicles to create its electric future — and get over its emission scandal past.
With an electric vehicle, you can now drive across the contiguous United States using only public charging stations. We've got the maps to prove it!
