Transitioning to electric vehicles is a key part of Biden’s $4 trillion economic agenda, and Ford’s rollout of an electric version of America’s most popular vehicle is an important milestone.
Fueled with money from Wall Street and local officials, automakers plan to build eight million electric cars a year there, more than Europe and North America combined.
To slow down climate change, new coal projects need to end. A global forecast this week shows demand rising sharply.
Nio can tap an extensive supply chain that Beijing has built to achieve its dream of dominating the manufacture of electric cars.
Carmakers, government agencies and investors are pouring money into battery research in a global race to profit from emission-free electric cars.
Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers.
With government support and lavish subsidies, Chinese companies have come to dominate the market for batteries, motors and other essentials Detroit may need for its new fleets.

Pre-production examples of the Byton M-Byte electric crossover have begun rolling off the assembly line at the startup's Nanjing, China, factory, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Byton plans to launch the M-Byte in China later this year, and reports that it resumed activity at the plant on February 11. Spokesman Dave Buchko confirmed to Green Car...

Tesla's decision to open a factory in China is quickly proving to be a good one. The Silicon Valley automaker 10,160 electric cars in China in March, its highest-ever monthly total in the world's largest new-car market, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) trade group. Those sales represented 30% of China's electric-car market...

The coronavirus threat itself, and perhaps the economic fallout that lingers, will likely affect the rollout schedule—or perhaps even the production viability—for some of the electric cars we were looking forward to this year or next. The electric-car brand from Volvo Cars and Geely says that it won’t be one of them. Polestar...