Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?
Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available.
Your Mail Truck Is Going Electric
In a win for the Biden administration, the United States Postal Service said it would spend nearly $10 billion to create one of the largest electric truck fleets in the nation.
Tesla’s Direct Sales Model Helps It Thwart Customer Lawsuits
Sales contracts prevent buyers of the company’s electric cars from pursuing class-action suits if something goes wrong.
Quiz: What’s the Best Way to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint?
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Once You See the Truth About Cars, You Can’t Unsee It
Cars promised liberation. They delivered something very different.
Why America Is Getting Tough on Trade
Trump huffed and puffed; Biden is rewriting the rules.
In a Future Filled With Electric Cars, AM Radio May Be Left Behind
Carmakers say electromagnetic interference causes static and noise on AM transmissions, annoying customers. Broadcasters say they could lose a connection to their core listeners, who rely on the radio for emergencies.
Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
Advice for Europeans: Bundle Up and Get Ready for Outages
As temperatures drop amid an energy crisis, governments say power blackouts may be necessary to conserve electricity.
Fight Over Warnock’s Senate Record Comes Down to Electric Vehicles
Hyundai’s huge new plant outside Savannah could be a model for bipartisanship and a central achievement for Raphael Warnock, whose biggest efforts otherwise fell short. But Republicans aren’t giving him credit.