How China Got So Dominant in Cars and Solar
Heavy subsidies for industry, together with weak sales in China, have set the stage for an export boom, raising fears of factory job losses elsewhere.
Book Review: ‘The Race to the Future,’ by Kassia St. Clair
In “The Race to the Future,” Kassia St. Clair chronicles the 8,000-mile caper that helped change the landscape forever.
How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s
The president is trying a targeted approach, with allies, to beat Beijing in the race to own the clean energy future. Those weren’t his predecessor’s goals.
Review: 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class works on its quads (motors, that is)
It has four motors, 579 hp, and an off-road heritage that goes back further than the Rivian R1S, GMC Hummer EV, and Tesla Cybertruck. With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. And it’s a sort of... VW ID.Buzz features, Supercharger network growth, Vinfast and Sony: Today’s Car News
The Tesla Supercharger network is set to grow, even though the EV maker fired most of the people making its expansion possible. Vinfast debuts a new Sony entertainment interface. And VW gets a little more specific about how its ID.Buzz vans will be sold in the U.S.—but there’s still no price tag. This and more, here at Green Car... VW reveals more US ID.Buzz feature details—no pricing yet
Volkswagen has confirmed feature, trim, and color combinations for the upcoming 2025 ID.Buzz in its long-awaited U.S. specification. The ID.Buzz will initially arrive for the U.S. in a launch-only 1st Edition version, VW confirmed, plus two other trims: Pro S and Pro S Plus. Pricing of the U.S. version won’t be announced until close to its... Vinfast updates troubled VF 8 EV—with Sony entertainment
Sony is in the process of launching its own Afeela EV brand in partnership with Honda, but in the meantime the company's new in-car entertainment app is debuting in the Vinfast VF 8 electric SUV. Dubbed Ridevu, this feature offers access to a regularly updated library of over 2,000 movies over a 12-month subscription period, according to Vinfast... How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China
The president has proposed new barriers to electric vehicles, steel and other goods.
Ioniq 6 review; Supercharger cuts; Toyota and Ram fuel-cell trucks: The Week in Reverse
Why did Tesla sell a base Model Y with a bigger battery than needed? Why do rural communities see EV charging as less relevant? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 11, 2024. In a follow-up Hyundai Ioniq 6 test drive, Green Car Reports found that this electric sedan goes... Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.
Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.