The electric car company said profits climbed 17 percent in the third quarter as strong sales of energy products helped to make up for relatively slow auto sales.
Mary Barra, G.M.’s chief executive, said that the company had fixed battery-manufacturing problems and that its electric vehicles would soon be profitable.
A surge in power use worldwide could make it harder for nations to slash emissions and keep global warming in check.
Es un problema relativamente raro, pero el riesgo es real. Esto es lo que tienes que saber.
E.V. batteries that are submerged in saltwater can catch fire after the floods subside, but experts say it’s a rarity.
The Inflation Reduction Act was a compromise between competing priorities. Evaluating the law on the effectiveness of the $7,500 tax credit for E.V.s is tricky.
The automaker reported a gain of 6.4 percent for the latest quarter, its first such increase this year.
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With Trump once again in the Oval Office, America would be at risk of falling even further behind China in industrial competitiveness.
Though large automakers are delaying their plans to introduce new all-electric models, the E.V. industry is still the future, experts say.