About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.
The state, heavily dependent on the auto industry, is a case study in whether electric vehicles will create or destroy jobs.
Workers backing a push for better wages and working conditions were among those illegally laid off, members told the National Labor Relations Board.
The law is part of the E.U.’s ambitious plans to make the 27-member bloc carbon neutral by 2050.
The law is part of the E.U.’s ambitious plans to make the 27-member bloc carbon neutral by 2050.
If successful, the workers who help develop Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system would be the first group at the company to organize.
Ford’s $3.5 billion plant in Michigan will draw on technology from CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s No. 1 maker of electric-car batteries.
Sales of electric vehicles are growing fast, and automakers are investing billions of dollars in new technology and factories. We want to know how jobs are changing.
Stellantis plans to idle the factory, which makes the Cherokee, as it shifts to electric vehicles. Labor talks and a union election may be affected.
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.
Musk, Bezos, Bankman-Fried, Trump: some of our most prominent billionaires laid waste to their carefully cultivated image as benevolent saviors.
Hiding a thousand feet below the earth’s surface in this patch of northern Minnesota wetlands are ancient mineral deposits that some view as critical to fueling America’s clean energy future.
The automaker said the move was needed to be competitive and reallocate resources.
The electric carmaker has been growing fast in recent years, but Elon Musk, its chief executive, appears to be concerned about a weakening economy.
The automaker said the move would further its electric-vehicle goals. It may also defuse tensions with the U.A.W. ahead of contract talks next year.
Despite strong job growth, all the positions lost during pandemic may not be regained.
The German automaker, which has made cars in the state for decades, has invested $1 billion in a factory to supply the power for electric vehicles.
The suit comes months after a jury awarded a former Black employee at the electric carmaker’s San Francisco-area factory $137 million.
“Es una de las principales transformaciones industriales quizá en la historia del capitalismo”, dijo un ejecutivo de la industria. La creciente demanda por los coches eléctricos está impulsando una transición radical que podría beneficiar al medioambiente.
The automaker will build a battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to produce electric pickup trucks, creating 4,000 jobs.
