Sales by BYD, the country’s dominant automaker, topped 3 million last year, including 1.6 million fully battery-powered cars in a sign of China’s rapid growth in EVs.
Purchases of popular models like the Tesla Model 3 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E may no longer entitle buyers to tax savings because the cars do not meet tougher sourcing requirements.
Ford and other automaker have had to readjust their electric vehicle production plans because sales have been weaker than they had expected.
Two- and three-wheeled vehicles, used by billions of people, are moving away from fossil fuels to batteries faster than cars in countries that have made the energy transition a priority.
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
The prices of used battery-powered models have fallen sharply, as the supply of cars and trucks has improved.
Elon Musk’s electric car company is facing intensifying competition from newer Chinese automakers and established Western car companies.
Sales of electric vehicles have slowed recently partly because prices of some models like the F-150 Lightning had risen a lot.
Buried in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a possible way to address all the costs associated with Americans’ love of driving.
The biggest U.S. automaker sold more trucks and sport-utility vehicles as supply chain problems eased and demand remained strong.