The prices of used electric cars have fallen sharply in recent months, making them a more attractive option.
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is economic idiocy.
The company estimated that duties on imported cars and car parts would cost it $2 billion this year.
A joint statement promised new efforts to cut emissions at a time when China is positioning itself as the world’s one-stop shop for clean energy technologies.
It is inevitable that America will eventually follow the rest of the world and that in 40 or so years, it will run mainly on sun and wind.
China’s lead in electric vehicle technology, which is already huge, could become insurmountable if incentive programs are slashed, auto experts and environmentalists say.
Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.
Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s crew escaped on a lifeboat.