Americans failed to safeguard decades of diplomatic and financial investments in Congo, where the world’s largest supply of cobalt is controlled by Chinese companies backed by Beijing.
The president’s son was part owner of a venture involved in the $3.8 billion purchase by a Chinese conglomerate of one of the world’s largest cobalt deposits. The metal is a key ingredient in batteries for electric vehicles.
A New York Times investigation examines the global demand for raw materials as the clean energy revolution takes off. This is what we found.
A New York Times investigation examines the global demand for raw materials as the clean energy revolution takes off. This is what we found.
Its battery supply chain runs through China, and that’s not changing any time soon.
Tesla, which makes about two-thirds of electric vehicles sold in the United States, has long produced the cars with the best range.
Tesla, which makes about two-thirds of electric vehicles sold in the United States, has long produced the cars with the best range.
A push to increase sales of electric vehicles favors companies that already have all-electric cars on the market and could penalize those that don’t.
The initiative would also promote the construction of charging stations and include financial incentives for consumers and carmakers.
Trump gutted emissions reductions. The president must make up for time lost.
Tesla said sales doubled in the second quarter, but Ford reported a more modest increase as the industry grapples with a semiconductor shortage.
Ford has gone from being a relative latecomer to battery-powered vehicles to making them a central focus. Last week it introduced the F-150 Lightning, an electric truck.
If it sells well, an electric version of the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. could help accelerate the move to electric vehicles.
A race is on to produce lithium in the United States, but competing projects are taking very different approaches to extracting the vital raw material. Some might not be very green.
Buying an electric car can be exciting and bewildering. Consider what kind of car you want and need and where you will charge.
The long-term needs of ecosystems should come before our knee-jerk demands to get back to life.
The president is hoping to make electric vehicles more affordable to turn a niche product into one with mass appeal.
They see branding opportunities as the pandemic and a desire by cities to curb traffic propel e-bike sales to new heights.
Carmakers, government agencies and investors are pouring money into battery research in a global race to profit from emission-free electric cars.
