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Volkswagen Sheds Bugatti, Maker of Over-the-Top Sports Cars

Volkswagen said Monday that it was giving up control of Bugatti, the storied automaker whose absurdly expensive hypercars are worshiped by aficionados but seemed incongruous at a company better known […]




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Ford Motor Shows Signs of Revival Under Jim Farley

For years, Ford Motor has been working on a turnaround but showing little progress in the showroom or its profits.But the 118-year-old automaker’s outlook has brightened recently, and many analysts […]




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Biden Administration Moves to Unkink Supply Chain Bottlenecks

Most of the world’s lithium, a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles, is mined in Australia, China, Chile and Argentina. China dominates global production of rare earth […]




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Ford F-150 Lightning Is a Major New Electric Vehicle Contender

Ford Motor has opened a major new front in the battle to dominate the fast-growing electric vehicle market, and it’s banking on one of the world’s most powerful business franchises.In […]




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Lordstown Motors Shares Plunge as Investors See Problems

Soon after, G.M. found a buyer who promised to return auto jobs to the region: Steve Burns, the chief executive of a small electric-van business, Workhorse Group. That company had […]




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E-Commerce Mega-Warehouses, a Smog Source, Face New Pollution Rule

And the industry is surging. Last year, Inland Empire, a region close to the Los-Angeles-Long Beach port where retailers and manufactures offload billions of dollars in goods, added 23 million […]




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Lithium Mining Projects May Not Be Green Friendly

Atop a long-dormant volcano in northern Nevada, workers are preparing to start blasting and digging out a giant pit that will serve as the first new large-scale lithium mine in […]




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China Is Set to Rule Electric Car Production

ZHAOQING, China — Xpeng Motors, a Chinese electric car start-up, recently opened a large assembly plant in southeastern China and is building a matching factory nearby. It has announced plans […]




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Tesla’s Latest Solar Stumble: Big Price Increases

On an October evening five years ago, Elon Musk used a former set for “Desperate Housewives” to show off Tesla’s latest innovation: roof shingles that can generate electricity from the […]




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An E.V. Start-Up Backed by UPS Does Away With the Assembly Line

“This is about getting the best, optimal delivery vehicle for us,” Mr. Wake said.Globally, UPS operates a fleet of about 120,000 vehicles, and around 13,000 of them use alternatives to […]