SHANGHAI — The business of making cars has reached a critical juncture — and it looks as if China is in the driver’s seat.General Motors’ surprise announcement on Thursday that […]
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Back to news homeG.M. Announcement Shakes Up U.S. Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars
And China’s decision late last year to require that most vehicles sold there be electric by 2035 is also critical because G.M. sells more cars in that country through its […]
G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035
G.M.’s move appears to follow a pattern by Ms. Barra of responding quickly to changes in the White House. It was Ms. Barra who, in the early days of the […]
British Auto Industry Risks Slow Decline After Brexit
“Therein lies a flashing yellow light,” Mr. Palmer said. “If they’re not tooling up the next-generation E.V. in Sunderland, and everything is going electric, that’s a concern.”Britain was once one […]
Is Rivian the Next Tesla? Investors Bet Big on Electric Truck Maker
Another big trend reshaping the auto industry is autonomous cars. On Tuesday, Cruise, a unit of G.M. that is working in that area, announced it had raised $2 billion from […]
Tesla Might Finally Have Some Competition. From Ford.
The Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID.4, which is due in dealerships in March, go about 250 miles on a full charge — about the same as the cheapest version […]
German Automakers Are Charged Up and Ready to Take on Tesla
Next year, Mercedes, a division of Daimler, will introduce the EQS, a battery-powered counterpart to the company’s top-of-the-line S-Class. The EQS, which will cost more than $100,000, will be the […]
The Gospel of Hydrogen Power
Bringing hydrogen vehicles into wide use on the East Coast strained even Mr. Strizki’s talent for invention. On the West Coast, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former California governor, who owned a […]
For Companies Like Workhorse, A Race to Be the Tesla of Delivery Vehicles
A fleet operator might spend about $300,000 to own and operate a diesel truck over 20 years, but the cost of owning an electric truck may be less than half […]
Tesla, Profitable at Last, Bulls Its Way Into the S&P 500
The stock market has never seen anything quite like Tesla.Led by the mercurial celebrity billionaire Elon Musk, the electric-car maker’s shares have soared roughly 14,000 percent since it went public […]