Q&A: Are Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles a Fire Hazard? August 24, 2021 By Heekyong Yang General Motors Co. has expanded the recall of its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to a risk of fire from...
GM, Ford Outdo Each Other With Electric Vehicle Investments June 17, 2021 DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will raise its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories...
‘Big Storage’ Is the Next Big Technology in the Climate Fight March 30, 2021 By Eric Roston If the last 10 years of happy developments in solar power, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles have taught us...
Fast Advances in Technology Adding to Friction Between Insurers and Repairers March 18, 2021 By Jim Sams Waseem Tarabishi insists that employees at his San Diego-area collision repair shop take the online classes they need to maintain...
Goodbye Gas: Volvo to Make Only Electric Vehicles by 2030 March 3, 2021 By Matt Ott Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But if you want one, you’ll have to buy it...
To Go Electric, America Needs More Mines. Can it Build Them? March 2, 2021 By Ernest Scheyder Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously...
SK Innovation Loses U.S. Battery Trade Case but Gets Temporary OK to Sell to Ford, VW February 11, 2021 By David Shepardson and Heekyong Yang WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday sided with South Korea’s chemicals and electric vehicle (EV) battery...
Fighting Climate Change in America Means Changes to America February 1, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Climate isn’t the only thing changing. What comes next in the nation’s struggle to combat global warming will probably transform...
Safety Board: More Guidance Needed to Protect Firefighters From Electric Vehicle Fires January 14, 2021 By Jim Sams Electric vehicle manufacturers should provide more specific information to first responders and tow truck drivers on how to cope with...
East Africa’s Electric Motorbikes Are Fueling a Carbon-Free Future December 22, 2020 By Todd Gillespie When Rwanda’s president said last August that he wanted all of the country’s motorbikes to be electric as soon as...