honda
Image by Hermann Traub from Pixabay
Hybrid cars enjoy a renaissance as all-electric sales slow
Automakers like Ford, Kia and Toyota are offering more hybrid options to appeal to buyers who aren’t ready for fully electric vehicles.
commons.wikimedia.org
Clean energy projects surge after climate bill passage
Investments in battery factories, solar panel manufacturing and mining will help the Biden administration meet targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
Honda and LG will jointly build a U.S. battery plant
The announcement comes as the auto industry ramps up its efforts to switch to electric vehicles.
Newsletter
Electric car sales climb sharply despite shortages
A scarcity of semiconductors and raw materials held back production, but buyers remain enthusiastic.
apnews.com
Honda changing course, will build its own electric vehicles
Although General Motors will build Honda's first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.
www.nytimes.com
Why Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric cars
The country’s stance would seem to put it on the wrong side of market trends. But with its huge investment in gasoline-electric hybrids, it has big reasons to proceed slowly.
Newsletter
www.nytimes.com
G.M. accelerates its ambitions for electric vehicles
General Motors says it will increase its investment and model offerings over the next five years “to expedite the transition to E.V.s.”
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE