Republican Bill to End E.V. Tax Credit Could Hurt G.M. and Ford
Sales of electric vehicles have been rising in recent years, partly because of a $7,500 tax credit from the federal government that helps lower the...
Tag : Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?
When Slate Auto, a start-up, unveiled a roughly $25,000 electric pickup truck last month, social media lit up with comments. Many people saw the no-frills...
Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm Made $198 Million Selling Stock as Profit Fell
In March, after a steep decline in Tesla’s share price, Elon Musk told employees, “Hang on to your stock.” The chair of Tesla’s board, Robyn...
Elon Musk’s Use of X Mimics Hearst’s and Ford’s Manipulation of Media
An entrepreneur who revolutionized the automobile business decides he now needs to change how the world thinks, so he buys a media property to use...
A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era
On a frigid day in early January, as she worked in her office in the Boston suburb of Billerica, Mass., Siyu Huang received a two-word...
Tesla Chair Denies That Board Sought to Replace Elon Musk
The chair of Tesla’s board of directors denied a report that the company had begun to look for a replacement for Elon Musk, the chief...
G.M. Withdraws Profit Forecast as Trump Tariffs Take a Toll
General Motors is abandoning a previous forecast for solid profit growth this year as a result of the uncertainty created by President Trump’s trade policies,...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories
President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to...
Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Elon Musk
For the last several months, Ken Harvey has been cultivating a budding side business for his Honda and Mazda dealerships in Northern California: selling used...
‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
The mischievous posters began appearing all over London in the past two months. On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them...