Volkswagen workers launched rolling two-hour strikes Monday at nine plants across Germany to underscore their resistance to pay cuts and factory closures the company says are necessary to cope with a slack European auto market.
UK set to miss out on billions in tax on gasoline after it pushed drivers to adopt electric cars, and wants to make up the shortfall.
Chinese electric vehicles threaten to undercut UK domestic manufacturing and pose national security risks, a think tank warned.
The conservative government of Giorgia Meloni in Italy has called on the EU to scrap its green agenda scheme to ban the sale of new combustion engine vehicles by 2035.
The Biden Energy Department on Thursday announced that they are doling out nearly $2 billion to save at-risk or shuttered plants if they convert to electric vehicles across swing states such as Michigan or Pennsylvania.
Drivers are apparently choosing to drive gas powered vehicles over electric ones amid President Joe Biden’s (D) push for Americans to go green on the road.
Ford Motor Company reported a whopping $132,000 loss on each electric vehicle sold during the first three months of the year, amassing a $1.3 billion loss.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers warned there absolutely will be a “bloodbath” in the auto industry if Joe Biden wins and continues his EV mandates.
Mercedes-Benz has backtracked on their plan to transition to selling only electric vehicles after 2030, with company officials saying that “market conditions” have not allowed that to happen.
A massive fire broke out at a French industrial site used for recycling hybrid and electric car batteries on Saturday.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) premier automaker, BYD, is reportedly planning to build a new factory in Mexico for the sole goal of flooding the United States market with cheap electric vehicles (EVs) while avoiding U.S. tariffs on China.
Driving an EV from the Arctic to the South Pole is like Charles Lindbergh paddling a canoe across the Atlantic.
The overwhelming majority of Americans said on Tuesday they are unlikely to consider buying an electric vehicle (EV). The poll comes as EVs strand drivers at their homes and off the sides of roads amid a winter freeze sweeping the United States.
In a blow to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, rental car company Hertz is selling off tens of thousands of electric vehicles (EVs), due to a lack of demand, to buy gas-powered cars.
China has reportedly become the world’s top exporter of cars, surpassing Japan and well ahead of the United States.
China’s premier automaker, BYD, financially backed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is now the world’s biggest seller of Electric Vehicles (EVs) — beating out United States-based Tesla for the crown.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are “piling up on dealer lots” as American consumers continue buying traditional gas-powered cars at faster rates, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Christmas road trips this weekend might be challenging for those who are driving an electric vehicle (EV) an extended distance for the first time.
General Motors’ (GM) “Factory Zero” plant was temporarily shut down after a fire broke out. The plant produces Electric Vehicles (EVs), which have a history of catching fire, though GM executives said “battery materials” were the cause.
In another setback for President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, Ford Motor Co. is cutting production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck in half as the auto industry grapples with a lack of demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs).
Car dealers across the United States are warning President Joe Biden that his “unrealistic” green energy agenda must be abandoned, mainly because Americans are not buying Electric Vehicles (EVs) as the administration expected.
A Tesla-owning couple in Edinburgh, Scotland, were left speechless when they received a colossal repair bill of $20,698 from Elon Musk’s car company to fix their EV’s battery. Tesla blamed “rainwater ingress” for turning the electric car into an pile of junk.
Tesla, General Motors, and Ford have reportedly all hit the brakes on electric vehicle (EV) production, citing concerns of economic uncertainties fears of a slowdown in EV demand.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm embarked on a four-day road trip in an electric vehicle this summer and faced a few issues, including trouble locating chargers, long downtimes as batteries slowly refilled, and even having the police called on her.
Major car show was opened by the German Chancellor, but his boosterism was upstaged by eco-extremists accusing “greenwashing”.
Bad news for Germany’s left-green coalition: research finds clear majority would rather the state just got on with fixing potholes.
Ford’s CEO apparently got complaints from electric vehicle (EV) owners during his recent cross-country road trip.
Ford Motor Company projects it will lose a staggering $4.5 billion on electric vehicles (EVs) in 2023, up from its previously predicted loss of $3 billion earlier this year.
In a recent critique, television star and car enthusiast Jeremy Clarkson has voiced serious concerns about the safety of electric vehicles, calling them “bloody dangerous.” His concern goes beyond cars to other devices powered by batteries, like electric bikes. Clarkson writes, “People have died, and that’s not surprising when you learn that a fully charged e-bike contains the same explosive energy as six hand grenades.”
RJ Scaringe, the CEO of Rivian, an electric truck company notable for recalls and its vehicles’ trouble handling snow, recently shared his insights on the future of the automotive industry, comparing the purchase of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to “building a horse barn in 1910.”
A former Tesla employee has released a video showing a Tesla vehicle in Full Self-Driving (FSD) Mode running a red light. The incident has raised serious concerns about the safety of Elon Musk’s self-driving technology.
A cargo ship packed with nearly 3,000 cars was still ablaze Thursday close to a world-renowned bird habitat off the Dutch coast.
Electric vehicle (EV) drivers should pay more in insurance to cover the cost of fighting battery fires, which are harder to extinguish, says Greg Smith, a Member of the UK Parliament who serves on the Transport Committee.
India’s Tata Sons plans to build a 4-billion-pound ($5.2 billion) electric car battery factory in the U.K., one of Europe’s largest.
A Tesla Model Y, valued at almost $60,000, spontaneously burst into flames on a residential street in Ilford, North London, sparking concerns about the safety of Elon Musk’s electric vehicles.
Unsold electric cars are piling up on dealer lots as the auto industry cranks out more electric vehicles (EVs) than there are buyers in an attempt to compete with Tesla. Luxury brands in particular are struggling with high inventories of EVs that no one wants to buy.
Chinese electric carmaker BYD announced on Tuesday that it will invest $620 million to build a new electric vehicle industrial complex in Brazil, a dramatic expansion of its operations in Latin America.
British actor and automotive enthusiast has expressed buyer’s remorse amid the left’s relentless push for electric vehicles, revealing in a new essay that as an early adopter, he feels “a little duped.”
In a surprising shift from traditional automotive rivalries, Ford CEO Jim Farley has identified Chinese car companies as the primary competitors in the electric vehicle (EV) market, sidelining the likes of General Motors and Toyota. Farley made no mention of Tesla, the current market leader.
Support for Germany’s ruling green party has reportedly collapsed amid ongoing nuclear and home heating scandals plaguing the country.
