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NYT Editorial

Plug In Partners

Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. I dunno if it’s the biggest surprise, but the most pleasing news of 2022 was the way the irrepressible die-hards in what remains of the Aussie auto industry leapt on the opportunity EV presents. It just has to be BYD.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

One need look no further for evidence than the list of the world’s richest people, which is topped (by a very wide margin, at press date) by an EV magnate. half a world away, the Chinese island of Hainan announced it would ban sales of fossil fuel-powered vehicles a full five years earlier, by 2030.