The Untold Challenge of Electric Vehicles: What Happens to the Batteries?

The rapid electrification of the global automotive industry has made electric vehicles (EVs) a central piece of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the shift to EVs brings the promise of ... Read More

After Nevada lithium deal, GM eyes other sources for EV minerals supply

General Motors is eyeing further North American investments in lithium and other critical minerals used to build electric vehicles after boosting its investment in a Nevada mine to nearly $1-billion ... Read More

Driving on the darkside? How electric cars fuel human rights abuses

Electric car makers risk supply chains which expose workers and local communities to exploitation, health risks and environmental harm as mines needed for the battery metals expand ... Read More

Electric Vehicles May Be Struggling. G.M.’s Leader Is Still a Believer.

Mary Barra, G.M.’s chief executive, said that the company had fixed battery-manufacturing problems and that its electric vehicles would soon be profitable. Read More

Digging for green solutions

MINING MOMENTUM — Critical minerals are getting a fresh look in ... supply chains for the raw materials needed to power electric cars and other clean energy technologies of the future. Read More

GM's CEO on electric vehicles: "This is one of the most exciting times in our industry"

has to make the car better in some way that our customers are going to respond to." Most Americans have so far been reluctant to make the switch and plug in. Last year, electric vehicles made up ... Read More

Should I Get a Hybrid or Go Full Electric?

Naomi Anderson-Subryan Supported by By Jack Ewing For many car buyers, hybrids seem like a great compromise between gasoline and electric vehicles ... groups are critical of hybrids, saying ... Read More

How China came to dominate the electric vehicle market, and what the U.S. can do to catch up

As of June, battery electric vehicles and plug ... was already well on its way to EV dominance. The country also offered an exemption from the 10% sales tax to defray car costs, which is slated ... Read More

Electric cars

To get the federal EV tax credit, you have to buy a new and eligible electric car. Here are the currently available eligible vehicles. Here’s what you need to know about the revised electric ... Read More

Best new electric cars: 17 EVs to look forward to in 2025 and beyond

The Independent's Electric Vehicles Channel is sponsored ... given it’s about to stop producing all of its cars, including the electric I-Pace, which was way ahead of the curve when it arrived ... Read More

Could electric car batteries outlast the vehicles themselves?

When making the switch to an electric vehicle (EV), many motorists worry about whether their car’s battery will ... s lifespan could even exceed that of vehicles themselves. Read More

Michigan union members blame Biden electric-vehicle mandates for auto-industry layoffs: ‘Want to slit our throats’

Stellantis, which manufactures Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles ... an all-electric pickup truck. “It’s the way that the government now wants to go,” Gordon said of the transition to ... Read More