Nov 15 What’s in the infrastructure plan? By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden signed into law Monday has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more. Continue reading
Nov 11 Biden bill includes boost for union-made electric vehicles By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union employees the inside track when it comes to winning the burgeoning electric vehicle market. Continue reading
Oct 25 NTSB chair wants Tesla to limit where Autopilot can operate By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention. Continue reading
Oct 21 Driver was behind wheel at time of Tesla crash in Texas, NTSB says By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board announced the findings in an investigative report update released Thursday on the April 17 crash on a residential road in Spring, Texas. Continue reading
Sep 28 Ford to build three electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant By Tom Krisher, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press The factories, to be built on sites in Kentucky and Tennessee, will make batteries for the next generation of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles that will be produced in North America. Continue reading
Sep 01 U.S. asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The U.S. government's highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla's Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways. Continue reading
Aug 16 U.S. opens formal probe into Tesla Autopilot system By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The investigation covers 765,000 vehicles, almost everything that Tesla has sold in the U.S. since the start of the 2014 model year. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 9:10 Why the White House is pushing for more electric vehicles on the road Gasoline-powered vehicles are the biggest source of emissions from the U.S., accounting for more than a quarter of emissions. But Thursday, President Biden laid out new rules, agreements and timelines to try to cut that percentage down significantly. Fred Krupp,… Continue watching
Aug 04 The race for electric vehicle parts leads to risky deep-ocean mining By Tatiana Schlossberg, Yale Environment 360 The electric vehicle boom is driving a surge in demand for prized metals needed for batteries and other components. Some companies say the solution lies in mining the deep oceans, but scientists say that could irreversibly damage a vast, largely… Continue reading
Jun 28 Honda changing course, will build its own electric vehicles By Associated Press Company officials say they're developing their own EV architecture, and after two GM-made EVs go on sale in 2024, Honda will start building its own. Continue reading