1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (578+ words) We can thank China that gasoline prices aren't higher than they are. By last month, China had cut imports of oil by 3 million barrels a day, the daily consumption of Italy and France combined. China's economy, meanwhile, hums along. Americans…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (414+ words) Passenger car exports jumped 82. 4% year-on-year last month to around 748, 000 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, up from the 586, 000 vehicles exported in February. Exports of new energy passenger vehicles " including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids " surged more…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (557+ words) ST. NICHOLAS " A multi-year project to prepare land and install solar panels in rural part of the central Upper Peninsula is complete and now online, supplying a large amount of power to the electric grid. The Renegade Solar Energy Center…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (497+ words) In Africa, Cape Town-based Zero Carbon Charge, or Charge, is pioneering this technology. It follows global models such as Watt EV in California and Milence, a joint venture between Germany's Daimler Truck and Volvo, which have built solar-powered truck charging…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1372+ words) Michigan's roughly 122, 000 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle owners are in for some sticker shock the next time they renew their plates. Their annual vehicle registration fees have skyrocketed to the nation's highest in 2026, the result of a road funding package…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (800+ words) The S&P 500 climbed 0. 6% and topped its prior all-time high set earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 237 points, or 0. 5%, and likewise set a record, while the Nasdaq composite led the market with a 0. 8% gain. The moves…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (586+ words) Tesla said that it delivered 1. 64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a year earlier. Chinese rival BYD, which sold 2. 26 million vehicles last year, is now the biggest EV maker. For the fourth quarter, Tesla sales totaled 418, 227, falling short of even the…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (544+ words) The Detroit automaker, which has poured billions of dollars into electrification along with most of its industry peers, said it will no longer make the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, instead opting for an extended range version of the vehicle. Ford…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (259+ words) In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity," the company said in a statement, while maintaining it remains committed to our U. S. manufacturing footprint." GM added that Ultium Cells is also…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (860+ words) A gas-powered State of Michigan Jeep sits before a new solar-powered electric-vehicle charging station being set up behind the Secretary of State office in Escanaba. Though the local office does not yet have EVs, the plan is to gradually transition…...