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Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio
In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material opens in Fairfield, Ohio. The resulting metals will be used in new batteries and other clean energy markets. ...
Volvo becomes latest carmaker to scale back electric ambitions, eases goal to at least 90% by 2030
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Sweden-based Volvo Cars has eased off on its pledge to stop selling cars with internal combustion motors by 2030, saying slow rollout of places to charge up and withdrawal of purchase incentives will leave room for a few cars that still need fossil fuels. ...
Workers at General Motors joint venture battery plant in Tennessee unionize and will get pay raise
DETROIT (AP) — About 1,000 workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will get big pay raises now that they have joined the United Auto Workers union. GM and LG Energy Solution of Korea, which jointly run the plant, agreed to...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 30 The Washington Post says as EV sales stall, focus on hybrids The recent announcement by Ford Motor Co. that it was abandoning plans to roll out a large electric...
Hyundai unveils 2025 electric SUVs aiming for broader appeal with improved range, charging options
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Despite slowing U.S. electric vehicle sales, Hyundai on Tuesday rolled out the 2025 versions of its Ioniq 5 electric SUV with improved battery range and charging aimed at broadening the appeal of vehicles to be built at a massive new Georgia factory. The South...
Sports boats set out on a voyage to electrify the waters in the same way Tesla electrified the roads
AFLOAT THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER (AP) — Grant Jeide looked like another dude riding the rollicking waves left in the wake of a 23-foot (7-meter) boat ripping through the water at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour on a river in Northern California's Delta earlier this summer. But Jeide...
Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply. But neither has provided...
Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday as the latter wound up a three-day visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan, on...
Jaguar tells owners of older I-Pace electric SUVs to park them outdoors due to battery fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — Jaguar is telling owners of about 3,000 electric SUVs to park them outdoors and away from structures due to the risk of battery fires. The British automaker is recalling I-Pace SUVs from the 2019 model year, but has not yet developed a final remedy. As...
GM delays Indiana electric vehicle battery factory but finalizes joint venture deal with Samsung
DETROIT (AP) — Production at an electric vehicle battery cell plant jointly run by General Motors and Samsung SDI has been delayed as EV sales have slowed in the U.S. The companies finalized their agreement Tuesday to jointly run the new factory in New Carlisle, Indiana, near South...
