Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus. But here is Bus No. 50, with a cartoon horse decal on its side, quietly traversing about 40 miles of snowy and icy roads each
Photo: The VinFast VF8 is coming to the U.S. in early 2023, company officials say, along with the VF9. Photo taken Nov. 17, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. (Photo by Emeril Gordon/Cronkite News) America is about to get another electric car brand, one that’s gone from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the scorching
The United States is leveraging the public and private sectors to make a critical multi-billion dollar investment in electric vehicles. But the push to cut back carbon emissions by putting more EVs on the road is being hampered by little-known companies called patent trolls that are relentlessly working to extort money from tech companies through
American taxpayers subsidize electric vehicles (EVs). American politicians hold press conferences promoting electric cars, too. But the one thing almost nobody in the U.S. is prepared to do? Actually drive them. Of the more than 276 million vehicles registered in the United States, fewer than 1.5 million are plug-in electric vehicles and another 5.4 million are hybrid electric. That’s less than
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future. Everyone will want one because they’re emission-free, ecologically responsible, and more affordable every year. That’s why GM, Volvo, and other manufacturers will soon be making only EVs. Or so we’re told. Some people’s driving habits and incomes certainly make buying an EV an easy choice. But why do the
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