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News Articles: EVs

Tesla Supercharging stations are seen in a parking lot on September 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Electric vehicles have significant environmental advantages over similar gas-powered vehicles, but the percentage of Americans who believe that has gone down slightly over the last two years.

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  • Business

EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it

Electric vehicles are caught up in the culture wars. Data from Ipsos shows the percentage of Americans who believe EVs are better for the environment than gas cars has dropped 5 points since 2022.

September 23, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Vladan Jakovljevic checks his beehives outside the village of Gornje Nedeljice, in the fertile Jadar Valley, in western Serbia, on Aug. 6.

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  • Europe

A lithium mine in Serbia could rev up Europe's e-vehicles, but opposition is fierce

A proposed lithium mine in Serbia is spurring protests over its potential impact on the environment. The mineral is in high demand because it’s crucial for the batteries that run electric vehicles.

August 23, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
A Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is displayed for sale at a Ford dealership on Aug. 21 in Glendale, Calif. Ford says it is upending its electric vehicle strategy for North American vehicles to focus on hybrids, citing consumers' demands for affordability and longer ranges.

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  • Business

Ford scraps all-electric SUV plan, saying drivers want hybrids

Ford will write down hundreds of millions of dollars because of the pivot. A key reason for the change, an analyst tells NPR, is that big batteries bring big costs.

August 21, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
China is aiming to become a global automotive powerhouse, particularly when it comes to electric vehicles. Here, cars wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Nanjing.

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  • Business

5 takeaways from Biden's tariff hikes on Chinese electric vehicles

The Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.

May 15, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, is owned by Chinese company CMOC, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Minerals like cobalt are important components of electric vehicle batteries, but mines that produce them can hurt the environment and people nearby.

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  • Business

Their batteries hurt the environment, but EVs still beat gas cars. Here's why

NPR listeners wrote to ask whether the environmental harm from building EVs "cancels out" the cars' climate benefits. Experts say the answer is clear.

May 09, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
BYD electric cars wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, China, on April 18. China has rapidly become a major auto exporter, but tariffs have kept cheap Chinese EVs out of the U.S. market — so far.

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  • Business

China makes cheap electric vehicles. Why can't American shoppers buy them?

American drivers want cheap EVs. Chinese automakers are building them. But you can't buy them in the U.S., thanks to tariffs in the name of U.S. jobs and national security. Two car shoppers weigh in.

May 06, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
With his son in one arm, Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves while visiting the Tesla Gigafactory in Germany in March.

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  • Business

Tesla profits have plummeted. Elon Musk remains all-in on robotaxis

Tesla's sales are down. It's slashing car prices and laying off staff. Yet CEO Elon Musk remains bullish on a future that's self-driving and battery-powered.

April 24, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Morning traffic fills the SR2 freeway in Los Angeles, California. The EPA released new rules for vehicle emissions that are expected to cut tailpipe pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, which are fueling climate change.

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  • Climate

In a boost for EVs, EPA finalizes strict new limits on tailpipe emissions

The Biden administration says it is imposing the "strongest-ever" tailpipe emission rules to protect public health and fight climate change.

March 20, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske and
  • Michael Copley
 Gov. Brian Kemp talks to reporters at the Capitol Tuesday morning. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

Governor affirms commitment to planned Rivian EV plant as legislators grow skeptical over delay

Gov. Brian Kemp reupped his commitment Tuesday to the economic development deal struck more than two years ago with electric vehicle start-up Rivian.

March 13, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
A man polishes an Atto 3 car from Chinese car maker BYD at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 4, 2023. The car has gained in popularity among Europeans.

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  • Business

Chinese electric carmakers are taking on Europeans on their own turf — and succeeding

Chinese automakers are winning over European consumers as part of a big push to enter markets abroad. Their success has sparked alarm among rival companies and lawmakers.

February 18, 2024
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  • H.J. Mai
Students of the first Clean Tech Infrastructure Academy cohort gather at the Goodwill to celebrate completing the program January 23, 2024. They each have on blue work jumpsuits and blue hats.

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Goodwill of North Georgia celebrates inaugural class of clean energy job training program

Georgia's electric vehicle industry continues to grow, and Goodwill of North Georgia is working to train people for clean energy jobs. The first cohort has officially completed the program.

January 24, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
EV charging station

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Atlanta Regional Commission gets $6.1M grant to install EV ports around metro

The Atlanta Regional Commission has received a $6.1 million grant from the federal Department of Transportation to install  up to 400 electric vehicle charging ports across the 20-county Atlanta region. 

January 12, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
A $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles will see substantial changes in 2024. It will be easier to get because it will be available as an instant rebate at dealerships, but fewer models are likely to qualify.

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  • Business

The $7,500 tax credit for electric cars will see big changes in 2024. What to know

The electric vehicle tax credit will be easier to get next year — but fewer models could qualify, as the government imposes stricter eligibility requirements.

December 28, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
This charging station in Grovetown, Ga., was overcrowded. An electric school bus that was driving on a statewide clean-energy road show needed one charger; another charger was broken.

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  • News

A Georgia car dealership is building electric chargers and solar panels in a new partnership

Georgia’s largest Ford dealership is partnering with an electric infrastructure energy company to build several new electric vehicle chargers and solar panels.

December 19, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is working hard to convince more Americans to embrace electric cars — and she knows this means the country's charging infrastructure needs to improve, fast.

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  • Business

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver).

September 11, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
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