Automobiles
Jeremy Renner Was Run Over by 7-Ton Snow Plow, Authorities Say
The actor Jeremy Renner, who was critically injured on Sunday, was run over by a snow plow weighing more than 14,000 pounds that he had used to tow his car on a snowed-in private road near his home in Reno, Nev., the authorities said on Tuesday. Mr. Renner, 51, had been helping a family member […]
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Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining Takes on New Urgency as Trial Run Winds Down
“The seafloor plume is hugging the seafloor,” he said. Still, the company’s own consultants acknowledged it was too early to draw any conclusions. “There is really a lot of data to analyze before you can make an assessment of environmental impacts,” Thomas L. Johnson of DHI Group, hired by the Metals Company to study the […]
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California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars
California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. The new policy, detailed Wednesday morning in a news conference, is […]
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U.S. Gas Prices Fall Below $4 a Gallon, AAA Says
Gas prices in the United States fell below $4 a gallon on Thursday, retreating to their lowest level since March, a sign of relief for Americans struggling with historically high inflation and a political boost for President Biden, who has been under pressure to do more to bring down prices. The national average cost of […]
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Plug-In Hybrid Cars Gain Ground in Race With Electric Rivals
In late 2010, General Motors sought to seize the high ground from Toyota’s successful Prius hybrid with the Volt plug-in hybrid — a car that could drive short distances on only electricity and fire up a gasoline engine for long trips. But the Volt and other cars like it struggled to win over drivers as […]
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United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption
DETROIT — For the United Auto Workers, the last five years have been one of the most troubling chapters in the union’s storied history. A federal investigation found widespread corruption, with a dozen senior officials, including two former presidents, convicted of embezzling more than $1 million in union funds for luxury travel and other lavish […]
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Climate Bill ‘Transformative’ for Auto and Energy Industries
Making electric cars more affordable. For the auto industry, one of the most important provisions in the climate bill would eliminate a cap on how many cars from each manufacturer are eligible for a $7,500 tax credit that taxpayers get for buying electric vehicles. Currently, the credits are phased out after a manufacturer has sold […]
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Energy Department will lend G.M. and LG $2.5 billion to build battery factories.
The U.S. Energy Department said Monday that it would lend $2.5 billion to a battery maker owned by General Motors and LG Energy Solution to build battery factories, advancing the Biden administration’s plan to promote electric vehicles and reduce dependence on China for critical components. G.M. and LG Energy, a South Korean battery maker, are […]
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Electric Car Sales Climb Sharply Despite Shortages
Americans are buying electric vehicles at a record pace, undeterred by rising prices and long waits for delivery, a further indication that the twilight of the internal combustion engine is on the horizon. Vehicles that run on batteries accounted for 5.6 percent of new-car sales from April through June, still a small slice of the […]
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