Sustainability index drops Tesla, prompting insult from Elon Musk
Elon Musk called a prominent index of socially responsible companies a “scam” Wednesday after it dropped Tesla because of the way the carmaker handled accusations...
Electric snowmobiles, boats and mowers gaining on competition
Although electric cars get most of the attention, electric lawn mowers, boats, bicycles, scooters and all-terrain vehicles are proliferating.
Germany’s military industry gears up to restock its own forces VIEW
Galvanized by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to spend $105 billion to modernize the force, nearly tripling military spending from...
Carmakers race to control next-generation battery technology
Already far behind Asian manufacturers in building electric car batteries, U.S. automakers are racing to develop a new generation of batteries.
What’s at stake for global economy with Russian invasion of Ukraine VIEW
The global economy, battered by the pandemic, supply chain chokeholds and leaps in prices, is poised to be sent on yet another unpredictable course by...
Why Tesla soared as other automakers struggled to make cars
Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, have said little about how the carmaker ran circles around the rest of the auto industry. It's becoming clear...
How car shortages are putting the world’s economy at risk VIEW
The auto industry accounts for about 3% of global economic output, and in carmaking states like Michigan, the percentage is much higher. Because so many...
Days may be numbered for the world’s oldest bank
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank, has acquired another distinction: Europe’s weakest lender. After performing poorly in a stress test, the...
What if highways were electric? Germany is testing the idea. VIEW
There are two main options in the push to make the trucking industry free of emissions: batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. Here's another way that...
Hydrogen is abundant and clean-burning, but expensive. Cracking that puzzle could help solve climate change. VIEW
There's an $80 billion boom in large-scale projects to produce or transport hydrogen, with proponents hoping it could power trains, trucks or even planes, and...