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Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?

“We’re weaning our entire society off of fossil and carbon-intensive fuels — we can’t underestimate the scale of that challenge,” said Gavin Harper, a...

China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge

China is poised to take advantage of the global urgency to tackle climate change. It is the world’s dominant manufacturer and user of solar...

A Smartphone That Lasts a Decade? Yes, It’s Possible.

What would a smartphone look like if it could last for 10 years?It’s a question that most of us have not had the luxury...

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...

Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From Labs to Mass Production

SAN JOSE, Calif. — For years, scientists in laboratories from Silicon Valley to Boston have been searching for an elusive potion of chemicals, minerals...

The Tesla Effect: Snowmobiles, Boats and Mowers Go Electric

STOWE, Vt. — Snowmobiles are part of the winter soundtrack in this part of Vermont, at their worst shattering the stillness of the forest...

European Green Energy Firms Often Fall Short on Financing

LONDON — When Jakob Bitner was 7, he left Russia for Germany with his parents and sister. Twenty-eight years later, he is set on...

Frustrated With Utilities, Some Californians Are Leaving the Grid

The appeal of off-grid homes has grown in part because utilities have become less reliable. As natural disasters linked to climate change have increased,...

Carmakers Race to Control Next-Generation Battery Technology

WOBURN, Mass. — Already far behind Asian manufacturers in building electric car batteries, U.S. automakers and their suppliers are racing to develop a new...

Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars

Sales of cars powered solely by batteries surged in the United States, Europe and China last year, while deliveries of fossil fuel vehicles were...

Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars

For much of last year, established automakers like General Motors and Ford Motor operated in a different reality from Tesla, the electric car company.G.M....

Battling for Bolivia’s Lithium That’s Vital to Electric Cars

“The amount of lithium we need in any of our climate goals is incredible,” said Anna Shpitsberg, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state...

GM’s EV Efforts Reportedly Include a Bigger Michigan Presence

General Motors intends to spend several billion dollars to set up production of batteries and electric pickup trucks at two locations in Michigan, giving...

What to Know About the Frantic Quest for Cobalt

The clean energy revolution is replacing oil and gas with a new global force: the minerals and metals needed in electric car batteries, solar...

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