Electric Vehicles

Energy and Environment

Electric cars vs. big ethanol

John Siciliano · January 4, 2019 5:01 am

Beltway Confidential

No, cheap gas isn’t suddenly bad because Trump tweeted about it

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 3, 2019 4:25 pm

This April 25, 2016 photo shows an electric Fiat is plugged into a charging station in a parking lot in Los Angeles.

Beltway Confidential

For the wrong reasons, Trump wisely targets automaker subsidies

Thomas Aiello · December 18, 2018 10:02 pm

The effort was announced at the closing of the Energy Department's first-ever Sustainable Transportation Summit and a report from the Environmental Protection Agency that reaffirmed regulations to drive more electric cars into the market, despite falling sales of the vehicles due to low gasoline prices. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Beltway Confidential

Bah humbug: Congress should take electric cars off their Christmas list

Ryan Ellis · December 18, 2018 1:30 pm

This Nov. 4, 2016, photo, shows a Chevrolet Bolt EV during a tour of the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich.

Energy and Environment

Trump blasts General Motors for move toward electric vehicles

Steven Nelson · December 13, 2018 7:37 pm

In this Sunday, July 8, 2018, photograph, 2018 Model 3 sedans charge while on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo.

Trump administration will ‘seriously consider’ ending electric vehicle tax credit

Colin Wilhelm · December 4, 2018 8:49 pm

Electric-car tax credits are popular — and Congress can’t decide whether to expand or abolish them

Diana Stancy Correll · December 4, 2018 5:00 am

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Larry Kudlow pledges to end subsidies for electric vehicles

Josh Siegel · December 3, 2018 9:30 pm

Mari Keels transfers a front end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze during assembly at Jamestown Industries.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s GM threats put electric vehicles at risk

Josh Siegel · December 1, 2018 5:00 am

Partial view of a Chevy Volt electric vehicle on display during a National Plug In Day event.

Don’t extend the electric vehicle tax break; end it

Peter Roff · November 29, 2018 5:00 am

In this 2016 file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Electric car maker Tesla said on Monday, July 3, 2017, that its Model 3 car will go on sale on Friday.

Lame-duck Congress must avoid extending the electric vehicle tax credit

Ross Marchand · November 26, 2018 5:00 am

FILE- In this June 14, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and founder of the Boring Company Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Musk says he's in talks with the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund about taking the electric car and solar panel maker private, but no deal has been finalized. Musk says in a blog posted Monday, Aug. 13, that most of the funding would be in stock rather than debt.

Elon Musk hands Tesla chairmanship to board colleague after SEC deal

James Langford · November 8, 2018 9:40 pm