The Pied Piper study looked at how well automakers and dealers do at promoting electric vehicles and at handling customers interested in them.

The automaker intends 70% of its sales in Europe and over 40% in the U.S. to be low-emission vehicles by 2030. All 14 brands in the Stellantis portfolio are in line to offer fully electrified solutions with ranges of 300 to 500 miles.

Under an agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources, lithium will be sourced in part from California from a more environmentally friendly process than traditional lithium production.

Volvo’s road map for technology development for the next 10 years already is marked by its partnerships with technology and automotive players including Google, Luminar, Northvolt and NVIDIA working with its in-house software company, Zenseact.

Automakers have been waiting in the wings while tech companies develop potential electric vehicle batteries. Now they’re placing their bets on which will emerge as the battery of the future, with three serious contenders.

“Different options make the most sense” when it comes to alternative propulsion systems, says Toyota’s chief scientist.

Honda executive Dave Gardner notes the automaker has a long history of experimenting with electrified vehicles and bringing them to market in the U.S., beginning with the EV Plus electric vehicle in 1997. Its new volume BEV, the Prologue, launches...

Despite a public image that often disparages dealers, the traditional franchise model will trump the direct-to-consumer model. The direct model has worked well in other industries. But we’re talking cars here, not laptops or tablets that can be...

The New York State Automobile Dealers Assn. opposes allowing start-up EV OEMs to conduct direct-to-consumer sales, as Lucid Motors hopes to do.

No automaker can hang back and let their competitors take the early risks without potentially falling behind in developing EVs and autonomy, says analyst Mark Wakefield of AlixPartners.