Electric models from the luxury car brand have been very successful, but they may struggle once a $7,500 federal tax credit ends next month.

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Electric models from the luxury car brand have been very successful, but they may struggle once a $7,500 federal tax credit ends next month.

A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.

Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is economic idiocy.

The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.

Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

Airlines and governments around the world have tightened restrictions on the devices after a series of accidents. The ban in China has caught some travelers off guard.

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.