The authorities in Wuhan, the site of one of the world’s largest experiments in self-driving cars, cited a “system failure” after widespread reports on Tuesday evening.

Higher oil prices and limited supply will accelerate a turn toward cleaner technologies, especially in Asia and Europe.

Readers discuss the effects of billionaires on U.S. society and politics. Also: Electric cars; President Trump’s personal ICE; an invitation to teenagers.

We now have cost-competitive alternatives to fossil fuels. What we don’t seem to have is a sense that we’re all in this together.

Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off.

The country found a home in the Middle East for its investments and growing markets for steel, electric vehicles and solar panels. Those are now at stake.

General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.

It feels as if our political institutions have abandoned the climate, but the clean energy economy is still growing.

American manufacturing prowess won’t be restored without bringing new technologies to the factory floor.

Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.

A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States in developing clean energy technology, self-driving cars and other innovations.

If we are going to be competitive with China, we have to get our economic house in order.

The world’s biggest automaker has navigated the industry’s turbulent E.V. transition, but is looking to new leadership to manage intensifying geopolitical challenges.

Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.

U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.

Is a Chinese century now dawning?

China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power. Its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.