Hertz to buy 100K Tesla Model 3 cars in push for EV rentals
The car rental service is spending billions on Tesla's Model 3 vehicles, just months after leaving bankruptcy.
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Ford to add 11,000 jobs making electric vehicles and batteries
Automaker will build four factories in Kentucky and Tennessee, marking the company's biggest manufacturing investment.
New York bans sale of all gas-powered cars by 2035
The new law follows a similar one passed in California last year.
GM recalls all Chevy Bolts due to fire risk
The latest recall will cost the company about $1 billion, bringing the total cost of the Bolt battery recalls to $1.8 billion.
Elon Musk's "mission to change the world"
A new book explores how Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla has changed the automotive industry. Tim Higgins, author of "Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of a Century," joined CBSN to discuss how Tesla combined a vision of Silicon Valley with the "harsh reality of Detroit."
Want an electric car? Here's how much you'll have to pay
Once unable to compete with conventional autos, electric vehicles are now increasingly affordable.
Biden sets new vehicle emissions goals for 2030
On Thursday, President Biden signed an executive order that aims to shift new car manufacturing toward electric and other zero-emissions engines. CBS News senior White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has a look at the executive order, and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason discusses how the administration will incentivize car makers to make the shift.
California's electric-car goal raises concerns
California is already home to the nation's largest fleet of electric vehicles, and it's signaled its intention to put more of those cars on the road with a goal to go all-electric by 2035. A Los Angeles Times series called "The United States of California" digs deeper into the potential environmental risks. National reporter Evan Halper joined CBSN to discuss.
Why is it so hard to find chargers for electric cars?
The Biden Administration is increasing its efforts to expand the nation's green economy, starting with electric vehicles. CBS News climate and energy reporter Cara Korte spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about why current utility restrictions could hamper the President Joe Biden's efforts to add 500,000 charging stations nationwide.
Electricity regulation might slow EV infrastructure
The days of driving a few blocks for cheaper fuel could rapidly be coming to an end. That might leave some areas without places for EVs to charge up.
Formula-E pushes boundaries on electric cars
At the Formula-E race set to take place in New York this weekend, all-electric cars will be competing at speeds of up to 174 miles an hour. Errol Barnett visited the racetrack and got an inside look at the technology likely shaping the future of electric cars.
Lordstown Motors says it may go out of business
Electric vehicle maker warned it doesn't have enough money to start commercial production of its pickup truck.
Ford F-150 pickup truck goes electric
Ford's F-150 is the best-selling pickup truck in the world. Now the company has revealed an electric model. CBS transportation correspondent Errol Barnett went for a ride.
Electric planes: A new revolution in the air
Of all the major industries that spew out planet-warming greenhouse gasses, one stands out as unfixable - so far. Fossil fuel power plants can be replaced with wind and solar power. One can switch to electric cars. But as Mark Phillips reports from the British Aviation History Museum for the "CBS This Morning" series Eye on Earth, the one thing aircraft have had in common down through the ages is aviation fuel. A commercially viable electric airplane cannot yet be made, aviation fuel is too powerful to replace with batteries.
Experts: Biden's tough China stance damaging
President Joe Biden touted his electric vehicle and infrastructure plans Tuesday during remarks at a Ford facility in Michigan, where he told reporters China was currently ahead in the race for green technology. CBS News climate and energy reporter Cara Korte joined CBSN to discuss why policy experts say America is far behind and should focus instead on working with other countries.
Biden talks jobs and energy at Ford plant
President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, declaring "the future of the auto industry is electric." Mr. Biden is pushing for alternative forms of energy and transportation in his American Jobs Plan. Watch his remarks and read more here.
Biden drives electric vehicle and touts it as the "future"
President Biden is visiting a Ford plant in Detroit on Tuesday.
Electric vehicles could soon cost less than gas-powered vehicles
If ever there was a time to want to be driving an electric car, it may have been last week — after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack forced the company to take some of its systems offline.
Electric cars test safe in crash tests
The extra weight of heavy electric car batteries may help keep drivers and passengers safer, too.
CBS News: Eye On Earth Polling
The first installments of our polling examining climate change and the solutions that could help solve it.
Inside Factory Zero, where GM is betting big on electric vehicles
Batteries, which make up about 70% of an electric vehicle's cost, are now getting cheaper and helping lower the cost.
The Label, Double Crossed, Made in China
Did the FDA ignite the opioid epidemic? Then, should a former terrorist be allowed into witness protection? And, China's drive to dominate the electric car industry
You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin, Elon Musk says
After Musk's announcement, the price of a single Bitcoin rose to over $56,000.
Biden's plan to revive U.S. manufacturing
One way the Biden administration says it's planning to help the nation's economy during the pandemic is by investing billions of dollars to revive U.S. manufacturing. Noam Scheiber, labor and workplace reporter for The New York Times, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with a breakdown of the proposal as well as bipartisan concerns over China's industrial ambitions.
GM drops out of air pollution lawsuit against California
Automaker had sided with the Trump administration in a bid to block California from setting clean-air standards.
Hurricane Isaias threatens Gulf Coast with rain, flooding. See its path.
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Feds investigate if accused Chinese agent had help in the U.S.
Nicolas Maduro, wife face torture charge in new U.S. indictment
Curtis Flowers, Mississippi man tried for same killings 6 times, dies at 56
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