N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

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NYT > Automobiles
  1. Ships carrying Chinese cars are using the Red Sea and Suez Canal even as other vessels still sail around Africa in fear of attacks by the Houthi militia.
  2. Ford, which once had a lead on other established automakers, said on Monday that it will use new materials and methods to lower the costs of electric vehicles.
  3. But automakers can’t absorb the cost forever and will soon begin to raise new car prices, analysts say.
  4. Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.
  5. President Trump and Republicans in Congress are eliminating federal incentives to buy electric vehicles, but carmakers need to keep selling and investing in them.
  6. Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
  7. Germany’s leading luxury automakers are sharply scaling back expectations for the rest of the year.
  8. The company estimated that duties on imported cars and car parts would cost it $2 billion this year.
  9. The German automaker said U.S. import duties erased about $1.5 billion from its profit in the first half of the year, and it lowered its forecasts for the full year.
  10. Subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else.
  11. President Trump’s 15 percent tariff on cars from Japan has angered U.S. automakers, which make cars in Canada and Mexico subject to 25 percent tariffs.
  12. As a longtime Washington Post reporter and an author of 10 books, he held corporate America accountable for safe pharmaceuticals and cars.
  13. Elon Musk has said robotaxis are the company’s future, but most revenue still comes from cars.
  14. The company, which owns Jeep, Peugeot, Fiat and other brands, said it might soon have to begin raising prices.
  15. The prices of used electric cars have fallen sharply in recent months, making them a more attractive option.