N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

1. Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say

   More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.

2. U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky

   The United Automobile Workers union asked a federal labor regulator to conduct an election at a factory Ford jointly owns with a South Korean battery company.

3. E.V. Demand Leads Automakers to a Strong 2024 Finish

   General Motors was the biggest winner in U.S. sales in the final quarter, with a gain of 21 percent. It more than doubled its electric vehicle sales.

4. Turo Car Rental App Was Quietly Growing Before New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks

   Turo, which investigators say was used to acquire the vehicles involved in the attack in New Orleans and explosion in Las Vegas, was emerging as an alternative car-rental service.

5. Tesla Shares Slip After First Annual Sales Decline

   The electric-car company led by Elon Musk no longer has the market to itself. Investors are focusing on autonomous driving and other new technologies.

6. Osamu Suzuki, 94, Who Turned Automaker Into a Powerhouse, Dies

   He built Suzuki Motor into a Japanese global brand making small vehicles and motorcycles. Entering India’s market in the 1980s was one of his early successes.

7. Why Mergers of Carmakers Like Honda and Nissan Often Falter

   The Japanese companies are considering joining forces to survive in a rapidly changing auto industry, but auto history is filled with troubled and failed marriages.

8. Volkswagen Reaches Labor Deal, Avoiding Germany Plant Closures

   The automaker agreed to keep all 10 of its factories in Germany open and to guarantee workers’ jobs until the end of 2030.

9. Under Pressure, Hyundai Supplier Ends Alabama Prison Labor Contract

   The supplier fired dozens of prisoners after some of them said they felt they had no choice but to take those jobs.

10. New U.S. Vehicles Must Have Rear Seatbelt Alarms by Late 2027

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration changed an existing rule to expand and enhance seatbelt warning requirements.

11. Automakers Thrived in the Pandemic. Many Are Now Struggling.

    Changing technology, political turmoil and competition from China are cutting into profits and forcing carmakers to cut jobs and close factories.

12. GM to Shut Down Its Cruise Robotaxi Project

    The company said it would now focus its efforts on developing fully autonomous vehicles for personal use.

13. Chinese Carmakers Are Taking Mexico by Storm While Eyeing U.S.

    BYD and other manufacturers are importing cars from China and scouting factory sites in Mexico as part of a global expansion that, for now, excludes the United States.

14. G.M.’s Ailing China Business Will Deal It a $5 Billion Blow

    General Motors and other foreign automakers are selling fewer cars and losing lots of money in China, where domestic electric and hybrid cars have taken off.

15. Tesla’s Stock is Soaring Even as Its Car Sales Sag

    Sales of the company’s cars are flagging, but investors are focusing on the potential of autonomous driving and Mr. Musk’s ties to President-elect Donald J. Trump.