N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

1. Used E.V. Sales Take Off as Prices Plummet

   Electric vehicles on the used market often cost less than comparable gasoline models, making the technology affordable to many more buyers.

2. Tesla Board Chair Defend’s Elon Musk’s Humongous Pay Proposal

   Robyn Denholm, normally media shy, is campaigning to get shareholders to back the chief executive’s trillion-dollar compensation package.

3. Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Package

   Tesla’s board unveiled a compensation package for the chief executive that could be worth $900 billion if he meets ambitious targets.

4. Porsche Is No Longer a Blue-Chip Company in Germany

   The carmaker will soon be delisted from the leading DAX stock index three years after its blockbuster debut, amid losses in China and the threat of U.S. tariffs.

5. Why China Is Trying to Tame Its Electric Car Frenzy

   Beijing has run out of patience with companies slashing prices, and is urging restraint. But fierce competition is also producing a surge of innovation.

6. Can Cadillac Keep Selling E.V.s as Trump Repeals Climate Policies?

   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.

7. Europe Gets a Written Trump Trade Deal, With a Caveat for Automakers

   Under the newly fleshed-out details, Washington will maintain high tariffs on vehicles imported from the bloc until the E.U. takes steps to lower its levies on many American products.

8. China’s Automakers Are Taking a Shortcut to European Markets

   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.

9. Why Can’t the U.S. Build 5-Minute E.V. Chargers?

   Chinese automakers have rolled out chargers that can mostly recharge a car’s battery in about five minutes. Yet U.S. technology lags far behind.

10. Ford Rejigs E.V. Plans After Suffering Billions in Losses

    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.

11. Car Companies Are Paying Tariffs So You Don’t Have To

    But automakers can’t absorb the cost forever and will soon begin to raise new car prices, analysts say.

12. Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles

    President Trump and Republicans in Congress are eliminating federal incentives to buy electric vehicles, but carmakers need to keep selling and investing in them.

13. John Penton, ‘Godfather’ of Off-Road Racing, Dies at 100

    He set a transcontinental motorcycling speed record, and then helped to revolutionize off-road riding with his own brand of nimble bikes.

14. Elon Musk Buys $1 Billion in Tesla Stock as Board Defends His Pay

    Tesla’s chief executive bought the stock after the company’s board proposed paying him nearly $1 trillion if he achieves certain performance goals.

15. Shawn Fain, Who Pledged to Reform U.A.W., Faces Internal Dissent

    Dissidents are seeking to oust Mr. Fain as president of the United Automobile Workers union as he prepares to run for re-election next year.