N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

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NYT > Automobiles
  1. In an era of supersized pickups and SUVs, Kei cars and trucks bring a (very) little piece of Japan to the United States. Getting one on the road can be complicated.
  2. The E.P.A. under Trump is moving to eliminate credits to carmakers for the fuel-saving start-stop function.
  3. Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.
  4. The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.
  5. Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles.
  6. BYD and other companies doubled their share of the car market after the European Union imposed higher tariffs on electric vehicles from China.
  7. Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, where other companies already have similar cars on the road.
  8. Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.
  9. It is becoming easier to find fast chargers for electric vehicles, and they are more likely to work — and not just for Teslas.
  10. Already suffering from steep declines in sales and profit, the carmaker could now face the president’s wrath.
  11. Drivers in the country, Europe’s largest car market, are avoiding vehicles from Tesla, which has seen a drop in sales in other countries as well.
  12. The activists behind the Tesla Takedown campaign say they intend to expand beyond protests at the company’s showrooms.
  13. As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea.
  14. Home builders, car manufacturers and can makers are among those that will see higher prices for materials. Those companies could charge customers more.
  15. A photographer’s road trip traced the coastal cliffs around the Mediterranean island, a world apart from mainland Italy. Here’s what she saw.