Tag: electric vehicles

China keeps lending rate unchanged as data show housing market is still struggling

BANGKOK -- China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed...

Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman Toyoda as automaker embroiled in testing scandal

TOKYO -- Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda will be facing some disgruntled shareholders this week, as two major proxy groups demand a vote against...

Hertz is giving drivers thousands off slightly used electric vehicles — here's how to get your hands on one

American car rental company Hertz made a big bet on electric vehicles in 2021, buying up 100,000 Tesla Model 3s for $4.2 billion,...

How Elon Musk's $44.9B Tesla pay package compares with the most generous plans for other U.S. CEOs

Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their...

Do electric vehicles fare better than gas guzzlers when the water starts rising?

Among the hundreds of cars left stranded and stalled in the floodwaters that blanketed South Florida this week were plenty of electric vehicles....

Chinese premier flies to Australia after New Zealand visit

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang is due to arrive in Australia on Saturday on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock...