Unrest over Mexico gasoline price hike erupts into looting
Protests over a sharp gasoline price hike erupted into looting of gas stations and stores in various parts of Mexico on Wednesday, with dozens of businesses reportedly sacked.
Here are the details of Ford’s electric vehicle plan
Ford will build seven of 13 new global electrified vehicles coming in the next five years, including F-150 Hybrid pick-up truck, Mustang Hybrid sports car and Transit Custom plug-in hybrid van.
The link between road pollution and dementia just got stronger
Most of us associate car pollution with coughing and wheezing, but mounting evidence is linking air pollution to a less obvious health effect: dementia.
Gasoline prices may hit 3-year high in 2017 as cheap-gas era ends
Drivers are likely to spend $52 billion more on gas this year than last
Did Chrysler just make a car that won’t embarrass Millennials?
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles revealed a new, semi-autonomous electric vehicle designed for young families that also provides a window into the automaker’s vision for a future filled with self-driving vehicles.
The new OPEC: Who will supply the lithium needed to run the future’s electric cars?
The automotive industry’s focus on electrification has accelerated in 2016.
Time-lapse video shows Beijing swamped by a tide of smog
A time-lapse video of smog rolling into Beijing offers a jarring new perspective of the pollution that has been afflicting the Chinese capital in recent months.
Ford invests $700M in Mich., cancels plan for Mexico plant
Ford is investing $700 million to expand its Flat Rock assembly plant and hire 700 new hourly workers to build self-driving and electric vehicles along with the Mustang and Lincoln Continental already produced at the Downriver site.
Railroad in fiery derailment agrees to changes
The nation’s largest freight railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon and the discovery of more than 800 potential safety violations across its sprawling network.
Santorum: Big turnout for a new commitment to biofuels
Diving deeper into this year’s striking election results, there’s one trend that nearly all the analysts agree on, at least in hindsight. Candidates ignore rural America at their peril.
