Wednesday, April 12, 2023

E.P.A. Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks; China set to dominate

 E.P.A. Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks

The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric.

China Could Dominate Sodium Batteries, the Next Big Advance in Power 

China is far ahead of the rest of the world in the development of batteries that use sodium, which are starting to compete with ubiquitous lithium power cells. 

A vehicle charging station, with large batteries supplied by CATL, in Fuzhou, China, in February. CATL is the world’s largest manufacturer of electric car batteries.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times