electric

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Musk used to talk like he was God’s gift to the environment simply because he acquired the electric vehicle company Tesla, a company now in crisis thanks to his terrible image.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

But Stellantis posted a $25 billion loss in 2025, much of which it blamed on a pivot away from electric vehicles in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The software developer from Woolwich Township, N.J., also owns a Hyundai Ioniq 5, which is fully electric.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the distance, electric light glowed from the windows of the tall condos that had survived the hurricane.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz