In the past few weeks, conventional cars have been put on the endangered list. “I’ve been writing about the auto industry for 19 years, and I’ve really never seen anything like this,” my colleague Neal E. Boudette told me. Shira: Are traditional automakers, like G.M., serious about electric vehicles? Ford and Volkswagen haven’t committed to a deadline, but they’re spending tens of billions of dollars to develop electric vehicles. These companies are convinced that there will be a tipping point that spells the death of conventional cars.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2021 17:26 UTC