Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles

Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center and The Uproot Project Environmental Justice Fellowship. It was produced by Grist and republished by Rest of World. As W.H. Wong hugged his family goodbye before leaving for work on a quiet morning this spring, he felt a lump in his throat. He was headed more than 2,500 miles away, to an Indonesian island so remote that locals say it’s one of the places where spirits go to abandon their children. After two weeks at home in Wenxi, a rural county o...
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Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle

Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle

When I last shopped for a new car seven years ago, my primary focus was on style, size, and color. This time around, I had to learn a whole new lexicon: capacity, range, regenerative braking, level-two charging, and more. That’s because, for the first time, I was in the market for an electric vehicle (EV). EV popularity has exploded in recent years, now comprising eight percent of new car purchases in the United States and more than 20 percent worldwide. Close to half of all car buyers in Chin...
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Inside the GOP Attacks on Electric Vehicles

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