Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?Doug Field, Ford Motor Company’s chief of electric vehicles, digital and design.

An ex-Marine and a 40-year company veteran, he turned a nearly bankrupt money loser into the world’s most profitable automaker.Donald E. Petersen, foreground, in 1981 touring a Philco-Ford of Canada factory with the plant manager, Bill Quindlin. Mr. Petersen, who spent 40 years with Ford, helped develop the Mustang, Thunderbird, LTD, Maverick and Continental Mark III.

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants across the world.

The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”President Trump, surrounded by executives from the auto industry, in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

In a world of GPS and car-hailing apps, some Londoners still want to drive a traditional black cab. First, they must memorize thousands of city streets.