William Boston

Cars could turn into offices on wheels once we no longer need to drive them. @berlindiary talks to top automakers about their ideas and concept cars. wsj.com/lifestyle/cars…

Volvo is in advanced talks with some of the world’s biggest miners, including over potential stakes in lithium mining or processing operations, Volvo Car CEO Jim Rowan said wsj.com/articles/volvo… via @WSJ

Ford is in talks with Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD over the sale of a manufacturing plant in Germany wsj.com/articles/ford-… via @WSJ

Electric-vehicle sales surged worldwide last year, driven mainly by strong growth in China and Europe wsj.com/articles/evs-m… via @WSJ

Soaring energy prices threaten to inflict lasting harm on Europe’s manufacturers. ‘This is the way we are actually killing industry.’ wsj.com/articles/europ… via @WSJ

Volkswagen’s new CEO endorsed his predecessor’s EV strategy, but said combustion engines could also play a role in efforts to reduce vehicles’ greenhouse-gas emissions wsj.com/articles/new-v… via @WSJ

Glass is so ubiquitous that some business executives and industry analysts fear a serious shortage could result in another supply-chain disruption wsj.com/articles/europ… via @WSJ

Big question for our generation: How to clean up more than a million tons of WWII-era weapons and explosives that were dumped into the North Sea and Baltic Sea after the war wsj.com/articles/world… via @WSJ

A long-submerged problem is complicating Germany’s attempts to wean itself off Russian gas: Over a million tons of undersea weapons and explosives wsj.com/articles/world… via @WSJ

A long-submerged problem is complicating Germany’s attempts to wean itself off Russian gas: Over a million tons of undersea weapons and explosives wsj.com/articles/world… via @WSJ

Siemens buys a stake in Volkswagen’s Electrify America, valuing the EV-charging network at $2.45 billion wsj.com/articles/volks… via @WSJ

At least three people died and several were injured when a train derailed in southern Germany, police said wsj.com/articles/train… via @WSJ

After Uvalde shooting, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr blasts pol... youtu.be/kHP98QVtQKE via @YouTube

VW looks to boost its U.S. presence by reviving the Scout off-road vehicle brand, as war and Covid-19 cloud its prospects in Europe, China wsj.com/articles/volks… via @WSJ

From renting a bomb shelter to tailoring shifts around curfew times, German auto supplier Leoni found ways to keep its factory running wsj.com/articles/after… via @WSJ

From renting a bomb shelter to tailoring shifts around curfew times, German auto supplier Leoni found ways to keep its factory running wsj.com/articles/after… via @WSJ

Many thanks to the judges at the SABEW awards for the "honorable mention” for the work that Mike Colias, Nora Naughton, and I did writing about difficulties conventional auto makers face in trying to catch up with #Tesla in development of electric cars. sabew.org/best-in-busine…

An honorable mention is awarded to @WSJ for The Electric-Vehicle Race Hits Speed Bumps. Congratulations @MikeColias, @berlindiary and @NoraNaughton! #SABEWBIB

In the general excellence category, large division, the winner is @WSJ. Congratulations to The Wall Street Journal staff! #SABEWBIB