An honorable mention is awarded to The Wall Street Journal for The Electric-Vehicle Race Hits Speed Bumps. Congratulations Mike Colias, William Boston and Nora Naughton! #SABEWBIB

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

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…

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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

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

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

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

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

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 The Wall Street Journal

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