Opinion: Europe Learns Its Electric Cars Will Be Made in China

Ironies abound in our evolving love-hate affair with the electric car, and September delivered a couple of doozies: Europeans believe in climate action more passionately than Americans do, and yet Europe’s political battles over electric vehicles will be far messier than what’s brewing in the U.S. This is because Europe—yes, that Europe—also apparently believes more fervently in the free market than America does.