The auto industry’s pivot to electric vehicles has been rocked by setbacks, creating more uncertainty as a flood of new battery-powered models hits showrooms.
Gone is the jaundiced bulb that blinks on when a car door is opened, the one your parents warned had to stay off while the vehicle was in motion. In its stead? A veritable LED disco. Today the interior of nearly every battery-powered car is veined with lights in the dashboard, door frames, foot wells and ceiling.