PARIS—The 90th edition of the Mondial de l'Auto currently underway here features a special exhibit that offers visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the electric car production process.

LOS ANGELES—Tesla Inc. unveiled its much-anticipated Robotaxi and Robovan autonomous concept vehicles last night at a Hollywood movie studio backlot.

TANNER, AL—Alabama is building a state-of-the-art training center here to equip workers with the skills needed for electric vehicle production.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Engineers at the Chalmers University of Technology here have developed a massless energy storage device that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure.

CHEMNITZ, Germany—A European research project called COOLBat is developing next-generation battery enclosures for electric vehicles.

SPRING HILL, TN—Around 1,000 workers at Ultium Cells’ battery assembly plant here joined the United Auto Workers in September after a majority signed union cards.

CAMBRIDGE, England—According to a recent study conducted by ID TechEx, the lithium-ion battery market will surpass $400 billion by 2035.

GOLDEN, CO—Smart charge management deployment strategies vary nationwide, according to a new study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

SEOUL—Kia Corp. has opened a state-of-the-art factory that will enable it to ramp up production of electric vehicles.

Engineers at Rice University have developed a new method to extract purified active materials from lithium-ion battery waste.