“Propelled by vast amounts of government money and visions of dominating next-generation technologies, China has become the world’s biggest supporter of electric cars. That is forcing automakers from Detroit to Yokohama and Seoul to Stuttgart to pick up the pace of transformation or risk being left behind in the world’s largest car market.” From the NYT: China Hastens the World Toward an Electric-Car Future. (One of the many examples of other countries “winning” while our country tweets.)