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After five decades of giant pandas living in U.S. zoos, next year could be the last time fans can see the bears stateside.

Driving the news: In December, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will say goodbye to three pandas that will return to China.

Hyundai, Kia and Genesis are the latest automakers to adopt Tesla's charging interface, marking the latest dominoes to fall in the widespread acceptance of the tech for North American electric vehicles.

Driving the news: The Korean automakers join others including Ford and General Motors in adopting the North American Charging Standard. Newly built vehicles starting in late 2024 will have that port, while the companies also plan to make adapters available for existing cars.

What to make of oil prices plummeting this week? Goldman Sachs analysts, for one, say it's "transitory."

Catch up fast: Prices continued their slide Thursday, with Brent falling under $83, a double-digit drop over the last week.

Two boldface names in wonk circles say electric vehicle growth won't inevitably require the U.S. to be overwhelmingly reliant on China.

Driving the news: A new essay by Brian Deese, ex-head of President Joe Biden's National Economic Council, and Columbia University's Jason Bordoff lays out why EVs and other climate-friendly tech don't simply replace oil reliance with a new form of resource insecurity.