Europe

DOUAI, France (Reuters) – French automaker Renault (EPA:) is in talks with Nissan (OTC:) to help the Japanese firm bring to market its own version of Renault’s electric Twingo, as the alliance partners seek to speed up an affordable EV offering to fend off Chinese competition. An electric version of…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Fite, a graduate student at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. It has been edited for length and clarity.My family has never been one to follow a traditional path. When our two sons were in middle school, we sold our…