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Category: Energy Demand

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  • Energy Demand
  • USA

U.S. Gasoline Demand Jumps To Highest Since Pandemic Started

U.S. gasoline demand jumped last week to the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic started, with demand this past Sunday up by 18.2 percent compared to the previous Sunday, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce’s all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ completes taxi testing

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the taxiing of its ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft, the latest milestone on its way to becoming the world’s fastest all-electric plane. ( Earlier post .) The Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Betting on death of petrol cars, Volvo to go all electric by 2030

Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of carmakers planning to phase out fossil-fuel engines by the Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Europe

How Europe Became the World’s Biggest Electric-Car Market—and Why It Might Not Last

  View full article at www.wsj.com

Posted On : 1 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

ARPA-E releases $10M for 6 projects developing electrical systems for fully-electric aviation applications

ARPA-E released $10 million in funding for 6 projects as part of the Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electrical Systems ( CABLES ) topic. CABLES is one of a set of Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation
  • Renewables

Biggest U.S. Airlines To Discuss Renewable Fuels With White House

The chief executives of the biggest airlines in the United States are set to meet virtually with the White House National Climate Adviser and an economic adviser to the President Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Energy Demand

Oil Demand Won’t Be Wiped Out By Energy Transition

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the timeline of peak oil demand while government policies to build back better and greener are speeding up the energy transition, major oil companies and Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

Jet Fuel Demand Is The Only Thing Holding Oil Back

Oil prices have rallied since the start of this year, pushed up by the OPEC+ cuts tightening the market and the vaccine rollouts. Analysts and industry leaders have already called Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Hyundai signs MOU with South Korean government and industry partners to demo EV battery leasing business

Hyundai Motor Company recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with the South Korean government as well as logistics, battery and mobility companies to demonstrate the electric vehicle Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Energy Demand

Argus: Oil Demand Will Not Plunge Because Of The Energy Transition

The energy transition and the growing share of electrification of transportation will not lead to a fast decline in global oil demand—any drop in consumption will be very gradual, Argus Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Buses

Biggest Electric School Bus Deal in U.S. Approved in Maryland

A school system outside Washington is poised to become the nation’s biggest operator of electric school buses. The Board of Education in Maryland’s Montgomery County voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Electric Cars

Biden Is About To Send The Electric Vehicle Revolution Into Overdrive

The first few months of Biden’s administration have made one thing clear, the EV boom is just getting started . And it may be those who are already ahead of Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

Airlines Slammed By Soaring Jet Fuel Prices

Prefer to watch a video about jet fuel demand? Find Goldman Sachs’ latest forecast here Jet fuel prices hit a 13-month high last week as oil prices rose, making airlines’ Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Washington State House Committee advances legislation mandating all-electric new LDV sales by MY 2030

The Washington State House Transportation Committee voted 17-12 to advance legislation calling for all model year 2030 or later passenger and light-duty vehicles sold in the state to be electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Inside GM’s Plans to Convert Its Factories for EVs

General Motors Co. GM 0.79% is betting its future on electric cars. By mid-decade it plans to spend $27 billion on manufacturing 30 electric models and developing driverless cars. By 2035, it expects to Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Gasoline Use Plunged as Americans Hunkered Down During Cold Snap – Bloomberg

Demand for gasoline plunged as a deep freeze left millions without power across the U.S., but prices at the pump still rose following disruptions at more than 20 refineries. Retail gasoline Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Autonomous Cars

Torc Robotics selects AWS as preferred cloud provider for self-driving truck fleet

Torc Robotics has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS), Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data transfer, storage, and compute capacity as the Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Ford to go all electric in Europe by 2030

Ford is vowing to convert its entire passenger vehicle lineup in Europe to electric power by 2030 in just the latest sign of the seismic technological changes sweeping the auto Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • India

Tesla Prepares To Build EV Factory In India

Tesla will set up a car manufacturing unit in India, the chief minister of the state of Karnataka has said , as the U.S. electric vehicle maker aims to enter Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The Single Biggest Threat To The Electric Vehicle Boom

2020 ushered in the start of the EV boom, but it could have a frightening aftershock. We’re already seeing some of the incredible triple-digit gains in EV companies like Tesla Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Jaguar cars to go all-electric by 2025 as JLR plans full range of e-models by 2030

 Jaguar Land Rover’s luxury Jaguar brand will be entirely electric by 2025 and the carmaker will launch e-models of its entire lineup by 2030, it said on Monday, as it Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

Airbus Hydrogen Plane With Turboprop Design Gaining Favor For Zero Emission Jet

A turboprop design is gaining momentum within Airbus SE as the solution to its challenge of developing a hydrogen jet by 2035, according to people familiar with the matter. The propeller Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Energy Demand

Oil states face devastating revenue crunch from global climate policies, study says

 Growing global momentum on decarbonization could leave countries that largely depend on oil and gas revenues facing a $9 trillion drop in expected income over the next 20 years, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Biden’s electric vehicle plans put to test in dispute between battery makers

The U.S. International Trade Commission is throwing a wrench into President Biden’s electric vehicle plans, restricting a major battery manufacturer from importing some of the hardware at the heart of Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Flying Taxis To Hit The Skies In 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in “The Fifth Element”? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Autoworkers face uncertain future in an era of electric cars

 When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to make only battery-powered vehicles by 2035, it didn’t just mark a break with more than a century of making internal Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Audi Unveils All-Electric Sport Sedan To Rival Tesla Model S

Audi unveiled this week its all-electric Audi e-tron GT with a starting price of $100,000, which will go on sale in the U.S. this summer and which industry observers say Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Transportation

Gasoline Demand Faces Weakness Despite Vaccine Rollout

In the latest sign yet that the global vaccination effort was falling way short of expectations, institutional traders are shunning gasoline futures in favor of other contracts. Forecasts that gasoline Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation
  • USA

United Airlines to Buy 200 Flying Electric Taxis to Take You to the Airport

United Airlines wants to fly you to the airport. United Airlines Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it plans to buy up to 200 flying taxis from an electric aircraft startup, Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

Tesla’s $25,000 China-Made Compact Car To Sell Globally

Tesla China, which is set to design a new compact $25,000 Tesla in Shanghai, will eventually sell the model worldwide, Teslarati reported on Tuesday, citing a recent interview of Tesla Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Electrify America increases access to solar-powered EV charging for rural Californians with 30 stations

Electrify America, the nation’s largest public ultra-fast charging network, has added 30 solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with two Level 2 chargers each to its network in the state Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Mercedes’ electric profits to match those for combustion models by end of decade

Mercedes-Benz will earn as much from electric cars as its luxury combustion engine models by the end of this decade, its chief executive said, becoming the first premium German automaker Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

President Biden’s $2.1 Billion Case For a Federal EV Fleet

f President Joe Biden’s administration is going to replace the entire federal vehicle fleet with fully electric vehicles, as promised, it will need trucks and vans — lots of them. An analysis of Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • USA

Kia Seeks Partners to Build Apple Car in Georgia

Kia Corp. 000270 3.47% has approached potential partners about a plan to assemble Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.31% long-awaited electric car in Georgia, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposal would involve a multibillion-dollar investment, according to people familiar Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Amazon orders more than 1,000 natgas-powered engines for U.S. fleet

Amazon.com Inc has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines that run on compressed natural gas as it tests ways to shift its U.S. fleet away from heavier polluting trucks, the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines

Rallying Oil Prices Are A Headache For Airlines

As if the airline sector needed another trouble on top of the reduced travel demand due to the pandemic, oil prices at their highest in a year are set to Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Ford Expected to Slash Vehicle Production Over Chip Shortage

A global semiconductor shortage is expected to slash Ford F 1.52% Motor Co.’s vehicle output by up to 20% in the first quarter of this year, illustrating how deeply the fallout from the computer-chip crunch has Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Kia Seeks Partners to Build Apple Car in Georgia

Kia Corp. 000270 3.47% has approached potential partners about a plan to assemble Apple Inc.’s long-awaited electric car in Georgia, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposal would involve a multibillion-dollar investment, Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Adamas: 134.5 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity added to roads in 2020; up 39.6% y-o-y

In 2020, a total of 134.5 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed globally into newly sold passenger BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs, an increase of 39.6% over the year Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

Air passenger traffic in 2020 plunges 66% on year: IATA

Passenger air traffic plummeted 66% year on year in 2020 and the near-term outlook is one of continuing stagnation, the International Air Transport Association said Feb. 3. Receive daily email Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Does The World Have Enough Energy To Support The EV Boom?

First things first: electric vehicles are greener than conventional gas- and diesel-powered internal combustion engines no matter how you slice it. Even if 100 percent of your EV’s energy comes Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Cars

The Electric Vehicle War Is Heating Up In China

The EV unit of property giant China Evergrande said on Wednesday that it had started trial production of electric vehicles and showed photos and videos of SUVs on a winter Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Africa
  • Electric Cars

Why Sub-Saharan Africa’s teeming cities need electric vehicles

Driving in Lagos is a unique experience. Your first time on the bustling, hawker-filled streets of Nigeria’s biggest city will be like no other. The chaotic sounds of horns will Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Trucks

Washington state legislature considering bill mandating all-electric LDVs after MY 2030

The Washington state legislature held a public hearing on Clean Cars 2030, a bill reintroduced with 27 co-sponsors. The bill, HB 1204 / SB 5256 , requires all model year Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Europe

EU electric vehicle push needs 80 billion euros for chargers: industry group

An EU plan for a fifty-fold increase in electric cars this decade to help cut greenhouse gas emissions will require an 80 billion euro ($96.5 billion) investment in charging points Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

U.K. Needs Five-Times Electric Car Charging Boost to Meet Goals

Britain will need to install electric-vehicle charging points five times faster during this decade to prepare for a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars from 2030. Installations Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Biden’s Green Energy Boom Could Send The Electric Car Sector Into Overdrive

Who will become the world’s first trillionaire? New York Times journalist Kara Swisher thinks it might just be someone in green technology… And she could be right. Just look at Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Tesla’s 20 Million EV Ambition Faces Huge Mining Challenge

Elon Musk and his merry band of executive vice presidents had plenty of advice for the mining and metals industry at the company’s Battery Day event in September, where the Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Will Electricity Or E-Fuel Power The Cars Of The Future?

As companies and governments across the globe search for alternative fuel options, as part of long-term green energy plans, e-fuels are being trialed by major companies in search of innovative Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple

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