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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Elon Musk Plans to Use Texas Natural Gas for His Starships
Elon Musk became the richest man in the world thanks to enthusiasm for Tesla Inc.’s sleek electric cars — and the company’s stratospheric stock price. But while Musk is perhaps Continue Reading
EIA: Global Oil Consumption Crashed By 9% In 2020
Due to the coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns, global consumption of petroleum and other liquid fuels crashed by 9 percent to 92.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, the U.S. Continue Reading
Tesla To Boost Capacity At Shanghai Gigafactory
Tesla will increase the capacity of its gigafactory in Shanghai to 450,000 cars this year from the current 250,000 as the vehicles produced there enjoy growing popularity, the company said Continue Reading
G.M. Announcement Shakes Up U.S. Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars
A new president took office this month determined to fight climate change. Wall Street investors think Tesla is worth more than General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Ford put together. And Continue Reading
Biden’s Green Push Gives Detroit the Cover to Go Electric
General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra just stomped on the electric-vehicle accelerator pedal. Call it the Biden effect. Six months ago the automaker backed the Trump administration in a Continue Reading
United Airlines warns 14,000 jobs at risk when payroll aid expires
United Airlines said on Friday it has sent warnings of potential furloughs to some 14,000 employees whose jobs are at risk once a second round of payroll support for airlines Continue Reading
Airlines Could Reduce CO2 Emissions With Better Use of Wind
Airlines could “substantially” reduce their fuel consumption if planes become more efficient at riding the wind, according to new research. Commercial flights between New York and London during the 2019-2020 winter Continue Reading
G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035
The days of the internal combustion engine are numbered. General Motors said Thursday that it would phase out petroleum-powered cars and trucks and sell only vehicles that have zero tailpipe Continue Reading
Nissan says new models in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s
Nissan Motor Co said on Wednesday all its “new vehicle offerings” in key markets would be electrified by the early 2030s, as part of the Japanese automaker’s efforts to achieve Continue Reading
More cancellations for Carnival amid jumbled vaccine rollout
Carnival Cruise Line is canceling and delaying more U.S. trips at a time when new cases of COVID-19 are averaging about 170,000 per day in the country amid a jumbled Continue Reading
Volkswagen Asks Supreme Court to Block Local Emissions Regulations
German auto giant Volkswagen AG VOW -0.06% is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it says opens up car makers to a flood of emissions regulations from local governments that could Continue Reading
Biden To Replace Federal Fleet With EVs
President Joe Biden has vowed to replace the almost 650,000-strong federal vehicle fleet with electric cars as part of his climate agenda. “The federal government also owns an enormous fleet Continue Reading
EU approves more state aid to boost car batteries industry
The European Union has approved 2.9 billion euros in subsidies from 12 member countries for a second pan-European project to develop the electric battery industry and move away from its Continue Reading
Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future
The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul – it’s switching to make electric motors. From less than 10% of output in 2020, Continue Reading
Komatsu and Proterra partner to develop battery-electric hydraulic excavator
Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, a global leader in construction equipment, are partnering to leverage Proterra’s battery technology for the development of Komatsu’s first Continue Reading
Boeing commits to deliver commercial airplanes ready to fly on 100% sustainable fuels by 2030
Boeing is committing that its commercial airplanes are capable and certified to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by 2030. Boeing has previously conducted successful test flights replacing petroleum Continue Reading
Biden’s Green Energy Boom Could Send These Electric Vehicle Stocks Soaring
Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world–richer than Bezos. And Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has gained over 700% in a year, while Chinese Nio (NYSE:NIO) has soared over 1,300% Continue Reading
Shell to acquire UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network
Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it was acquiring the owner of the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging network, ubitricity, for an undisclosed amount. The deal for the company Continue Reading