The US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said US electric vehicle sales have been sluggish, but EV proponents contend the EIA’s focus on market share misses the more important EV Continue Reading
Sticker shock and limited infrastructure to support alternative vehicles has limited their sale in the domestic market, a U.S. energy report found. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported battery-powered vehicle Continue Reading
BP Ventures has provided US$20 million in funding to an Israeli startup that makes ultrafast-charging batteries, which aims to make it possible for electric cars to charge in just five Continue Reading
The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, due to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars Continue Reading
More than half of new car sales in the world will be electric vehicles (EVs) in 2040, with one-third of the global car fleet then consisting of electric cars, according Continue Reading
The airline industry is heading for rising fuel costs as crude oil prices surge, and the weakest of the European airlines may not make it through the winter, Michael O’Leary, Continue Reading
Electric vehicles will become cheaper than the internal combustion engine in a half decade, while electric buses will completely “dominate” its sector by the late-2020s, according to Bloomberg New Energy Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car Continue Reading
There may be limitations for U.S. crude oil exports to long-distant economies because of limited port access for large-scale carriers, the government said. The United States is on pace to Continue Reading
The United States is on pace to become one of the largest LNG exporters in the world, federal data show. Photo courtesy of Royal Dutch Shell May 17 (UPI) — Continue Reading
Weekly Petroleum Status Report U.S. crude oil exports averaged 1.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017 and 1.6 million b/d so far in 2018, up from less than 0.5 Continue Reading
Oil analysts predict the price per barrel will continue to rise in months ahead, but market dynamics in new vehicle sales aren’t expected to change course anytime soon. Trucks and Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil exports broke yet another record , spiking to 2.566 million barrels per day for the week ending on May 11. With U.S. shale surging and export terminals Continue Reading
San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates MUNI (the city’s public transit), announced San Francisco’s commitment to have an all-electric bus fleet Continue Reading
Mobileye, Intel Corp’s Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply eight million cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, a company official told Reuters. A Continue Reading
The spread of air-conditioning in hot countries is set to create a huge increase in demand for electricity, threatening efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy Continue Reading
Supported by a hard push by the Chinese government to drive up electric car sales, annual EV sales are on track to hit a one-million-unit milestone this year, as demand Continue Reading
Motor Coach Industries (MCI), the US subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI Group), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that Continue Reading
Audi aims to sell approximately 800,000 fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025. At today’s Annual General Meeting of Audi AG, the Board of Management is presenting Continue Reading
Most of the oil coming from U.S. shale basins will find its way out of the domestic market and into the Asian and European economies, analysis finds. The U.S. federal Continue Reading
“I started out on the line just a year ago as an hourly worker, same as everybody else,” recalls Kris Esposito, the newly-minted Production Manager of the Bus Chassis Section Continue Reading
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Cheniere Energy Inc said on Friday it planned to make a final investment decision to build the third liquefaction train at its Corpus Christi Continue Reading
Hybrid cars that rely on traditional engines, such as the Toyota Prius, would be banned by 2040 under clean-air plans being drawn up by the UK government that would outlaw Continue Reading
Anheuser-Busch is reserving up to 800 of Nikola Motor Co.’s hydrogen-electric trucks, one of the largest orders so far for alternative-fuel vehicles as the company races with Tesla Inc. TSLA Continue Reading
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is constructing a closed-course test facility to develop automated vehicle technology. Construction permits were filed this week to transform an approximately 60-acre site at Michigan Technical Continue Reading
As global oil markets shift their attention from U.S. shale oil production back to a resurgent Saudi Arabia and Russia and geopolitical concerns bearing down on oil prices, Citigroup said Continue Reading
The idea of quiet, low-carbon air travel is a logical extension of the electric vehicle race that has now also reached maritime travel in electric ferries. But there are some Continue Reading
Volkswagen is spending $2 billion in America to correct its “Dieselgate” cheating scandal — and to move beyond the typical upscale electric car shopper that tends to be much more Continue Reading
A 2 million barrel-carrying supertanker arrived for the first time at a jetty in Texas City as surging U.S. oil output drives up incentives to export. The Nave Quasar, a Continue Reading
Last week, the U.S. averaged 2.3 million barrels per day in crude oil exports, the highest average for any week on record. The surge in exports is being driven by Continue Reading
U.S. crude, product exports rise to record 8.3m b/d last week Higher prices encourage the nation to pump more: Citigroup The U.S. looks likely to overtake Saudi Arabia to become Continue Reading
Employees work on the assembly line of the electric bus at a BYD’s production base on January 23, 2018 in Xi’an, China. China’s largest electric carmaker BYD sold 113,669 new Continue Reading
Soaring output, weak U.S. oil prices to fuel record outflows American refiners may be near limits on local oil processing Selling more than two million barrels a day of U.S. Continue Reading
A new wave of electric-scooter rental start-ups is facing a legal reckoning, as city authorities across the US race to tame the “dockless” two-wheelers that have flooded their streets. New Continue Reading
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will shed most of its North American car lineup as part of broad plan to save money and make the company more competitive in Continue Reading
Major oil and gas companies need to embrace the “unstoppable” electrification of society and take practical steps to limit the use of carbon-intensive fuels if they are to retain their Continue Reading
One of the uncertainties in the energy market is how demand figures respond to higher oil prices, analysis finds. U.S. consumers are paying about 15 percent more for gas than Continue Reading
About 279,000 barrels a day of fuel won’t be needed this year China adds a London-sized electric bus fleet every five weeks Electric buses were seen as a joke at Continue Reading
Japanese energy company Marubeni Corp. said it would work in the U.S. market to deliver ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles. The company said it was working through its U.S. Continue Reading
Electrify America will be installing ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers at more than 100 retail, convenience and refueling locations across the US, increasing the convenience for consumers who drive or are Continue Reading
Short-term oil demand is still growing strong and will continue to do so through the end of 2020 despite the market’s increasing focus on electric vehicles and the forecasted future Continue Reading
The maritime fleet industry needs to use more liquefied natural gas as a fuel in order to lower its emissions, a Finnish company said Friday. Wärtsilä Corp., a Finnish company Continue Reading
Rapid increases in U.S. oil output and exports over the past two years are forcing some traders and producers to try alternative ways of pricing crude. While the market benchmark Continue Reading
Travis VanderZanden, the chief executive of electric scooter company Bird Rides, surveyed the new indoor park at his office one morning this week. While the space is still under construction, Continue Reading
Motorized scooters, like these from Bird and Spin, have been showing up in cities around the United States. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) You’ll find them obstructing sidewalks in Austin, draped Continue Reading
Momentum Dynamics has commissioned the US’ first 200 kW wireless charging system for a battery-electric transit bus fleet. The wireless charging system is now operational on a BYD K9S bus Continue Reading
Tesla’s halt of Model 3 production is due to a comprehensive set of upgrades that will allow it to ramp up production to up to 4,000 cars per week in Continue Reading
Electrify America will install electric vehicle fast chargers at more than 100 Walmart locations across 34 states by June 2019. This initiative will more than double the number of electric Continue Reading
Germany’s government is increasing pressure on its car makers to invest heavily in electric cars as well as battery production in Europe to safeguard jobs in Germany during a rapid Continue Reading
Organic demand or population growth alone (absent surging debt) among the consumer base that consumes in excess of 90% of global oil, is collapsing. I have detailed this previously; The Continue Reading
