Strong Demand, Not OPEC, Is Pushing Oil Prices Higher
The rally in oil prices over the past year likely had more to do with higher demand rather than merely the supply taken off of the market by the OPEC/non-OPEC Continue Reading
Texas LNG Signs Non-Binding Deals With Chinese, Southeast Asian Buyers
Texas LNG has signed eight non-binding deals with potential buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in China, southeast Asia and Europe, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. They include Continue Reading
What Will It Take to Keep Up With Shale Gas Boom? $170 Billion
Bottlenecks on the U.S. natural gas superhighway are starting to stack up, raising concerns about whether the infrastructure can be built fast enough to meet surging supplies. Gas output will Continue Reading
An Electric Car Revolution Will Require Perpetual Subsidies
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can be economically attractive as commuter cars in city traffic. Attractiveness fades for longer-distance traveling due to larger battery packs, a smaller efficiency advantage, and more Continue Reading
Has The World Started To Kick Its Oil Addiction?
Until a decade ago, most of the world was a captive customer of oil—consumers would pay any price for gasoline and oil demand was soaring regardless of the surging oil Continue Reading
Tesla Bankruptcy Not So Far Fetched, Says Analyst
Just days after Elon Musk’s not-so-well-received April Fool’s tweet that spoke of Tesla’s imminent bankruptcy in jest, one analyst is predicting that that doesn’t seem so foolish after all. The Continue Reading
Attorneys general from 11 U.S. states vow to defend auto efficiency standards
The top legal officers from 11 states and Washington D.C. on Tuesday promised to defend federal automobile efficiency standards against a rollback proposed by the Trump administration this week. “All Continue Reading
How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare With the Rest of the World’s
On Monday, the Trump administration formally declared that Obama-era fuel economy rules for automobiles were too strict and would likely be weakened in the months ahead. So how strict are Continue Reading
Uncertainty looms over marine fuel sulfur limit: Fuel for Thought
In about 20 months, the shipping industry is going to start burning a fuel that today they know next to nothing about. The International Maritime Organization has set a January Continue Reading
Alibaba, Ford Unveil China’s First Car Vending Machine
China’s Alibaba wasn’t the first company to create a car vending machine – that honor belongs to a Singaporean entrepreneur who transformed Singapore’s Autobahn building into what appears to be Continue Reading
Peak Oil Demand Is Approaching Thanks to EVs and Autonomous Vehicles
Nearly a decade ago, I talked about the concept of “peak oil.” Simply put, this theory states that global oil production will hit a maximum level before declining. When oil Continue Reading
Study projects future EVs to have 30-70% lower environmental impacts that current EVs when changes to electricity generation are considered
Numerous studies have tackled the future environmental impact of battery-electric vehicles; the resulting assessments are highly uncertain. Now, a team of researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, with Continue Reading
EPA To Scrap Fuel Efficiency Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce in the coming days that it will be rolling back the fuel economy targets for cars and SUVs—a move that Continue Reading
EPA chief to sign fuel economy determination this weekend: sources
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will sign a final determination by Sunday which will begin a months-long effort to weaken US fuel economy standards and likely set off Continue Reading
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE testing plug-in vehicles as renewable energy storage for office buildings
Hitachi Europe Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office Continue Reading
China Auto Exec on Self-Driving Cars: ‘You Can’t Just Put Some Sensors on Top’
China has made self-driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow those efforts Continue Reading
Weekly US gasoline exports breach 1 mil b/d amid weak Mexico production
US gasoline exports breached the 1 million b/d level in the week ended March 23, the fourth time this has happened and the first week it has ever occurred in Continue Reading
EV Battle Heats Up Amid Trump Tariffs
Electric vehicle makers have largely relied on aluminum to make their cars lighter in hopes of offsetting the weight of the battery pack and reducing overall weight in order to Continue Reading
U.S. Oil & Gas Exports Hit All-Time High
U.S. energy exports rose to record levels last year, with both petroleum and natural gas posting record-highs as the shale boom and the second full year of no restrictions on Continue Reading
Chinese electric carmaker sets up US assembly plant
SF Motors has become the latest Chinese-owned company to unveil plans to break into the US electric vehicle market, at a time when a growing tech threat from China has Continue Reading
Waymo Orders Up to 20,000 Jaguar SUVs for Driverless Fleet
As Uber Technologies Inc. reels from a fatal crash involving one of its autonomous vehicles, rival Waymo is moving ahead, buying as many as 20,000 Jaguar vehicles for its robot Continue Reading
NVIDIA introduces DRIVE Constellation simulation system for testing autonomous vehicles in the cloud
NVIDIA has introduced a cloud-based system for testing autonomous vehicles using photorealistic simulation, creating a safer, more scalable method for bringing self-driving cars to the roads. NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation is Continue Reading
Hyundai union head fears GM-like crisis; says electric cars destroy jobs
Hyundai Motor’s ( 005380.KS ) union chief warned its workers may face a similar crisis to the one hitting General Motors’ ( GM.N ) South Korean unit as sales in Continue Reading
Driving An Electric Vehicle Is Far Cleaner Than Driving On Gasoline
Driving an electric vehicle (EV) has obvious climate benefits: zero tailpipe emissions. But because EVs are charged by power grids that burn fossil fuels, they aren’t necessarily zero-carbon. An EV’s Continue Reading
Auto Dealers Worry New Vehicle Prices May Be Getting Too High
As the automotive industry braces for changes including electrification and autonomy, dealers across the U.S. are worried about something much simpler: the price of a new car. After decades of Continue Reading
Diesel new vehicle market share in Europe in February dropped to 39.5%; SUVs still driving growth
European car registrations increased by 4.2% to 1.16 million, 50,000 more than in February 2017. The results mark the highest February volume since 2008, when 1.19 million cars were registered, Continue Reading
How Tariffs Dampen the Energy Boom
Is someone in the White House colluding with China? The Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on imported aluminum and steel lets China off the hook for its chronic and Continue Reading
U Waterloo team develops novel variable valve actuation system; 58% less energy use than cam-driven valvetrain
A team at the University of Waterloo has developed a novel variable valve actuation (VVA) system, optimized to pursue minimum energy consumption and minimum sensitivity of the valve lift to Continue Reading
Beijing releases licenses for self-driving car road testing
Beijing issued temporary license plates for Baidu’s self-driving vehicles for public road testing on Thursday. The capital has opened 33 roads of a total length of 105 kilometers for autonomous Continue Reading
Is Tesla In Crisis?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing a series of headache-inducing calamities as he pushes to transform the electric carmaker from niche player to mass-market manufacturer with the Tesla Model 3. Continue Reading
The Death Of Traditional Power Grids
The problem with centralized power grids is that they can be crippled at just one point of failure, leaving consumers vulnerable to outages. According to Mark Feasel of Schneider Electric, Continue Reading
Electric vehicle use in Norway accelerating
The number of electric vehicles registered by Norwegian drivers has increased by more than 40 percent from the previous year, the government said. Statistics Norway, the government’s record-keeping agency, reported Continue Reading
Oil Traders, Supermajors Diverge On Demand Forecasts
The world’s oil supermajors and largest oil trading companies are not in agreement on the future trends in oil demand, a recent event has revealed. This, although normal, should serve Continue Reading
“Made in China” e-buses to be used in world’s 1st all-electric long-distance routes
German intercity bus company FlixBus is investing in e-buses produced by Chinese bus makers and planning to test them on their long-distance routes for the first time in the world. Continue Reading
Oil Markets Should Fear A Demand Shortage
[1] We already seem to be back to the falling oil prices and refilling storage tanks scenario. U.S. crude oil stocks hit their low point on January 19, 2018 and Continue Reading
Too Much Sun Could Wreak Havoc on Driverless Cars
Self-driving cars are still working to master the snow . It turns out that excessive sun can also pose a problem for the coming wave of robot drivers. The threat Continue Reading
Why U.S. Oil Exports Are Surging
U.S. crude oil exports are surging and going to a growing number of buyers around the world, including to the fastest-growing demand centers in Asia, the traditional stronghold of the Continue Reading
IEA report draws lessons from rapid uptake of EVs in Nordic countries
In proportion to its population, the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—is strikingly ahead of the rest of the world in adopting electric cars. With almost 250,000 electric cars Continue Reading
A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians From Cars
Taller buildings could be coming to an Oakland neighborhood along the rapid-transit line to San Francisco if the State Legislature approves a bill that would override local zoning restrictions. SAN Continue Reading
US utilities ask congressional leaders to lift cap on electric vehicle tax credit
More than three dozen US utilities this week asked congressional leaders to lift a cap on income tax credits for individuals who purchase electric vehicles, and industry observers differed Friday Continue Reading
GM to build production versions of Cruise AV self-driver at Orion plant; roof modules at Brownstown
General Motors will build production versions of its Cruise AV ( earlier post ) at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. Roof modules for GM’s self-driving vehicles will be Continue Reading
Even More Evidence That Electric Cars Could Save the Planet
The latest numbers say that as the American grid shifts toward renewables, the positive impact of electric cars is increasing. Everyone’s saying it: The future of driving is electric. The Continue Reading
Tesla’s Make-Or-Break Moment Is Fast Approaching
Elon Musk recently told attendees at the South by Southwest festival that two things are keeping him up at night: an apocalyptic future created by artificial intelligence, and production delays Continue Reading
New report released by UK House of Commons calls for advancing date for end of sale of conventional cars to before 2040
The UK House of Commons has released a new report on air pollution that calls for urgent action by national leadership to bring about a step change in how the Continue Reading
Audi Unveils Its Flying Smart-Car
Considerable improvements in battery technologies and technological advances in manned electric flight have spurred established automakers to begin examining the feasibility of flying automobiles, as both Audi and Porsche have Continue Reading
Diesel Trucks Are Here To Stay
While alternative fuel commercial trucks are gaining interest from fleet operators, diesel is still set to dominate medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for several years. That statement came from Kary Schaefer, Continue Reading
Tesla’s electric motor shift to spur demand for rare earth neodymium
Tesla’s shift to a magnetic motor using neodymium in its Model 3 Long Range carEfforts by governments around the world to cut noxious emissions produced by fossil fuel-powered cars is Continue Reading
Shale Boom Creates New U.S. Oil Export Hub
Soaring Permian oil production, increased pipeline takeaway capacity, and a port expansion to accommodate larger vessels position the Texas port of Corpus Christi to become the U.S. oil export hub Continue Reading
Musk’s Hyperloop Now Prioritizes Pedestrians Over Cars
In a shift of The Boring Company’s original concept of helping private car owners’ transportation, Elon Musk is now refocusing Hyperloop’s mission to prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars, suggesting Continue Reading
Google founder’s flying taxis secretly tested in New Zealand
A flying car start-up backed by Google founder Larry Page has been secretly testing an electric autonomous aircraft for several months in New Zealand, the company revealed on Tuesday. Silicon Continue Reading