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  • Aviation

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Funds Back Hydrogen-Powered Plane Startup ZeroAvia

The hydrogen-powered aviation startup ZeroAvia Inc. has raised $37.7 million from the U.K. government and a group of investors that includes funds founded by Bill Gates and Amazon.com Inc. ZeroAvia said it Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

These Companies Want to Charge Your Electric Vehicle as You Drive

Enthusiasm for electric vehicles has long been held back by concerns about battery life, but what if drivers were able to charge their cars while driving? Several automotive, utility and Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines
  • USA

Grounded Flights Are Sending U.S. Jet Fuel Prices Sliding Again

The new wave of lockdowns around the world is sending U.S. jet fuel prices slumping and exports slowing to a trickle all over again. It’s not as bad as the crash Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Carmageddon: Hidden War Between Motor Cars and People  

There is a silent, ongoing, global war between motor cars and people. It is silence because, though it kills many times more people than armed conflicts and terrorist acts combined. Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

GM Presents Cadillac Flying Car For Rich People

General Motors stole the show on Tuesday after unveiling the Cadillac Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle and electric shuttle concepts in a virtual presentation at the CES expo, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines

World’s Top Oil Trader: Airline Travel Won’t Recover Until Late 2021

Airline travel will continue to suffer in the first half this year and will only recover, and jet fuel consumption with it, in the back half of 2021, when mass Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Hunt for the Next Tesla Fuels Wave of Electric-Vehicle Deals

Wall Street’s obsession with electric vehicles is touching off a new round of public listings and helping clean-tech companies to forge partnerships with powerful allies. Proterra Inc., which makes electric buses Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Trucks

GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear

The market for battery-powered delivery vehicles and equipment has so much potential that General Motors is forming a new business unit to serve it, a move that lifted the automaker’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Trucks

New GM Electric-Truck Business Targets Delivery Market

General Motors Co. GM 6.24% is launching a new electric-truck business geared toward delivery services, the latest in the company’s efforts to commercialize battery technology it is developing in-house. Following the news, shares of GM Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Look, up in the sky – it’s a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic vehicle

General Motors Co on Tuesday presented a futuristic flying Cadillac – a self-driving vehicle which takes off and lands vertically and carries the passenger above the streets and through the Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Trucks

GM launches BrightDrop: first-to-last-mile electric ecosystem for goods & services

General Motors has launched a new business, BrightDrop , which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Germany

Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). This brought the Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Carnival Set to Post $2.2 Billion Quarterly Loss as U.S. Sailing Hiatus Nears One Year – WSJ

Carnival Corp. CCL -1.61% said it is continuing to burn cash and expects to post another sizable loss after almost a year since onboard coronavirus outbreaks brought its voyages to a halt in the Continue Reading

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

Tesla’s $25,000 Car May Hit The Market Sooner Than Planned

Tesla may be closer to producing the US$25,000 electric vehicle sooner than the market thought, according to media reports. At Tesla’s Battery Day in September 2020, Elon Musk said that Continue Reading

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

Mercedes-Benz Cars tripled global sales of xEVs in 2020; 7.4% of sales

Mercedes-Benz experienced a sharp increase in xEV deliveries in 2020, with more than 160,000 plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles sold worldwide (+228.8%), including about 87,000 units in the fourth quarter Continue Reading

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

Ford, Other Auto Makers Cut Output, Idle Workers on Chip Shortage –

A chip shortage that has disrupted vehicle production in other parts of the globe is reaching U.S. shores, stifling output for major car companies and dimming prospects for a smooth Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

GM changes brand logo to highlight EV future

General Motors on Friday unveiled a new corporate logo, its first major logo change since 1964, as part of a new campaign to accelerate the automaker’s focus on electric vehicles Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

For first time in 5 years, US gas mileage down, emissions up

A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years. The mileage increase comes as Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. As BNSF seeks ways to further reduce its environmental impact, the advancement Continue Reading

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

How GM plans to overtake Tesla for the electric car crown Detroit carmaker aims to sell 1m electric vehicles in 2025

As chief executive Mary Barra announced the acceleration of General Motors’ rollout of 30 vehicle models in November, she said the carmaker was “committed to fighting for EV market share until Continue Reading

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

Airlines Buckle Their Seat Belts for a Bumpy 2021

Airlines are betting that coronavirus vaccines will reignite demand for travel this year. The question is when. Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Ed Bastian expects improvement starting this spring. Alaska Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines

Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

Global aviation data firm Cirium released its new Airline Insights Review 2020 which reveals the deep impact on aviation of worldwide travel restrictions to curb COVID-19. The report shows that Continue Reading

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

Xpeng delivered 27k EVs in 2020; 5,700 in December

Xpeng Inc, a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, announced its vehicle delivery results for December 2020, the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2020. Xpeng achieved a record monthly delivery Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines

Covid-19 Live News: U.S. Air Travel Hits Pandemic High, Adding to Fears of Yet More Case Surges and the New Variant

With the coronavirus raging in many parts of the country and hospitals dangerously overstretched, public health officials warned on Sunday that more calamitous days may be ahead, as infections tied Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Airbus exploring hydrogen fuel cell propellor “pods” for aircraft propulsion

Airbus is conducting studies to determine how scalable a hydrogen fuel cell “pod” configuration, among others, could be to large commercial aircraft. The aviation industry has developed numerous configurations—twinjet, s-duct, Continue Reading

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

ABI: 2021 will be the year EVs begin entry into the automotive mainstream

2021 will kickstart a decade of growing Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption, which will see EV sales move from a rounding error of total new vehicle shipments to more than a Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

BMW To Challenge Tesla With Ambitious EV Plan

As if Tesla’s inclusion in to the S&P 500 and ARK Invest’s batshit insane impressive fund inflows over the last couple weeks haven’t been enough to make you consider a Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Japan

Toyota launches C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle in Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a limited launch of the C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) to corporate users, local governments and other organizations that have been exploring new options to Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Autonomous Cars

Your Next Car May Let You Drive Hands-Free. Is That a Good Thing?

Auto makers are starting to sell cars with automated steering and speed control to ease what they say is the tedium of driving, and might even allow drivers to go Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

GM to Tout Electrification Drive, Plug-In Pickup at CES

General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra plans to provide a peek of upcoming electric vehicles at CES next month and bolster the automaker’s credentials as a rising power Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation
  • USA

Not Even Christmas Can Save a Battered Market for U.S. Jet Fuel

Even with air travel surging ahead of the Christmas holiday in the U.S., demand for jet fuel is unlikely to fully recover anytime soon. Foot traffic through airports last weekend topped Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Autonomous Cars

Nuro gets first California OK to charge money for self-driving services

Robotics company Nuro on Wednesday received the first-ever permit to commercially deploy its self-driving vehicles in California, allowing the Silicon Valley firm to charge clients for its driverless delivery service. Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Apple To Build Own EV With “Breakthrough” Battery Tech

Apple plans to manufacture an electric passenger vehicle with its own breakthrough battery technology in 2024, sources with knowledge of the plans told Reuters , in what could be a Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Lines

Airlines to Bring Back Thousands of Workers After Passage of Covid-19 Aid Bill

Airlines are preparing to call back tens of thousands of workers they let go in October now that Congress has approved government assistance to cover carriers’ payroll through the end Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • East Africa
  • Electric Scooters

East Africa’s Electric Motorbikes Are Fueling a Carbon-Free Future

When Rwanda’s president said last August that he wanted all of the country’s motorbikes to be electric as soon as possible, Ampersand’s waiting list exploded. The country’s first electric motorbike Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes “next level” battery technology – sources

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes “next level” battery technology – sources

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Autonomous Cars

Ford partnering with insurance carriers to use embedded vehicle telematics for behavior-based premiums

Ford is teaming up with insurance carriers across the US to help customers save money on premiums based on driver behavior, utilizing its built-in connectivity technology on eligible vehicles. In Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Ships

Wilhelmsen-led Topeka project awarded $25M to develop two liquid-hydrogen-fueled roro vessels

The Wilhelmsen-led Topeka project, which aims to construct the first zero-emission hydrogen vessels, has been awarded NOK 219 million (US$25 million) by the Norwegian government-owned organization Enova. These funds will Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation

Airline Slump Still Dogs Oil Demand

Oil prices may be ticking upward, but oil demand still isn’t getting any relief from jet fuel demand, according to the Energy Information Administration’s This Week in Petroleum report published Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Toyota: There’s Too Much Hype Over EVs

There is too much hype surrounding electric vehicles (EVs), one of the world’s top automakers, Japan’s Toyota, says, noting that the electricity needed to charge electric cars would strain grids Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Transportation

Siemens Sees Train Boom From Climate-Conscious Spending on Rail – Bloomberg

Siemens AG sees the rail market bouncing back from a coronavirus slump, aided by an international push to slash carbon-dioxide emissions from transport. The global market for trains and related Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Falling Battery Costs To Help EV Prices Match ICE Vehicles in 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to erase the current price advantage of conventional cars when battery pack prices drop to $100 per kilowatt-hour in 2023, BNEF’s new 2020 Battery Price Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Electric Cars Closing In on Gas Guzzlers as Battery Costs Plunge – Bloomberg

Electric vehicles may cost about the same as their gas-guzzling brethren in just three or four years — and only get cheaper from there, according to a new report from Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Funds Back Hydrogen-Powered Plane Startup ZeroAvia – Bloomberg

The hydrogen-powered aviation startup ZeroAvia Inc. has raised $37.7 million from the U.K. government and a group of investors that includes funds founded by Bill Gates and Amazon.com Inc. ZeroAvia said it Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Biden’s choice of ex-Michigan governor as energy secretary points to focus on electric cars

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Jennifer Granholm to be his energy secretary is a sign the president-elect’s team will try to spur automakers to sell cars that need little to Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

In Chicago, ‘charging deserts’ part of racial divide on electric vehicles

Public charging stations are most heavily concentrated in the city’s more affluent neighborhoods, creating a chicken/egg scenario for electric car adoption While electric vehicles are relatively uncommon in Chicago, city Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Trucks

ACEA and PIK declare that by 2040 all new trucks sold need to be fossil-free

Europe’s truck manufacturers have concluded that by 2040 all new trucks sold need to be fossil free in order to reach carbon-neutrality by 2050. It will be possible to meet Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Battery Recycling Booms As The EV Revolution Kicks Into High Gear

The rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) is often praised as the road to helping the world to reduce emissions. Yet, the advocates of the electric-car future often ignore some Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

The EV Of The Future May Never Have To Be Charged

Electric vehicles are getting more advanced and more accessible all the time. As charging infrastructure proliferates and vehicle technology improves, they’re becoming more and more suitable replacements for your gas Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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