Electric Cars Provide Little Threat To Oil Demand
Electric Car Chevy is about to release its all-electric Bolt. Tesla will soon put its Model 3 on sale. More than a dozen additional EV models will be launched in Continue Reading
Can Trump Derail The EV Revolution?
The day after the November 8th U.S. presidential election, the stock prices for electric car maker Tesla plunged 5 percent. Solar and wind stocks also fell, while the share prices Continue Reading
Navigant Research ranks EV charging network companies
In a new Leaderboard Report , Navigant Research assesses the business strategy and execution of 12 companies offering public charging networks and EV charging services. Navigant Research estimates the global Continue Reading
T&E report: electric cars sales in Europe doubled in 2015; now at 1% market share
Roughly 145,000 new electric vehicles (EV) were sold in Europe in 2015—double the 2014 tally, according to a recent T&E report . EV sales have now reached the milestone of Continue Reading
ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them
A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. The white Continue Reading
Tesla buys German engineer for European expansion
Tesla announced an expansion into Europe on Tuesday, acquiring one company and revealing plans to open one or two “gigafactories” in the coming years. The all-electric car company is buying Continue Reading
The IEA Is Skeptical Electric Cars Will End the Age of Oil
Electric cars won’t cause oil demand to peak anytime soon, according to International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol. “The oil demand growth is not coming from cars, it’s from Continue Reading
Electric Cars To Reshape Copper And Oil Demand
Electric Car EVs could demand enough copper, other metals to dwarf oil market fallout: BHP According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EVs could displace 2 million barrels a day of Continue Reading
ORNL team shows 3D-printed permanent magnets outperform conventional versions, conserve rare materials
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and colleagues have demonstrated that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques Continue Reading
Batteries upend Peak Oil debate
If “peak oil” conjures up thoughts of when oil output will reach its maximum then you’re way behind the times. Now it’s all about demand. And rather than a debate Continue Reading