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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Here’s What’s Next For Electric Cars
Tesla’s stock jumped by 5 percent on Monday on news that the assembly lines of the Model 3 were ratcheting up production, despite a several-day outage at the end of Continue Reading
Renault-Nissan aims for next generation battery car in 2025
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is working to produce an electric car that uses solid-state batteries as early as 2025, in a move that puts it amid the frontrunners in the global Continue Reading
Auto Industry’s Cure for Electric Car Blues: Be More Like Tesla
It took six years for Ford Motor Co. F 1.13% to sell 8,700 electric Focus small cars. It takes just three days to sell as many gasoline-powered F-Series pickup trucks. Continue Reading
Musk Calls On Trump To Up Car Tariffs To Level Playing Field
Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday to complain to U.S. President Donald Trump about the unfair trade rules on U.S. car sales in China, which make Continue Reading
GM CEO Pushes for Renewed Tax Breaks on Electric Vehicles
General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra is pressing Washington for an expansion of electric-vehicle tax credits, a plea that would help the company and rivals like Tesla Inc. sell Continue Reading
How Feasible Are Electric Trucks?
There is no denying that EVs are here to stay, or that as the techonlogy improves so does their range of movement. It is indeed this range, or lack thereof Continue Reading
What if every car sold in the world was an electric vehicle?
Big Oil is finally contemplating the unthinkable, and until recently what was also unimaginable for them. What if every car solar across the globe was an electric vehicle? What would Continue Reading
Does China Control The EV Revolution?
After the non-starter EV revolution of the late nineties was crushed by its own architects , hybrids came along to give us a halfway house toward the end of vehicular Continue Reading
Why Charging Your Electric Car at Night Could Save the World
Electric cars won’t tax grid if they charge at off-peak times Adding EVs to peak power demand reduces environmental benefits It’ll take more than just driving an electric vehicle to Continue Reading
Toyota Finds A Way To Make Cheaper EVs
Toyota Motor Corp, Asia’s No.1 carmaker, has found a way to make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable and less vulnerable to shortages in supply of the key elements needed to Continue Reading
An Unlikely Challenger In The Electric Car Race
Traditional auto manufacturers were initially written off as having too much legacy investments in the internal combustion engine and insufficient technology to keep up with the development of electric and Continue Reading
Toyota develops first neodymium-reduced, heat-resistant magnet for electric motors
Toyota Motor Corporation has developed the world’s first neodymium-reduced, heat-resistant magnet. Neodymium (Nd) magnets are used in various types of motors such as the high-output motors found in electrified vehicles. Continue Reading
Fitch: EVs Growth Could Lead To Peak Oil Demand By 2030
Greater product awareness and technological changes could fast track the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) that could plausibly lead to a peak oil demand before 2030, Fitch Ratings said on Continue Reading
BP sees self-driving electric vehicles crimping oil demand by 2040
The emergence of self-driving electric cars and travel sharing are set to dent oil consumption by 2040, oil and gas giant BP ( BP.L ) said, forecasting a peak in Continue Reading
Is This The Answer To The Lithium Shortage?
University of Texas at Austin and Monash University researchers have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. With continual technological advancements Continue Reading
Electric cars may reduce global demand for oil by mid-2020s
The emergence of electric cars can lead to a reduction of oil consumption by road transport by the mid-2020s, the Russian Central Bank said in its report. According to the Continue Reading
California Governor orders 5M ZEV target for 2030; more hydrogen fueling and EV charging stations
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed executive order B-48-18, directing all State entities to work with the private sector and all appropriate levels of government to put at Continue Reading
Plug-in vehicles not yet straining U.S. grid
Plug-in electric vehicles aren’t yet putting a strain on the national grid, but may require upgrades to infrastructure as demand increases, a U.S. report found. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Continue Reading
Colorado releases plan to support EVs on state’s highways, accelerate EV adoption
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper released of the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan , delivering on a directive set forth in the July 2017 Executive Order, “Supporting Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition.” Continue Reading
China considers tech center for alternative energy vehicles
The Chinese government said Monday it would take a world leadership position in alternative vehicles with the establishment of a new technology center. China is the second-largest economy in the Continue Reading
Luxury Automakers Pivot To EVs
Global automakers see electrified luxury cars as vital to being Tesla-competitive, government mandate-compliant, and standing out as high-performance innovative carmakers. Product announcements this week from Nissan’s Infiniti luxury brand and Continue Reading
China plug-in electric vehicle sales in 2017: almost four times those in the U.S.
Compared to previous years, overall car-sales growth in the U.S. has all but plateaued at around 17.5 million. China is doing little better, with growth reaching just 3 percent for Continue Reading
Unexpected Phenomenon Observed In Lithium-Ion Batteries
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries – the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars. As a model Continue Reading
PG&E launches new $130M program to accelerate EV adoption in Northern and Central California; 7,500 chargers
To help accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has launched its new EV Charge Network program. Partnering with business customers and EV Continue Reading
Self-driving cars raise fears over ‘weaponisation’
Autonomous vehicles are in danger of being turned into “weapons”, leading governments around the world to block cars operated by foreign companies, the head of Baidu’s self-driving car programme has Continue Reading
Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Survives, but G.M. and Tesla Aren’t Cheering
A Tesla charging station in Mountain View, Calif. The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has sharply criticized the government’s restriction on the electric vehicle tax credit, which begins to phase Continue Reading
Race to build a million-mile car becomes a reality
Futuristic images of cars were splashed across the Consumer Electronics Show this week, as the world’s largest tech gathering ogled the concept cars of the coming driverless era. But there Continue Reading
Ford Increasing Electric Vehicle Investment to $11 Billion by 2022
A top Ford Motor Co. F 0.53% executive said the company will now spend $11 billion on electrified vehicles through 2022, increasing its previous estimates as it races to catch Continue Reading
Ford Goes ‘All In’ on Electric Cars
Automaker swapped CEOs last year after falling behind Tesla Mach 1 SUV among 16 battery-electric vehicles planned by 2022 Ford Motor Co. will more than double spending on electrified vehicles, Continue Reading
Gas-powered vehicle about twice as costly to drive as an electric
A study from Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute found the average annual cost to drive a gasoline-powered vehicle last year was $1,117. The Continue Reading
Is This Lithium Battery Breakthrough Too Good To Be True?
It would be a dull month if a new rechargeable battery project didn’t make headlines amid all the excitement surrounding electric cars. This month’s indisputable winner is the lithium-ion battery Continue Reading
Will 1 Billion EVs Crash Gasoline Demand?
Last year was big on announcements from automakers, and suppliers, and tech giants regarding electric vehicles, robotaxis, and autonomous vehicles. We also heard from countries like China, India, France, Great Continue Reading
GM races to build a formula for profitable electric cars
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra has made a bold promise to investors that the Detroit automaker will make money selling electric cars by 2021. What Barra has not Continue Reading
Fisker unveils EMotion electric luxury sedan; prototype flexible solid-state battery cell; automotive-ready after 2020
Fisker unveiled the Emotion electric luxury sedan at CES 2018. Featuring automatic butterfly doors and five integrated Quanergy S3 LiDAR sensors ( earlier post ) for autonomous driving up to Continue Reading
Can The U.S. Compete In The Electric Car War?
Recently, William Clay “Bill” Ford Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., said China was “at the heart” of the electric vehicle and the “mobility” movements. It was an interesting Continue Reading
Ricardo supporting Active Response trial to unlock grid capacity for electric vehicles
Ricardo is supporting a trial run by UK Power Networks into using smart grid technology to unlock spare capacity for increased electric vehicle use—maximizing the power available from existing infrastructure Continue Reading
Annual autonomous vehicle sales to surpass 33M in 2040; autonomous mobility in more than 26% of new car sales
Business information provider IHS Markit forecasts that more than 33 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally in 2040—a substantial increase from the 51,000 units forecast for the first year Continue Reading
Number Of EV Charging Points To Rise Significantly
Gasoline stations outnumber electric vehicle charging stations by a wide margin in key global markets. That gap is expected to narrow with planned charger installations and significant growth in fast Continue Reading
Beijing’s Electric-Car Push Could Produce a World-Class Chinese Auto Brand
China has become the world’s largest automotive market, thanks to drivers whose numbers far eclipse those of such former leaders as the U.S. and Germany. But while mainland producers may Continue Reading
Toyota Could Become Tesla’s Next Big Headache
Toyota Motor Corp. is making a serious commitment to bringing electrified vehicles into its fleet. The move goes against the widely held perception that the Japanese automaker was taking a Continue Reading
EV Range Set To Triple With New Lithium Battery Breakthrough
The University of Waterloo researchers breakthrough involves the use of negative electrodes (the anode) made of lithium metal, a material with the potential to dramatically increase battery storage capacity. Quanquan Continue Reading