EVs Won’t Stifle Oil Demand Anytime Soon
There will be 280 million EVs on the roads in 2040, up from 2 million today—but even this increase won’t be able to stifle crude oil demand, the International Energy Continue Reading
China’s electric car push set to trigger ‘war of attrition’
New Chinese rules mandating a boost in electric vehicle production are raising fears of a glut of battery-powered cars that carmakers will be hard pressed to sell. Regulations adopted in September Continue Reading
Goldman: Automated Trucks To Cost 300k Jobs Per Year
Silicon Valley startups, technologists, and venture capitalists see great potential in the technology—even more than most traditional trucking companies are supporting. For months, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has put out Continue Reading
DRIVEtheARC EV fast charging corridor opens in Nor Cal; 55 new fast chargers at 25 locations
DRIVEtheARC, a corridor of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations spanning from Monterey to Lake Tahoe, announced the completion of the chargers’ deployment and its official grand opening on the Continue Reading
Fisker files patents on solid-state battery technology; anticipating automotive-ready from 2023
Fisker’s scientists, including a co-founder of solid-state battery start-up Sakti3 (acquired by Dyson, earlier post ), filed patents this week (under a non-publication request) on flexible, superior energy density solid-state Continue Reading
Are Electric Cars As Clean As They Seem?
The concept of bunking the traditional engine for a non-gas guzzling counterpart has been here for decades, but creating an ecosystem for battery charging and bringing vehicle costs down was Continue Reading
EV corridor will stretch from Norway to Italy
German utility company E.ON and a mobility service provider said Friday they would work to establish an electric-vehicle corridor linking Norway to Italy. With $11.6 million in funding from the Continue Reading
Bans on Internal Combustion Engines May Backfire
A number of countries have stated their intention to ban the internal combustion engine (ICE) and shift to all electric vehicles in the next couple of decades. These announcements are Continue Reading
Don’t Be Caught Unprepared for the EV Tsunami
The long years of waiting for electric vehicles (EVs) to enter the mainstream are over. Largely thanks to sharply falling prices, EV sales in the U.S. have been growing at Continue Reading
Study: 100% renewable electricity worldwide is feasible, and cheaper than business-as-usual
Currently, the global electricity sector amount to 11 Gt of CO2 equivalent. According to a new study from German non-profit Energy Watch Group and the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Continue Reading