We Need to Electrify As Much Transportation As We Can
Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. Folks are lining up to reserve electric car automaker Tesla’s Model 3. It’s considered to be one of the Continue Reading
Dyson developing an electric car
Dyson is developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire with help from public money, according to government documents. The company, which makes a range of products that utilise Continue Reading
Chinese researchers develop novel aluminum–graphite dual-ion battery
A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. The new aluminum-graphite dual-ion battery (AGDIB) Continue Reading
U.S. motor travel up 2 percent in January from last year
U.S. road travel rose by 2 percent in January over last year, setting a fresh record for the month, government data showed on Thursday, providing evidence that the U.S. road Continue Reading
CMU study shows autonomous vehicle algorithms can have considerable effect on fuel economy; need for new approaches in testing
Autonomous vehicle driving behavior can have a considerable effect on fuel economy. Researchers in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University have determined that fuel efficiency for self-driving cars—within Continue Reading
Lower Forever: Electric Cars and the Inevitable Reality of the Oil Market
Proponents of the Electric Car are already convinced that the advent of cars with plugs will ultimately spell doom for the Big Oil companies and countries that rely on oil Continue Reading
VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range
Building on its unveiling at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the Volkswagen BUDD-e electric vehicle concept is making its US auto show debut Continue Reading
The Future of Batteries and Electric Vehicles
Electric cars have been on the horizon for years now, but what will it actually take for a majority of the world’s vehicles to be powered by batteries instead of Continue Reading
CCM: slowdown in China Li-ion unit output growth signals shift in market structure toward new energy vehicle applications
In 2015, China’s total output of Li-ion batteries increased by 3.13% year-on-year (YoY)—a significant slowdown in the output growth rate from the prior 5 years, according to the National Bureau Continue Reading
VW Toys With Giving Up the U.S. Mass Market, and Dealers Fume
The suggestion was startling: Maybe VW should give up on selling cars to America’s masses. It was late January, at the Detroit auto show, and Herbert Diess, the global chief Continue Reading