The Age of Electric Flight Is Here, Now!
SunFlyer is powered by lithium batteries and electric motor. It’s designed to be low-cost trainer. Our small electric plane, which uses light and powerful batteries and motors, is less costly Continue Reading
Renault-Nissan Alliance to Produce Electric Vehicle in China
Nissan Motor Co. NSANY -0.10% and alliance partner Renault SA RNO -2.00% are teaming up with Chinese auto maker Dongfeng Motor Group Co. DNFGY -3.62% to make a battery-powered automobile Continue Reading
What Happens To Oil Prices When Driving Seasons Ends?
“For now at least, it has become hard to risk capital on the price of oil with as much conviction as in the past.”—Andy Hall, famed oil trader, on shuttering Continue Reading
Should California spend $3 billion to help people buy electric cars?
Over seven years, the state of California has spent $449 million on consumer rebates to boost sales of zero-emission vehicles. So far, the subsidies haven’t moved the needle much. In Continue Reading
Greater EV Adoption Relies on Some Big ‘Ifs’
What are the key assumptions for a ‘carbon-constrained scenario’? Electric vehicles (EV) constitute a very small share of all cars on the road worldwide. According to the International Energy Agency Continue Reading
The end of the car as we know it
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat, Bloomberg noted in July. OPEC quintupled its forecast for sales of plug-in EVs, and Continue Reading
Exclusive: Tesla’s ‘long-haul’ electric truck aims for 200 to 300 miles on a charge
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) next month plans to unveil an electric big-rig truck with a working range of 200 to 300 miles, Reuters has learned, a sign that the Continue Reading
The end of the car as we know it
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat, Bloomberg noted in July. OPEC quintupled its forecast for sales of plug-in EVs, and Continue Reading
Electric cars may take over Indian roads by 2020
Even as Indians take to the road like never before, consumers could well be buying their last petrol or diesel car, according to a US-based expert. Using the country’s quick Continue Reading
Will EV’s Break The Grid?
While the UK government has vowed to end the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040, as part of a wider plan to fight air pollution, Continue Reading
Asia Takes The Lead In The Hyperloop Race
Elon Musk’s orphaned hyperloop project may soon be Asia’s next transportation superstar, but competitive prices from fossil fuel-heavy options could derail the new technology’s business model. CEO Dirk Ahlborn of Continue Reading
Tech Guru Unveils New Battery To Challenge Lithium-Ion
The rise of electric vehicles and the quest to find solutions to energy storage for the renewables industry have created a breeding ground for tech experts to develop battery technologies. Continue Reading
Rise of electric cars challenges the world’s thirst for oil
In the early years of US oil production in the late 19th century, gasoline was considered a useless byproduct of kerosene that would be burnt off or dumped in rivers. Continue Reading
Global momentum underway for electric vehicles
The drive toward electric vehicles gained international momentum with Germany and the United States making strides on the sea change in the automotive industry. Two million electric vehicles were on Continue Reading
A Pod Races Through the Hyperloop for the First Time Ever
The future sounds a bit like a witch crying over a dead cat. That spooky wail is the sound hyperloop makes—at least, the version of the high-speed transportation system designed Continue Reading
IMF: Auto industry facing EV learning curve
The automotive industry may have some retooling to do in order to keep pace with emerging trends for electric vehicles, the International Monetary Fund reported. File photo by Brian Kersey/UPI Continue Reading
VW — Electric Cars
VW’s CEO Knows the Future Is Electric—His Company Isn’t So Sure Goldman Sachs’s 40% decline in fixed-income activity has rattled executives, sparking a charm offensive designed to showcase a more Continue Reading
Alphabet’s Secret Lab Develops Competitor For Lithium-Ion Battery
A decade ago, this lab made headlines for its driverless car. Now the lab’s leaders claim its Malta project could store energy anywhere around the world, while boasting a longer Continue Reading
Oil tycoon promises his next car will be electric
Yes, you heard that right, the boss in charge of Europe’s biggest oil company says his next car will be electric. Does this revelation from the CEO at Shell say Continue Reading
Tesla’s Musk hands over first Model 3 electric cars to early buyers
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday the Model 3 had over half a million advance reservations as he handed over the first 30 to employee buyers, setting Continue Reading
So how on earth are we going to power nine million electric cars
Earlier this year, car buyers were encouraged to take advantage of the Government’s new environmentally friendly decision to exempt from road tax all electric cars with zero carbon emissions that Continue Reading
GM Cadillac chief outlines plan for fewer sedans, more electrics
The head of General Motors Co’s Cadillac luxury division said on Thursday the brand will shrink its lineup of sedans and expand its offerings of sport utility vehicles and hybrid Continue Reading
Self-Driving-Car Legislation Clears U.S. House Panel
A U.S. House panel approved legislation regarding self-driving cars, a significant step aimed at clarifying the rules of the road for manufacturers developing vehicles that pilot themselves. The U.S. House Continue Reading
Oil barons face a slow death by electrification
Opec, Russia and Big Oil thought they had half a century to prepare for the end of the internal combustion engine. At best they have a decade before the threat Continue Reading
Electric Vehicles No Threat To Oil Prices Anytime Soon
Hardly a day goes by without another media report about the impending demise of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) as petroleum powered cars and trucks are replaced by uber-clean Electric Continue Reading
Shell sees oil demand peaking by late 2020s as electric car sales grow
Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell company, speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2017. Sergei Karpukhin LONDON (Reuters) – The Continue Reading
Royal Mail to buy 100 Peugeot electric vans for delivery vehicles
Royal Mail has signed an agreement with Peugeot to purchase 100 Partner L2 Electric vans, to be used as delivery vehicles. The vans will go into service from December 2017 Continue Reading
The Market Will Kill Oil Before the Government Does
European governments are making a big splash, pledging an assault on traditional cars to help clean up polluted air in cities. The latest strike came Wednesday in the U.K., which Continue Reading
Green Car Congress: Stanford, CMU, MIT team reviews challenges to practical implementation of solid-state Li-ion batteries
Toyota, which has been working on solid-state batteries for EVs for a number of years (earlier post), is in the news with a report by the Wall Street Journal that it will be ready Continue Reading
GM Eases Summer Production of Chevrolet Bolt
Workers assembling General Motors Co.’s Tesla fighter are taking a month off this summer amid lukewarm demand, a sign American car buyers are showing little interest in vehicles that rely Continue Reading
Volvo Accelerates Toward Electric Future With China’s Geely
Volvo Car Corp., the Swedish auto maker, and its Chinese parent Zhejiang Geely Holdings on Thursday unveiled plans for wide-ranging collaboration to develop new technology that aims to accelerate Volvo’s Continue Reading
A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
There is simply no credible way to address climate change without changing the way we get from here to there, meaning cars, trucks, planes and any other gas-guzzling forms of Continue Reading
Electric Vehicles Won’t Topple Oil…Yet
While governments around the world are starting to mandate electricity over oil for powering motor vehicles, what are the chances of oil supply being severely impacted in the next quarter Continue Reading
Big Oil Just Woke Up to Threat of Rising Electric Car Demand
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat. OPEC quintupled its forecast for sales of plug-in EVs, and oil producers from Exxon Mobil Corp. Continue Reading
Tokyo Tech team develops low-cost germanium-free solid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have devised a low-cost, scalable approach to developing all-solid-state batteries, improving prospects for scaling up the technology for widespread use in electric vehicles, communications Continue Reading
Electric Alice
Eviation’s Orca surveillance drone at 2017 Paris Air Show Israeli startup Eviation plans to build an all-electric short-haul 9-pax airliner capable of flights up to 600 miles and have it Continue Reading
Will The EV Hype Actually Help The Oil Business?
Then France amped up the newswire by switching on a ban: No more combustion car sales by 2040. To cap off a trilogy of electric vehicle (EV) proclamations, Elon Musk Continue Reading
Is This Year’s Driving Season Over Before It Began?
Exactly six months ago, when oil bulls still held on to some fleeting hope that OPEC may somehow stabilize the crash in oil prices despite the shift in marginal oil Continue Reading
Electric Cars Need More Than Fans
Last year, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries conveniently predicted that in 2040, electric vehicles would make up just 6.7% of the car fleet. The owners of four-fifths of Continue Reading
Study concludes US CAFE regulation can accelerate EV market penetration
In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution Continue Reading
BNEF forecasts EVs to hit 54% of new car sales by 2040; decreasing importance of PHEVs
Electric vehicles will make up the majority of new car sales worldwide by 2040, and account for 33% of all the light-duty vehicles on the road, according to a new Continue Reading
Tesla Loses Stranglehold As EV Revolution Accelerates
Volvo became the first major auto company to announce the phase out of the internal-combustion engine from its lineup. The Chinese-owned Swedish car company announced on July 5 that every Continue Reading
Lightyear One solar car charges itself and will have a 500-mile range
A Dutch startup is planning to bring a completely solar-powered electric car to market, which could theoretically let some drivers go for months without plugging it in. The ne plus Continue Reading
Every Volvo car launched from 2019 to have an electrified powertrain; “the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car”
Volvo Cars announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 on will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) Continue Reading
Volvo Gives Tesla a Shock, As Others Plan Electric Push
Volvo, the auto maker that spent 90 years polishing a reputation for safety, indicated Wednesday it is mounting an ambitious challenge to Tesla Inc.’s electric cars. But the even tougher Continue Reading
Volvo delivers an electric shock to carmakers
Two events this week signalled a step change in the pace at which electric vehicles are taking to the road. Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s first mass-market Model 3 car Continue Reading
Volvo, Betting on Electric, Moves to Phase Out Conventional Engines
Volvo Cars on Wednesday became the first mainstream automaker to sound the death knell of the internal combustion engine, saying that all the models it introduces starting in 2019 will Continue Reading
The Global Oil Demand Driver That Is Being Ignored
When looking at oil demand, oil market analysts focus overwhelmingly on passenger vehicles. One of the hottest debates today is over the prospect of peak oil demand : whether or Continue Reading
Volvo Plans to Go Electric, to Abandon Conventional Car Engine by 2019
For Volvo the internal combustion engine has run its course. In the face of competition from upstarts like Tesla Inc., which begins production this week of its new mass-market Model Continue Reading
Volvo to use electric motors in all cars from 2019
Volvo Cars announced that every model from 2019 onwards would have an electric motor, making it the first traditional carmaker to call time on vehicles powered solely by an internal Continue Reading