Volkswagen Prepares for a Deglobalized World
For years, Volkswagen AG thrived as a global company, building and selling its cars all around the world. But as war, health scares and trade disputes roll back decades of Continue Reading
Geely questions future in Russia despite opening for China’s carmakers
Geely is examining its future in Russia, casting doubt on expectations that China’s carmakers would push further into the country to take advantage of the exodus of international groups following Continue Reading
Batteries On A “Ridiculous” Cost Surge, Chinese EV Maker Says
Battery prices for electric vehicles are seeing a “ridiculous” increase on the back of soaring raw material prices, and carmakers will soon have to raise prices if they haven’t done Continue Reading
‘Grand Theft Aero’: Russia’s $10bn plane grab signals losses for lessors
Three days after the invasion of Ukraine, a Boeing 737 — operated by Russia’s Pobeda but owned by Dublin-based Avolon — was impounded after landing in Istanbul. The plane’s seizure Continue Reading
High Jet Fuel Prices Can’t Curb Consumers’ Insatiable Demand To Fly
As oil prices soared well above $100 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the airline industry was bracing for demand destruction as jet fuel prices climbed. Following two years of COVID-related Continue Reading
The Supply Shortage That Could Derail The Electric Car Boom
Key battery metals are facing a shortage as the Ukraine-Russia war heats up An already voracious commodity supercycle is now witnessing even greater momentum amid fears of major supply-chain disruption Continue Reading
Russian law creates new hurdle for foreign plane lessors
Russia on Monday passed a law allowing the country’s airlines to place airplanes leased from foreign companies on the country’s aircraft register – a manoeuvre likely to stoke Western fears Continue Reading
As Gas Prices Soar, Buyers Find Fewer Fuel-Efficient Car Options
Americans looking to offset surging gasoline prices with a more fuel-thrifty vehicle aren’t likely to find much on the car lot today. The sharp rise in fuel costs, driven in large Continue Reading
Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks
.When Angelo Logan was growing up in the city of Commerce, California, in the 1970s, he remembers how residents used to call the weeks leading up to Christmas the “truck Continue Reading
Aeroflot’s Decades-Long Turnaround Faces Undoing –
Russian Airlines PJSC spent billions of dollars over two decades transforming itself from a stodgy, Soviet-era carrier, with bland food and uncomfortable seats, into an award-winning airline flying new jets Continue Reading
Rental car giants embark on electric after pandemic bonanza
The $100 billion Western rental car industry, flush with cash from a profitable pandemic, is gradually getting its electric show on the road, and Chinese-made vehicles are poised to play Continue Reading
How sanctions against Russia are battering the global aviation industry
Russia’s size and close integration into the global aviation industry since the end of the Cold War means sanctions related to its invasion of Ukraine are having outsized consequences relative Continue Reading
Ford Creates Separate EV, Gas-Engine Divisions in Major Overhaul
Ford F 8.38% Motor Co. is reorganizing its operations to create two separate divisions—one for its conventional gas-engine business and another to focus on developing electric vehicles and software. Ford said Wednesday that Continue Reading
California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs
California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it Continue Reading
Airbus to Use A380 Superjumbo as Hydrogen-Powered Test Bed
The Airbus A380 represents the last superjumbo of a bygone, kerosene-guzzling era. Now the double-decker will serve as the unlikely testbed to help the industry fly into a fuel-efficient future. Continue Reading
Airbus and CFM collaborating on hydrogen combustion demonstration program
Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration program that will take flight Continue Reading
Ford’s CEO Is Exploring Ways to Separate Its EV Business to Unlock Tesla-Like Value
Ford Motor Co. is exploring options for separating its electric-vehicle operations, with CEO Jim Farley even reportedly considering a spinoff of the unit. Ford Motor Co. is looking at ways Continue Reading
Europe’s New Emissions Standards Are Accelerating The EV Race
Europe has just introduced a new emissions standard that will go into effect in 2025. Automakers are racing to electrify their vehicles. While Euro 7 may put fear into some Continue Reading
EV Charging Network Will Target Interstate Highways
The $5 billion program to create a national network of electric-vehicle charging stations will give priority to interstate highways and fast chargers before expanding into remote rural and crowded urban Continue Reading
Tesla Escapes Tiny Niche Position as Japan Starts to Embrace EVs
A Tesla Model 3 inside the company’s showroom in Shibuya. Tatsuya Arai, a 36-year-old entrepreneur in Tokyo, never saw the appeal of owning a car until he watched a YouTube Continue Reading
Postal Service Says It Could Buy More EVs If Congress Funded It
Workers load mail into delivery vehicles outside a USPS distribution center in Chicago, Illinois. The U.S. Postal Service said it could buy more electric vehicles if more funding were available, Continue Reading
Big Oil Isn’t Losing Any Sleep Over The EV Revolution
EV sales accounted for 8.6% of the global light-duty vehicle market, compared to just 2.5% in 2019, as per a new International Energy Agency report. Oil and gas investors will Continue Reading
How Close Is An All-Electric Passenger Aircraft?
With the world pivoting towards net-zero emissions, the aviation industry is being forced to adapt. New startups and industry giants alike are racing to create all-electric aircrafts. While aerospace companies Continue Reading
BMW of North America and Electrify America providing two years complimentary 30-minute charging for BMW EV customers
BMW of North America and Electrify America announced an agreement to provide 2022 BMW EV customers with two years of 30-minute complimentary charging sessions at all Electrify America public charging Continue Reading
Volvo Cars and Northvolt to build battery gigafactory in Gothenburg, Sweden; up to 50 GWh
Volvo Cars and Northvolt have selected Gothenburg, Sweden to establish a new battery manufacturing plant which will commence operations in 2025, and complement the planned R&D center that both companies Continue Reading
Car Giants Are Making Big Bets On Solid State Batteries
Over the past few years, EV makers have been touting solid-state batteries as the next breakthrough in EV technology Toyota now officially leads the charge to mass produce solid-state batteries Continue Reading
The Electric Truck That Can Power Homes
Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup can power homes in a U.S. first offering in which customers will be able to power their homes with an electric truck, the car manufacturer Continue Reading
EV Sales Reach ‘Inflection Point’ With Fast Growth in China and Europe
An employee checks a Volkswagen ID.5 eSUV at a factory in Zwickau, Germany. Automakers and analysts often wonder when U.S. electric car sales might one day take off after years Continue Reading
Graphite Could Be The Biggest Winner In The $3 Trillion EV Boom
The next commodity supercycle could start and end with Chinese graphite, the single most important battery material right now in terms of supply and demand. And one of the world’s Continue Reading
Can The Tourism Industry Achieve Net-Zero?
Tourism is a key contributor both to global GDP and global emissions. There have been calls for a major reboot of the sector following Covid-19. Airlines are now able to Continue Reading
Biden’s Electric Vehicle Push Unites Warring Oil and Corn Allies
Joe BidenPhotographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg Lawmakers who support the rival petroleum and ethanol industries have joined forces to oppose the Biden administration’s push to electrify the federal vehicle fleet, marking a Continue Reading
Wisk Aero secures $450M from Boeing to advance certified autonomous electric flight
Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the US, has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, Continue Reading
Automakers Develop Charging Networks for Greater EV Cred
Electrify America EV charging stations on display at AutoMobility LA in November. Stay on top of the electric car revolution by signing up to our Hyperdrive newsletter here . Frequent Continue Reading
U.K. Debuts Hydrogen-Powered Jet Concept That Produces No Emissions
A rendering of the liquid hydrogen powered FlyZero passenger jet concept A U.K.-backed research group unveiled a design for a liquid hydrogen-powered airliner theoretically capable of matching the performance of Continue Reading
Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022
Moscow, Russia, currently runs 1000 electric public electric buses on 66 bus routes, giving it the distinction of operating the largest e-bus fleet in Europe and America. This year the Continue Reading
Singapore jet fuel/kero breaches $100/b, first time in more than 7 years
Platts Seasonal heating demand, lean supplies lend support FOB Singapore jet fuel/kerosene cargo breached the psychologically important $100/b mark for the first time in more than seven years at the Continue Reading
For Maximum EV Efficiency, Stick to 25 Miles an Hour, Ignore Angry Drivers – WSJ
The Ford Mustang Mach-E electric car can hit 60 miles an hour from a standstill in 3.5 seconds. Fergal McGrath prefers to keep the needle stuck at a grandfatherly 40 Continue Reading
NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration
A team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has completed a literature review on the potential value of EV managed charging. Their findings, published in Energy & Environmental Science Continue Reading
For BP, car chargers to overtake pumps in profitability race
BP says its fast electric vehicle chargers are on the cusp of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car. The milestone will mark a significant moment for BP Continue Reading
Batteries included? Northvolt goes all out to meet 2021 launch goal
Northvolt Chief Executive Peter Carlsson wants to take on his old boss Elon Musk with the greenest electric vehicle batteries in the world. But he needs to start producing them Continue Reading
Battery Resourcers to open North America’s largest Li-ion battery recycling facility by August
Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. When the 154,000-square-foot facility is fully Continue Reading
Global airline passenger capacity ends 2021 35% below pre-pandemic level: OAG
Global airline passenger capacity rose 9% year on year in 2021 but was still 35% below the pre-pandemic level in 2019, with passenger volume lowest since 2009-2010, flight and data Continue Reading
Volkswagen Group nearly doubles BEV deliveries in 2021 to 452,900 units; 5.1% of total deliveries
Volkswagen drove forward its transformation into a sustainable, software-centric mobility group in 2021 and approximately doubled its deliveries of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) year-on-year to 452,900 units. These now account for Continue Reading
China’s Consumers Risk FOMO (fear of missing out) as Electric Cars’ Popularity Soars
Stay on top of the electric car revolution by signing up to our Hyperdrive newsletter here . Welcome to 2022 from Beijing. After the explosive growth last year in China’s Continue Reading
Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars
For much of last year, established automakers like General Motors and Ford Motor operated in a different reality from Tesla, the electric car company. G.M. and Ford closed one factory Continue Reading
Automakers announce range of new EVs, EV concepts at CES 2022
Highlights Chrysler to offer first pure EV in 2025, go all-electric by 2028 Turkey’s TOGG revealed country’s first two EVs for availability in late 2022 GM, Mercedes-Benz, BMW among other Continue Reading
Vinfast announces all-electric strategy and full electric vehicle lineup; halting ICE production by end of year
At CES 2022, Vietnam-based VinFast announced its new development strategy and revealed its complete electric vehicle lineup covering five segments. VinFast said will stop producing vehicles with internal combustion engines Continue Reading
Rivian drops below IPO price as Amazon to buy electric vans from rival
The stock price for electric truck company Rivian fell below the price of its initial public offering after Amazon said it would also buy electric delivery vans from Chrysler owner Continue Reading
U.S. Ramps Up Battery Production With 13 New Gigafactories
13 new battery cell gigafactories are expected to come online in the U.S. by 2025. The next decade will be defined by a massive increase in utility-scale storage GM, Ford, Continue Reading
Titans of Carmaking Are Plotting the Overthrow of Elon Musk
Volkswagen ID.3 electric cars inside a delivery tower at the automaker’s factory in Dresden, Germany. Volkswagen and Toyota are coming for Tesla, laying out $170 billion worth of investments to Continue Reading