Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry
About 279,000 barrels a day of fuel won’t be needed this year China adds a London-sized electric bus fleet every five weeks Electric buses were seen as a joke at Continue Reading
Faster EV chargers to allay range anxiety
Japanese energy company Marubeni Corp. said it would work in the U.S. market to deliver ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles. The company said it was working through its U.S. Continue Reading
Electrify America partners with >100 major retail, convenience & refueling locations in US to install ultra-fast chargers
Electrify America will be installing ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers at more than 100 retail, convenience and refueling locations across the US, increasing the convenience for consumers who drive or are Continue Reading
IHS Markit: global oil demand still growing in the short term despite increasing focus on EVs
Short-term oil demand is still growing strong and will continue to do so through the end of 2020 despite the market’s increasing focus on electric vehicles and the forecasted future Continue Reading
Maritime shippers need more LNG
The maritime fleet industry needs to use more liquefied natural gas as a fuel in order to lower its emissions, a Finnish company said Friday. Wärtsilä Corp., a Finnish company Continue Reading
Electric Scooters Are Causing Havoc. This Man Is Shrugging It Off.
Travis VanderZanden, the chief executive of electric scooter company Bird Rides, surveyed the new indoor park at his office one morning this week. While the space is still under construction, Continue Reading
Electric scooters might revolutionize urban transport — if it wasn’t for stupid humans
Motorized scooters, like these from Bird and Spin, have been showing up in cities around the United States. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) You’ll find them obstructing sidewalks in Austin, draped Continue Reading
Momentum Dynamics deploys 200 kW wireless charging system for electric transit buses in Wenatchee, WA
Momentum Dynamics has commissioned the US’ first 200 kW wireless charging system for a battery-electric transit bus fleet. The wireless charging system is now operational on a BYD K9S bus Continue Reading
Tesla Starts 24h Shifts In Attempt Ramp Up Model 3 Production
Tesla’s halt of Model 3 production is due to a comprehensive set of upgrades that will allow it to ramp up production to up to 4,000 cars per week in Continue Reading
Electrify America installing 150/350 kW fast chargers at more than 100 Walmart locations
Electrify America will install electric vehicle fast chargers at more than 100 Walmart locations across 34 states by June 2019. This initiative will more than double the number of electric Continue Reading
Germany ups pressure on car industry to invest heavily in EVs, batteries
Germany’s government is increasing pressure on its car makers to invest heavily in electric cars as well as battery production in Europe to safeguard jobs in Germany during a rapid Continue Reading
An Electric Car Revolution Will Require Perpetual Subsidies
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can be economically attractive as commuter cars in city traffic. Attractiveness fades for longer-distance traveling due to larger battery packs, a smaller efficiency advantage, and more Continue Reading
Tesla Bankruptcy Not So Far Fetched, Says Analyst
Just days after Elon Musk’s not-so-well-received April Fool’s tweet that spoke of Tesla’s imminent bankruptcy in jest, one analyst is predicting that that doesn’t seem so foolish after all. The Continue Reading
Attorneys general from 11 U.S. states vow to defend auto efficiency standards
The top legal officers from 11 states and Washington D.C. on Tuesday promised to defend federal automobile efficiency standards against a rollback proposed by the Trump administration this week. “All Continue Reading
How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare With the Rest of the World’s
On Monday, the Trump administration formally declared that Obama-era fuel economy rules for automobiles were too strict and would likely be weakened in the months ahead. So how strict are Continue Reading
Uncertainty looms over marine fuel sulfur limit: Fuel for Thought
In about 20 months, the shipping industry is going to start burning a fuel that today they know next to nothing about. The International Maritime Organization has set a January Continue Reading
Alibaba, Ford Unveil China’s First Car Vending Machine
China’s Alibaba wasn’t the first company to create a car vending machine – that honor belongs to a Singaporean entrepreneur who transformed Singapore’s Autobahn building into what appears to be Continue Reading
Peak Oil Demand Is Approaching Thanks to EVs and Autonomous Vehicles
Nearly a decade ago, I talked about the concept of “peak oil.” Simply put, this theory states that global oil production will hit a maximum level before declining. When oil Continue Reading
Study projects future EVs to have 30-70% lower environmental impacts that current EVs when changes to electricity generation are considered
Numerous studies have tackled the future environmental impact of battery-electric vehicles; the resulting assessments are highly uncertain. Now, a team of researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, with Continue Reading
EPA To Scrap Fuel Efficiency Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce in the coming days that it will be rolling back the fuel economy targets for cars and SUVs—a move that Continue Reading
EPA chief to sign fuel economy determination this weekend: sources
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will sign a final determination by Sunday which will begin a months-long effort to weaken US fuel economy standards and likely set off Continue Reading
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE testing plug-in vehicles as renewable energy storage for office buildings
Hitachi Europe Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office Continue Reading
China Auto Exec on Self-Driving Cars: ‘You Can’t Just Put Some Sensors on Top’
China has made self-driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow those efforts Continue Reading
EV Battle Heats Up Amid Trump Tariffs
Electric vehicle makers have largely relied on aluminum to make their cars lighter in hopes of offsetting the weight of the battery pack and reducing overall weight in order to Continue Reading
Chinese electric carmaker sets up US assembly plant
SF Motors has become the latest Chinese-owned company to unveil plans to break into the US electric vehicle market, at a time when a growing tech threat from China has Continue Reading
Waymo Orders Up to 20,000 Jaguar SUVs for Driverless Fleet
As Uber Technologies Inc. reels from a fatal crash involving one of its autonomous vehicles, rival Waymo is moving ahead, buying as many as 20,000 Jaguar vehicles for its robot Continue Reading
NVIDIA introduces DRIVE Constellation simulation system for testing autonomous vehicles in the cloud
NVIDIA has introduced a cloud-based system for testing autonomous vehicles using photorealistic simulation, creating a safer, more scalable method for bringing self-driving cars to the roads. NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation is Continue Reading
Hyundai union head fears GM-like crisis; says electric cars destroy jobs
Hyundai Motor’s ( 005380.KS ) union chief warned its workers may face a similar crisis to the one hitting General Motors’ ( GM.N ) South Korean unit as sales in Continue Reading
Driving An Electric Vehicle Is Far Cleaner Than Driving On Gasoline
Driving an electric vehicle (EV) has obvious climate benefits: zero tailpipe emissions. But because EVs are charged by power grids that burn fossil fuels, they aren’t necessarily zero-carbon. An EV’s Continue Reading
Auto Dealers Worry New Vehicle Prices May Be Getting Too High
As the automotive industry braces for changes including electrification and autonomy, dealers across the U.S. are worried about something much simpler: the price of a new car. After decades of Continue Reading
Diesel new vehicle market share in Europe in February dropped to 39.5%; SUVs still driving growth
European car registrations increased by 4.2% to 1.16 million, 50,000 more than in February 2017. The results mark the highest February volume since 2008, when 1.19 million cars were registered, Continue Reading
U Waterloo team develops novel variable valve actuation system; 58% less energy use than cam-driven valvetrain
A team at the University of Waterloo has developed a novel variable valve actuation (VVA) system, optimized to pursue minimum energy consumption and minimum sensitivity of the valve lift to Continue Reading
Beijing releases licenses for self-driving car road testing
Beijing issued temporary license plates for Baidu’s self-driving vehicles for public road testing on Thursday. The capital has opened 33 roads of a total length of 105 kilometers for autonomous Continue Reading
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
“Made in China” e-buses to be used in world’s 1st all-electric long-distance routes
German intercity bus company FlixBus is investing in e-buses produced by Chinese bus makers and planning to test them on their long-distance routes for the first time in the world. Continue Reading
Too Much Sun Could Wreak Havoc on Driverless Cars
Self-driving cars are still working to master the snow . It turns out that excessive sun can also pose a problem for the coming wave of robot drivers. The threat 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
A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians From Cars
Taller buildings could be coming to an Oakland neighborhood along the rapid-transit line to San Francisco if the State Legislature approves a bill that would override local zoning restrictions. SAN 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
GM to build production versions of Cruise AV self-driver at Orion plant; roof modules at Brownstown
General Motors will build production versions of its Cruise AV ( earlier post ) at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. Roof modules for GM’s self-driving vehicles will be 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
Audi Unveils Its Flying Smart-Car
Considerable improvements in battery technologies and technological advances in manned electric flight have spurred established automakers to begin examining the feasibility of flying automobiles, as both Audi and Porsche have Continue Reading
Diesel Trucks Are Here To Stay
While alternative fuel commercial trucks are gaining interest from fleet operators, diesel is still set to dominate medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for several years. That statement came from Kary Schaefer, 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
Google founder’s flying taxis secretly tested in New Zealand
A flying car start-up backed by Google founder Larry Page has been secretly testing an electric autonomous aircraft for several months in New Zealand, the company revealed on Tuesday. Silicon 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