Reuters Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously overnight. Conservationists were quick to suspect ioneer Ltd, an Australian firm that wants to mine the lithium that lies beneath the flowers for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. One conservation group alleged in a lawsuit that the flowers,
Reuters NEW YORK – The U.S. oil industry is seeking to forge an alliance with the nation’s corn growers and biofuel producers to lobby against the Biden administration’s push for electric vehicles, but is so far meeting a cool reception, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The effort to promote liquid fuels and combat expected federal subsidies for
Reuters WASHINGTON/DETROIT – When Jennifer Granholm was governor of auto-manufacturing Michigan, she led a charge that secured a whopping $1.35 billion in federal funding for companies to make electric cars and batteries in her state. As President-elect Joe Biden’s expected energy secretary, Granholm now faces a bigger task: making good on his campaign promise to help the United States compete
From CNBC Colorado has become the 11th state to adopt California’s zero-emission-vehicle mandate forcing automakers to sell more electric cars in the state. The new rule was passed by Colorado’s air-quality commission by a vote of 8 to 1 on Aug. 23. It requires at least 5% of an automaker’s new car lineup to be electric vehicles, or EVs, by
Plan for a country-wide network of charging stations is underway It’s one of the biggest roadblocks surrounding the widespread adaptation of electric vehicles (EVs); what happens when the battery is depleted? Walmart, in partnership with Electrify America, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group of America, thinks it may have the solution to that problem. This week, the two
From Bloomberg Electric vehicles are taking ever-bigger bites out of global oil demand, but they haven’t yet caught up with the growing size of the pie. Gasoline and diesel displacement by electric vehicles will grow by 96,000 barrels a day this year, BloombergNEF said in a report Tuesday. That brings the lost cumulative demand since 2011 at 352,000 barrels a day, about
NatGas vehicle fuel is alive and well, but lives deep in the shadow of sexier EV headlines UPS is making a $100-million investment in natural gas transportation each year From FreightWaves If you’ve missed the headlines lately, electric vehicles (EVs) are coming, and they are arriving soon. There is an interesting parallel to the hype machine that is pushing electric
From Bloomberg To deliver an electric vehicle that’s cheaper, safer and capable of traveling 500 miles on a single charge, the auto industry needs a breakthrough in battery technology. Easier said than done. Scientists in Japan, China and the U.S. are among those struggling to crack the code of how to significantly boost the amount of energy a battery cell
CNG fueling stations are sprouting up at transit facilities and truck stops, but over-the-road electric trucks loaded with technology, creative leases, battery swapping and free fuel are coming to U.S. on-ramps Last week, Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Wolf celebrated the opening of the first of 29 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations planned as part of a Public Private Partnership in his
EVs could demand enough copper, other metals to dwarf oil market fallout: BHP According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EVs could displace oil demand of 2 million barrels a day as early as 2023. “That would create a glut of oil equivalent to what triggered the 2014 oil crisis.” The first half of 2016 saw 128 percent growth in the
With less than six months remaining in his stay at the White House, President Obama has come out with a program to use the U.S. taxpayers’ money to guarantee loans for parties who are working to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and the infrastructure to charge them. The money comes into play in the form of up to $4.5 billion in loan
$325 million from Model 3 deposits alone In February of 2016, Tesla Motors announced that the company would soon be unveiling a new model of electric car, the Model 3. The grand unveiling came on March 31st with dedicated Tesla fans lining up at dealerships to preorder the vehicle before it was even officially unveiled. Biggest one-week launch of any product
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