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Toyota Loses Big Advantage to Tesla and GM
Toyota (TM) – Get Toyota Motor Corporation Report is on one knee. The Japanese automaker has enjoyed a big advantage for a long time, enabling it to seduce consumers interested in less polluti...
Congress’ Only PhD Physicist Talks Energy Policy And Why It Made Sense For The Obama Administration To Bet On Elon Musk And Tesla
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., leaves the Capitol on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, … [+] Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) has sp...
What Do You Save With Electric Vehicles During High Gas Prices?
I often Tweet or write about the inevitability of the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Every time I do, the inevitable (and often) angry responses are predictable: Too expensive. The infrastruct...
Volkswagen CEO says EV outlook is very good
An ID. Buzz photographed at a plant in Hanover, Germany, on June 16, 2022. Supply chain constraints — including those related to semiconductors — have been a major challenge for automakers in recent t...
Rivian says it’s still on track to build 25,000 EVs in 2022
Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive said it produced more t...
Toyota joins Tesla and GM in phaseout of federal electric vehicle tax credits
A Toyota bZ4X on display at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Toyota Motor said it sold its 200,000th plug-in electric vehicle during the second quarter, triggering a phaseout ...
VW and Goldman-backed Northvolt gets $1.1 billion funding
Northvolt’s most recent funding announcement comes at a time when major economies are laying out plans to move away from vehicles that use diesel and gasoline. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty...
BYD, Chinese EV Rivals Turning Into Tesla’s Toughest Competition
BYD began selling its Han electric sedan, priced from about $32,000 in China, earlier this year. BYD Elon Musk’s Tesla was the clear global leader in electric vehicle sales at the start of 2022, power...
Tesla Stock Quivers On Weak Q2 Delivery Numbers
Getty Images Key takeaways TSLA shed over 4% intraday Tuesday before rebounding to close up 2.55% in the session The initial Tesla stock shock occurred after Tesla announced fewer-than-expected vehicl...
Blackouts, Major Construction Delays Test U.S. Grid
Heatwaves are challenging the grid. getty The future for U.S. electric utilities is under a dark cloud — a cloud generated as much by their century-plus of success as anything else. The nation has com...
Tesla Delivery Pace Drops In Second Quarter On China Slowdown
Elon Musk at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Tesla’s billionaire CEO had anticipated more robust deliveries at the start of the seco...
Supreme Court Limits EPA, Nikola Founder Nixes Share Increases And How Climate Change Hurts Harvests
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Getty Images On Thursday, the Supreme Cou...
UK-based startup Tevva launches hydrogen-electric truck
U.K.-based startup Tevva on Thursday launched a hydrogen-electric heavy goods vehicle, becoming the latest company to make a play in a sector attracting interest from multinationals like Daimler Truck...
NIO XPEV LI report strong deliveries for June as Covid wanes
Nio’s ES7 sports utility vehicle adds another competitor to Tesla’s Model X and Model Y in China. Nio Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio reported Friday that it delivered nearly 13,000 veh...
Ford’s Insane 2,000 Horsepower ‘SuperVan’ EV Is A Videogame Fantasy Made Very Real
Real of Forza? So cool it seems unreal, Ford’s SuperVan 4 pays homage to the ‘SuperVan’ legacy and … [+] kicks it up a few dozen notches. Ford Motor Company The numbers don’t e...
Gas Price-Sparked Interest In EVs Is No Passing Fad, Cox Economists Predict
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 01: Gas prices are displayed at a Manhattan station on June 01, 2022 in … [+] New York City. Cox Auto predicts higher electric vehicle sales even after the gas pr...
Hyundai Chief Targets Tesla As Company Breaks Ground On Government-Ordered Test Site
Groundbreaking for Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL) at the Hyundai America Technical … [+] Center, Inc. in Superior Township, Mich. near Ann Arbor, June 27, 2022. Ed Garsten The h...
Tesla Has a New Rival on the Rise
Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report completely dominates the electric vehicle market. The figures are there to show that in the United States, Elon Musk’s company is unrivaled. Its mark...
More Offshore Wind, Tesla’s ‘Money Furnaces’ And Green Hydrogen In Coal Country
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Getty Images On Thursday, the Biden Admin...
Polestar (PSNY) stock debuts on Nasdaq after SPAC merger
Shares of Polestar made their public-market debut under the ticker “PSNY” on Friday, making it the latest electric vehicle maker to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisitio...
Polestar Makes a Move to Take On Tesla
Swedish electric vehicle company Polestar is set to go public on the the Nasdaq on June 24, joining several other automakers in the highly competitive EV market. The company, which is jointly owned by...
All GM EVs Add Plug And Charge Capability
Chevrolet Bolts charging at EVGo charging station. All GM EVs will now have Plug and Charge … [+] capability for seamless connections to start charging sessions General Motors No matter what you...
EV Sales are Surging, so Why Are Automakers Planning Layoffs?
While electric vehicles are enjoying an unprecedented surge in popularity, ongoing supply chain problems, and growing recession fears are beginning to hit the automotive industry. EV sales rose 65% in...
How GM, Ford, Tesla are tackling the national EV charging challenge
More people than ever are buying electric vehicles. There are about 2 million EVs on the road in the U.S., up six-fold since 2016, but the number of EVs is still a very small slice of the more than 28...
How the massive EV transition is starting in the car rental industry
Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles at a Hertz airport location. Photo by E.R. Davidson Not long after Hertz Global Holdings emerged from bankruptcy last summer, reorganized after the Covid-19 pandemic st...
$9 Billion For Climate Tech Startups, Tesla’s Tough Quarter And Flooding In Yellowstone
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. More than $2.5 billion in the first quart...
Carbon Fiber Wheels Could Be Next Boost For EV Range
Carbon Revolution wheels for the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang Sam Abuelsamid Australia’s Carbon Revolution may not be the best known wheel manufacturer in the world, but they are among the most inte...
Elon Musk Is Furious – TheStreet
Elon Musk is angry. His detractors will see a lack of fair play, while his fans will give him reason. Before getting to the reason for his anger, it should be noted that for more than a decade, from...
Tesla’s Tough Quarter Means Price Hikes, Job Cuts And Stalled Production In China
Tesla Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles built at the company’s Shanghai plant are loaded up to be shipped to Belgium. Shen Chunchen/VCG via Getty Images Tesla’s Model Y, the electric-car mak...
Tesla’s Musk Sends Dire Warning to Rivals Lucid and Rivian
When Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report, speaks about the environment and the problems facing the automobile sector, industry actors listen. For many years, the billion...
Ford Makes a Misstep in Its Race Against Tesla
Ford (F) – Get Ford Motor Company Report doesn’t want to see setbacks in its race against Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report. The legacy carmaker — and everyone else ̵...