This is a tough time to be a start-up. New entrants into the electric vehicle market are facing a slew of challenges, including runaway inflation, supply chain hold-ups and Russia’s invasion of ...
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Elon Musk Is No Longer a $200 Billion Man
Recession fears affect almost everyone. Even the richest man in the world, who has just left the most select club on the planet. Elon Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla (TSLA) R...
Pausing Solar Tariffs, Tesla’s Stock Split And Quantum Computing For Sustainable Manufacturing
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. China News Service via Getty Images Earli...
Autos As Devices—Startups Spur Innovation As Automakers Take On New Role
Technology demonstration car on the floor of the Autotech: Detroit trade show in Novi, Mich. June 9, … [+] 2022. Ed Garsten Cars are becoming more like a device you might buy at a big box store....
Biden Administration Plan To Juice EV Charging Network Aimed At Emulating Gas Station Experience
An Electric Vehicle charging station in Monterey Park, California on May 18, 2021. – (Photo by … [+] Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Gett...
Goodbye gasoline cars? EU lawmakers vote to ban new sales from 2035
Traffic in Paris, France, on May 12, 2020. The European Parliament now supports the European Commission’s goal of a 100% cut in emissions from new passenger cars and vans by 2035. Ludovic Marin ...
Volta Launches Program To Make EV Charging More Accessible, Affordable
Volta EV charging station. Advertising subsidizes the cost of charging for EV drivers. VoltaCharging.com Interest in battery-electric vehicles was already on the rise before gas prices began to spike ...
Top 10 Stocks by Searches; One Guess Which is No. 1
The most popular stocks in the United States could be measured in a lot of ways. One brokerage recently opted to use frequency of search to come up with a list. XTB Online Trading screened out the 5...
Why Electric Vehicles, Battery Storage, And Demand Response Add Value To Energy Markets
An Electric Vehicle charging station lights up green in the parking lot of a Ralph’s supermarket in … [+] Monterey Park, California on May 18, 2021. – President Joe Biden’s adm...
Solid Power begins pilot production of solid-state EV battery
Solid Power’s 22-layer, 20Ah all solid-state lithium metal cell compared to the company’s first-generation 10-layer, 2Ah cell. Solid Power Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery start-up ba...
Elon Musk Has Lots To Say About Workers At Tesla–Which Continues To Lead U.S. Carmakers In Safety Violations
Tesla is building electric vehicles as quickly as it can in Fremont, California, but the company continues to lead the U.S. auto industry in workplace safety violations according to OSHA data. AFP via...
Electric Truck Maker Nikola Faces a Major Roadblock
Nikola (NKLA) – Get Nikola Corporation Report is certainly aiming high. The electric and hydrogen-powered truck company has said that it is “driven to revolutionize the economic and envir...
Ammonia-Powered Tractors, Why Cutting Air Pollution Boosts Crops And Ford’s Big EV Expansion
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. Brian Banducci for Amogy Brooklyn-based A...
Ford Unleashes Heavy Artillery Against Tesla and GM
And now comes the seventh generation… Ford Motor Co. (F) – Get Ford Motor Company Report said on June 2 that it plans to build the next generation of the Mustang Coupe, the iconic vehicle...
Ford’s US sales decline narrows in May amid tight supplies
The Mustang Mach-E is Ford’s first new all-electric vehicle under an $11 billion investment plan in electrified vehicles through 2022. Michael Wayland / CNBC Ford Motor said Thursday that its U....
GM’s new concept car to revolutionize the brand for EVs
Buick Wildcat concept Buick DETROIT — General Motors on Wednesday unveiled the Buick Wildcat, a new concept car designed to signal a revolutionary change for the brand, as it moves to offer only elect...
Croatian EV supercar maker Rimac raises 500 million euros
Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Pors...
How Coors Is Making Clean Fuel
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 A new report from consulting firm D...
Electric Trucks, Lower Prices, Familiar Brands, Fire Up EV Interest
2024 Silverado EV RST Photo: Chevrolet More auto shoppers are considering electric vehicles, with the rise in electric trucks, electric vehicles from established “legacy” brands, and more-affordable E...
Elon Musk and Tesla Set Their Sights on a Popular Industry
Elon Musk and Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report completely changed the automotive industry. Five years ago, legacy vehicle manufacturers were still skeptical about the turn to electrificatio...
Cathie Wood Watch: Ark Reverses Course on Electric-Vehicle Titan Tesla
The prominent investor Cathie Wood, chief executive of Ark Investment Management, reversed course on a big electric-vehicle maker in her May 23 trading. Ark also bought and sold some familiar names. A...
Climate Change And Y2K, Elon Musk Calls ESG ‘A Scam’ And A Way To Beat Forever Chemicals
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. Two digit dates had the potential to caus...
Hyundai Is Tesla’s Latest Challenger With Plan For $5.5 Billion U.S. EV, Battery Plant
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, left, and Hyundai CEO Jay Chang at a signing ceremony for the automaker’s new electric vehicle and battery plant in Bryan County, Georgia. Office of Georgia Governor...
Don’t Take Your Freedom For Granted
Out from Shanghai: Automobility CEO Bill Russo returned home to Reno, Nevada this month. Bill Russo American businessman Bill Russo has a long record of success in China. The 18-year veteran in the co...
Tesla Is Being Booted From The ESG Index
Getty Images Key Takeaways Tesla was removed from the S&P 500 ESG Index Exxon is a leading company in the index, causing conflicts of interest Investors can still invest in clean tech with Q.ai’s ...
Renault says electric-hydrogen concept will have 497-mile range
Details of Renault’s Scénic Vision concept car were presented to the public on May 19, 2022. The firm’s idea of developing a passenger vehicle that uses hydrogen technology is not unique. ...
Toyota ramps up efforts to look at potential of hydrogen vehicles
One of Toyota’s Sora busess photographed in Japan on Nov. 5, 2021. Toyota started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Korekore | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Toyota...