The market for utility-scale battery energy storage systems is projected to double this year and next. Mitsubishi Power The zero-emissions electrical grid of the future will require a lot more renewab...
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General Motors Launches New GM Energy Business Unit To Focus On EV Ecosystem Integration
General Motors is launching a new GM Energy business unit to provide bidirectional charging, fleet … [+] charging management and stationary storage General Motors Transportation requires much mo...
Sales Fall Again In September At China SUV Leader Great Wall
Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motor, in 2019. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Sales lagged again in September at China’s once high-flying SUV leader Great Wall Mot...
Tesla delivers record number of China-made EVs in September
Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) continued its impressive show of delivery numbers with China-made vehicles. The EV giant beat its record of monthly sales in China by selling 83,135 Ch...
Does Global Drought Call For Geoengineering?
This summer, widespread drought demonstrated how climate change makes it ever harder to fight climate change. Think of that for a moment. It feels as if we’re living a parable. Consider China. During ...
Small Chipmaker With Big Vision On Track To Dominate Fast-Growing Electric Vehicle Industry
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares speaks during a press conference on September 20, 2022 in Turin, … [+] Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) Getty Images The electric vehicle revolution is ...
Tesla’s Quarterly EV Deliveries Jump 42%–But Miss Bullish Expectations
Workers at Tesla’s Giga Berlin plant inspect a recently built vehicle. Tesla Elon Musk’s TeslaTSLA reported its best quarterly deliveries of electric vehicles, up more than 100,000 units from a ...
Convertible sales fall in U.S. amid popularity of EVs, SUVs
2024 Ford Mustang Source: Ford Convertibles — once a sign of open-air freedom, road trips and summer adventures — are fading away as the auto industry shifts to all-electric cars and more rugged sport...
Charging EVs At Home Overnight May Not Be The Cheapest Option For Much Longer
Researchers at Stanford University say that recharging electric vehicles at home overnight will begin to stress the grid by late this decade unless energy-generation capacity is increased. JAMES LIPMA...
What It Costs To Run And Charge An Electric Car
Not all electric vehicles are created equal with regard to energy consumption and costs. getty While they’re cheaper to run than their conventionally powered counterparts, some electric vehicles will ...
Biden Frees Up First Funds For National EV Charging Network
President Joe Biden drives an electric Cadillac Lyriq during a tour of the Detroit Auto Show on … [+] Sept. 14. AP Photo/Evan Vucci He liked the gasoline-powered Chevrolet Corvette the best, but...
How The Inflation Reduction Act Could Cause A Lithium Crunch
This aerial view shows the Salton Sea near Calipatria, California. Huge reserves of lithium are … [+] fostering hope among the communities around California’s largest lake. (Photo by Robyn...
Ford asks dealers to invest in EVs as it chases Tesla-like profit
Ford CEO Jim Farley poses next to a model of the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, April 26, 2022. Rebecca Cook | Reut...
EVs Won’t Overload The Power Grid, In Fact EVs (And Ice) Are Its Salvation
The U.S. west is suffering a major heat wave which may result in rolling blackouts and reminders not to charge electric cars in the afternoon. With California also ordering that all cars by 2035 be el...
BYD’s Thailand Factory Plan Underscores How China’s EV Industry Is Going Global
Warren Buffett-backed BYD was the world’s top maker of electric vehicles in the first half of 2022. … [+] Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Wednesday’s annou...
Jeep announces all-electric Wrangler-inspired SUV, new EVs by 2025
Electric Jeep Recon SUV Jeep DETROIT – Jeep plans to launch four new all-electric SUVs in North America by 2025, including a luxury Grand Wagoneer and a Wrangler-inspired off-road vehicle called the R...
Harbinger To Unveil Innovative Platform For Electric Medium-Duty Trucks At Detroit Auto Show
A first-of-its-kind vertically-integrated EV platform introducing improvements in safety, driver … [+] experience, and vehicle operation tuned to the needs of commercial fleet operators and othe...
What California’s Ban On Gasoline Car Sales Means For Clean Tech
Getty Images Key takeaways The California gas car ban outlaws the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in or after 2035 The rule intends to push the state toward climate-friendlier transportation options ...
Ford and Rivian Recall Some EVs
Text size Rivian and Ford have recalled some of their EVs including the R1S, R1T and Mustang Mach Es. Courtesy of Rivian Ford Motor and Rivian Automotive recalled some electric vehicles. EV recalls ar...
GM offers to buy out Buick dealers that don’t want to invest in EVs
Billboards at the Ziegler Cadillac, Buick and GMC Dealership in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the United States. U.S. General Motors Co. Joel Lerner | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images DETROIT – General Moto...
What Visits By Musk And Von Der Leyen Say About Energy Policy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gives interviews as he arrives at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting … [+] in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. – The meeting, held in Stavanger from Aug...
Warren Buffett-Backed BYD’s Profit Tripled In First Half As EV Sales Boom
A BYD Co. logo on a Yuan sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the company’s showroom in Beijing, China, … [+] on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Fi...
California’s Battery-Powered EVs Could Increase Emissions
Willow Creek Bridge, Big Sur highway in California. getty Come 2035, California residents will have to shop elsewhere for new gasoline powered vehicles. On August 25, the California Air Resources Boar...
Honda Is The Latest Car Maker To Plan A Big U.S. Battery Plant—Just In Time For New EV Tax Credit
Honda and LG are planning a $4.4 billion battery plant to supply lithium-ion packs for models including the 2024 Acura ZDX crossover. Honda Motor Co. Honda Motor Co., which doesn’t sell any autos in t...
Game Changing Electric Car Value
The chip shortage and current economic crises have put a dent in the hopes that EVs will be cheaper than fossil fuel cars by 2023/24. The $25,000 Tesla seems further off than it did, and mineral short...
California Approves Ban On Gas-Powered Cars By 2035
Topline The California Air Resources Board approved a highly anticipated measure Thursday that will ban the sale of new gasoline-only cars in the nation’s most populous state by 2035, marking whatR...
Toyota Exec Says Lack Of Consumer Demand Makes U.S. Goal Of 50% Electric Vehicles By 2030 A Long Shot
The Toyota bZ4X represents the first of a global series of Battery Electric Vehicles to be … [+] introduced under the global “Toyota bZ” brand umbrella. Photo: Toyota It’s unlikely mass adoption...