The Greater Los Angeles Region, home to almost half of all Californians, is aiming to meet pollution and carbon emission goals by targeting 80% EV market share by 2028, in time for the LA Olympics. 30% of the private vehicle fleet of around 15 million vehicles will be EVs.
One could argue that once electric vehicles are the only option on the market in say 20 years, the developing countries currently establishing a basic electric grid will account for the use of EVs and will not have the problems that countries with grids already established has, because…
CNBC has reported that Morgan Stanley has added Tesla to its list of “secular growth stocks,” which is the investment firm’s list of 35 companies that it believes will “grow strongly well into the future.”
Lexus has unveiled it first battery electric car, the UX 300 e but has no active plans to bring it to the US. With only about 200 miles of range, it is doubtful many Americans would consider buying one.
NASA & Uber Air share, by all appearances in this simulation, a tidy answer to a widespread urban issue: electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Mark Reuss, president of General Motors, says there are three factors keeping people from buying electric cars. But there is one more — the attitudes of senior executives of legacy auto makers.
Any suggestion that Volkswagen has not fully embraced the EV revolution was dispelled this week when the company announced it would stop developing race cars with internal combustion engines. Any new race cars from VW will be all electric.
The Indian government has reported the number of electric vehicles that have benefited under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India (FAME) program. The program had been launched as part of the National Electricity Mobility Mission Plan to boost adoption of EVs in the country.
Los Angeles. 2028. The Summer Olympics return for their third trip. The Olympic Committee has fulfilled their promise to only use recycled materials. An easy promise in a city with so much existing Olympic Infrastructure. But will the Olympians be able to breathe? Will Los Angeles, America’s manufacturing hub, be forced to shut down factories (and the ports!) for weeks preceding the Olympics in order to ensure adequately clean air? Or will this not be enough? Will all Olympic events be held indoors? Will Olympians compete wearing filtration masks and oxygen tanks?
It’s funny, just when you think Tesla’s got the most gangbusters, insane, record-breaking vehicle on the roads, it unveils another one that one-ups its predecessor. The Tesla Model 3 shattered record after record, and then Tesla unveiled the Model Y, a crossover or SUV version of the 3 that is basically guaranteed to outsell the Model 3. Just as Model Y test vehicles are being spotted left and right and there are rumors about production starting soon, Tesla says, “hold my beer, bruh,” and unveils the Cybertruck (aka Cybertrukk, aka I’m-gonna-blow-your-freakin’-mind-and-then-put-it-back-together truck).
