UPS has added 50 Workhorse plug-in hybrid delivery vans to its US fleet. The trucks are 4 times more efficient that conventional diesel powered vans and cost no more, even without incentives.
The northern region of Denmark has ordered 3 hydrogen fuel cell powered buses, at an expected price tag of almost $1 million each. In itself that is a very high cost compared to a standard Chinese BYD K9 electric bus at about $500,000, but what strikes me more is the chosen headline in the country’s respected national news media: “The future is here: the country’s first hydrogen buses are coming.”
The head of the truck division at Daimler says the laws of physics are the same in California as they are in Germany. He strongly doubts that Tesla will release an electric truck with up to 500 miles of range any time in the foreseeable future.
It’s been a few years since Harley-Davidson (HD) dangled an electric motorcycle (e-motorcycle) project called LiveWire in front of our faces. Sadly, years later, there is still nothing to show for it. It’s hard to figure out how serious HD is with its electric project.
Porsche no longer builds vehicles with diesel engines, citing a “cultural shift” in customer attitudes. Half of all Panamera sales are now plug-in hybrids while diesel sales have been declining.
The oil industry giant BP is now expecting that self-driving plug-in electric vehicles will dampen oil demand by 2040, according to its most recent annual Energy Outlook report.
National Grid has determined that highways and transmission lines are often located near each other. It plans to create 50 fast charging locations throughout England and Wales and connect them directly to transmission lines to save the cost of upgrading local grid infrastructure.
Boeing just dug into its pocket to acquire the Californian-based energy storage solution provider, Cuberg, for its HorizonX Ventures.
Most of us won’t be able to afford a Tesla Roadster 2.0 at $200,000 and can only dream about doing 0 to 60 mph in under 2 seconds. Nor will we get a chance to own an Aspark Owl EV. And just what exactly is an Aspark Owl EV?
UK-based billionaire Sanjeev Gupta is looking to buy equipment from and use part of the old Holden factory in South Australia to create an electric vehicle production line. That would be a significant part of remarkable transformation of Australia’s car industry and economy.
