The EPA has stated its intent to freeze Obama-era fuel efficiency standards at the 2020 levels. This could be a disaster for the industry the EPA is supposedly trying to help. Due to a waiver to enforce their own air standards, California may just be able to save the US auto industry from itself. To understand what that means, we need to look at some history first.
After a period of quite a lot of buzz about a potential Apple car, we haven’t heard much from Apple in a while — no rumors and no enthralling tangibles. The once exciting Apple car has drifted into nowhere land. Can we still expect an electric Apple car? And how about a pair of Apple glasses with that?
The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market grew 31% in July, to 5,617 registrations, with BEVs growing faster (+39%) than PHEVs (+28%). In 2018, fully electric cars are now reaching 1% market share on their own and so are plug-in hybrids, resulting in a total PEV share of 2%.
A report published this week by the International Institute for Sustainable Development investigates the potential that the global transition to 100% renewable energy could have the unintended effect of causing fuel fragility, conflict, and violence if not managed responsibly.
We’ve got three solid signs of Tesla Model 3 production growth — maybe 4 — so we figured it was a good time for another Tesla Model 3 sales update.
As the saga to take Tesla private continues to play out, Elon Musk continues to befuddle so-called ‘experts’ on Wall Street. Both Musk and his electric car company, Tesla, don’t fit neatly into their narratives. Inc.’s Geoffrey James says, “I’ve been working in business journalism for over 20 years and I’ve never seen any high tech leader who creates such a polarized reaction as Elon Musk.”
There have been rumors for years that the 2019 Nissan LEAF would be a step up in terms of range and in terms of the entire battery package management system. Now we have our first quote from a Nissan spokesperson indicating this.
EVBox recently announced the acquisition of the French ultra-fast and fast EV charger manufacturer EVTronic. With the acquisition, EVBox added 700 of the EVTronic fast-charging stations to its European network. EVBox currently has about 60,000 charging stations worldwide, the largest network globally.
If you’re Canadian or you follow EV policy closely, you’ve probably seen that a not-so-cool new Ontario government has kneecapped a popular electric vehicle incentive program. Well, Tesla says that’s super not cool and is now taking the Ontario government to court. Like a boss.
Intellectual property wars are nothing new in the electric vehicle (EV) world or even more broadly. Now such a war may be creeping into the electric air mobility industry as it scrambles to design, innovate, and protect its pioneering work. Get ready for a wave of patents that will make your head spin.
