KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Pilot Company (Pilot), General Motors (NYSE: GM) and EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) today announced their collaborative network has reached more than 130 electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging locations in over 25 states. The charging network offers an elevated experience along popular corridors and major interstates, enabling long-distance EV … [continued]
At a public appearance in Australia, Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm refused to answer any questions about Elon Musk.
I knew it was coming. Waymo has been expanding faster and faster in the past couple of years, and it seemed certain that the company would bring its robotaxis to a new major market in 2025. In fact, I think it will expand into more than one city, but today … [continued]
BYD is accelerating along its path to the future with the introduction of two new models that undercut the competition in features and price.
Industrial heat has always been the awkward uncle at the decarbonization dinner table. Loud, a bit old-fashioned, and responsible for about 20% of global carbon emissions, but nobody really wants to talk about him. The climate conversation has been dominated by glitzier topics like electric vehicles and green hydrogen, the … [continued]
News about electric vehicles tends to focus on personal transportation: cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, ebikes, electric motorcycles, etc. There are other electric vehicles, though, and great reasons they should be getting attention. Big trucks for shipping, using diesel engines, generate huge amounts of harmful air pollution. Replacing them with electric … [continued]
First of all, we have to start with the name. Looking at the initial limited-lighting images of the vehicle, I thought perhaps it was a play on “asteroid” and outer space focused, especially with the sort of Mars orange in the lighting. Maybe they were trying to tie in Elon … [continued]
I love the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. I’ve loved it for about a decade, since whenever the first concept was shown. I also have a bit of a personal stake in it selling well. At an EV conference in Amsterdam I was speaking at, I spoke a bit with a Volkswagen … [continued]
For some reason, there have been some wild conspiracy theories around airplane contrails for years, or decades even. Word gets around that nefarious hidden forces (most commonly “the government”) are spraying slow-killing poison on us via “chemtrails,” or secretly neutering us, and people believe it. A lot of people love … [continued]
Renewable energy in Texas is surging because of its low cost, so of course fossil fuel interests want new laws to protect their profits.
