Byton Going Bye-bye? Chinese Carmaker Suspends Operations
Chinese automaker Byton seemed ready to go as recently as April, but the global economic downturn has made it hard to sell premium EVs from China.
Chinese automaker Byton seemed ready to go as recently as April, but the global economic downturn has made it hard to sell premium EVs from China.
A new survey shows growth rates for green products and services are rising faster than conventional goods in America’s economy, outpacing the overall economy during the depths of the recession, and creating opportunity for the 88% of US businesses classified as “microbusinesses” with five or fewer employees.
The financial papers this week are reeling, simply reeling, at the plummet in the EU carbon markets. The idea is that the European Trading Scheme is a failure, because the price of carbon in the European cap and trade market has bottomed at a very low price: just 7.68 euros. … [continued]
From one of the 400. To the other 399. The great recession is my fault. This was the news flash that dawned on me in January this year. Ok, its not just me, but it is the fault of somewhere between just 0.008% of the US population on the high … [continued]
It’s been a busy Earth Day at the White House and around the administration. Yesterday Vice President Biden kicked off the Administration’s Earth Day Celebration by announcing $452 million in Recovery Act funding to support a “Retrofit Ramp-Up.” This program will create thousands of jobs and allow these communities to … [continued]
4 million fewer vehicles. This is the first year there was such a large decline in automobile ownership since the US Department of Transportation (DOT) began modern recordkeeping in 1960. How did this come about? What were the main causes?