With 53 miles-per-gallon CAFE requirements bearing down on the auto industry for 2025, car makers are investigating any number of new engine designs – electric, hybrid and alternative fuel, among others – that will enable them to comply with the government mandate.
In simplest terms, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards are where national security meets cleaner air. Read more →
And boy, are there a lot of fools.
In the future, your electric car may be a lot more than just a means of transportation. In a new video published by Nissan, the company shows how electric cars could one day be used to power your home, office, and city.
Minnesota’s ethanol industry contributed $2.13 billion to the state’s gross domestic product in 2015, according to a new study by ABF Economics.
This is a fascinating but also frustrating story about the birth and death of Flex Fuel U.S., a company dedicated to developing and marketing an E85 conversion kit.
Global oil markets jumped more than 5 percent on Monday, with Brent hitting a 2016 peak above $40 a barrel, after Ecuador said it was holding a meeting of Latin American crude producers as OPEC sought a higher anchor price for oil.
One of the central planks in President Obama’s climate plan is a rule to ratchet up fuel economy standards through 2025. New US cars and light trucks are supposed to get better and better mileage with each passing year. At least, that was the dream. But now cheap oil is messing that up.
The oil industry cut investment spending by more than $100 billion last year and another round of major cuts this year is expected to hit the production outlook, the International Energy Agency’s chief economist said on Friday.
Ever hear the story about why renewable energy can’t compete without a subsidy? You hear it all the time from the fossil fuel industry. And the response from renewables? Take away fossil fuel subsidies, and they’d be glad to compete on level terms.
