Tesla’s Model 3 is making electric vehicles successful even before its launch
The unveiling isn’t only a coming-of-age party for the nascent car manufacturer; it feels like a significant moment in EV history, too.
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Tesla Model 3 can now officially cost only ~$25,000 in California after incentives
Tesla is bringing the Model 3 to market at $35,000 to be competitive with any other vehicle in its segment without incentives, but that doesn’t mean that buyers can’t take advantage of them.
Shell preparing for world economy that shifts away from oil
Royal Dutch Shell is planning for the day when demand for oil starts fading as major economies move away from oil and increasingly turn to electric-powered cars, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said Thursday.
Surprise! The lack of hydrogen fueling infrastructure is stymieing hydrogen fuel cell car sales
Sales are sluggish, and it should come as no surprise why: there’s barely any infrastructure to support the car.
Despite weak oil prices, OPEC still pockets more dollars
With world oil inventories swelling despite a global pact on cutting output and crude prices falling by a fifth in the past month, OPEC appears to be losing its battle to balance the market.
Electric cars win? Britain to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.
In Switzerland, a giant new machine is sucking carbon directly from the air
The world’s first commercial plant for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air opened yesterday, refueling a debate about whether the technology can truly play a significant role in removing greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.
Chevrolet’s Tesla killer isn’t selling very quickly
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt was supposed to be the electric car of the people—around $30,000, about 240 miles of range per charge and decent space in a little package. But nobody’s really feeling that.
As Interior Secretary swaggers through parks, his staff rolls back regulations
as the secretary hopscotches across millions of acres of Western parks, monuments and wilderness, a crew of political appointees in Washington has begun rolling back the conservation efforts put in effect over the eight years of the Obama administration
Toyota set to sell long-range, fast-charging electric cars in 2022: paper
Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electric car powered by a new type of battery that significantly increases driving range and reduces charging time, aiming to begin sales in 2022.
