Tesla reports new setback for Model 3, with output lagging
Tesla’s first mass-market offering keeps encountering roadblocks.
Archive for month: January, 2018
Trump administration aims to open nearly all U.S. offshore to oil drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, a move aimed at boosting domestic energy production that sparked protests from coastal states, environmentalists and the tourism industry.
Electric cars edged forward in 2017 but still have a long way to go
Electric car sales in the U.S. are set to rise nearly 30% in 2017. “This was a notably good year,” said Genevieve Cullen, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Assn.
What’s getting more expensive in 2018? The gas for your car
Gasoline prices are expected to creep higher for the second consecutive year, costing U.S. motorists billions of dollars more in higher fuel costs.
On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming
Teller’s task that November fourth was to address the crowd on “energy patterns of the future,” and his words carried an unexpected warning:
Oil’s dream to grow in plastics dims as Coke turns to plants
Companies that make packaging from plants instead of fossil fuels are starting to challenge the oil industry’s ambition to increase the supply of raw materials for plastics.
Cellulosic ethanol push stalls in the Midwest amid financial, technical challenges
Advanced biofuels have been touted as the next step beyond the corn-based ethanol that’s the bulk of the country’s renewable fuel for cars and trucks.
Americans love trucks: Does that mean fuel economy doesn’t matter anymore?
The Trump administration crusade to wipe out every vestige of Obama-era policies, including auto fuel economy standards, will continue in 2018, but environmental and consumer advocates are pushing back hard.
