Self-driving cars use crazy amounts of power, and it’s becoming a problem
For long-time residents of Pittsburgh, seeing self-driving cars built by Uber, Argo AI, and others roam their streets is nothing new.
Archive for year: 2018
Will GM or Tesla buyers lose electric-car tax credits first?
A major contributor to electric-car sales is the program under which buyers of new electric cars qualify for a federal income-tax credit of up to $7,500. But these tax credits are not unlimited.
W.Va. candidate removed from hearing after announcing how much money politicians get from oil companies
” … The people who are going to be speaking in favor of this bill are all going to be paid by the industry …”
Automakers want to increase octane in regular gas to decrease emissions
It might seem like every few years automakers and scientists raise the issue of increasing gasoline’s octane rating in order to make vehicles more fuel efficient and reduce emissions.
Oil world turns upside down as U.S. sells oil in Middle East
The United Arab Emirates, a model Persian Gulf petro-state where endless billions from crude exports feed a giant sovereign wealth fund, isn’t the most obvious customer for Texan oil.
Remember $4-a-gallon gas? Get ready to say ‘ouch’
Remember $4-a-gallon gasoline? It could be coming to a gas station near you, perhaps as soon as Memorial Day weekend.
Oil spilled at sea
The Jan. 14 sinking of the tanker Sanchi was the worst oil shipping disaster in decades. Here is a closer look at how Sanchi ranks among past tanker spills.
Getting old is expensive if you’re an oil well
The tens of thousands of oil and gas wells sprinkled across offshore Asia-Pacific left over from the drilling boom of the 1970s and 1980s will soon need to be decommissioned, a task that could add up to a $100 billion clean-up bill.
Mazda wants its future SkyActiv engines to be as clean as EVs
In-development gasoline engines could compete with electric powertrains when energy supply chain is taken into account
Trump’s EPA director says climate change will be good for us
Environmental Protection Agency director Scott Pruitt doesn’t believe decades of increasing temperatures on Earth necessarily have anything to do with the fact that we’ve pumped massive amounts of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere
