Big Oil just woke up to threat of rising electric car demand
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat.
Here are 11 SUVs electric arriving by 2020
Volvo isn’t the only company trying to corner the electric-vehicle market, which automakers expect will grow with the proliferation of charging stations and advancements in battery tech.
Shell plans to spend $1 billion a year on clean energy by 2020
Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to spend as much as $1 billion a year on its New Energies division as the transition toward renewable power and electric cars accelerates.
Electric cars are the future? Not so fast
Skepticism of electric cars melts a bit more with each new announcement from the likes of Tesla, which last week launched production of a mass-market vehicle, and Volvo, which days later promised to phase out gasoline-only engines by 2019.
New biofuel could work in regular diesel engines
But the need for specially designed engines to run biodiesel is holding back the technology.
Top four threats to Tesla’s plan for electric vehicle dominance
Unexpected manufacturing problems and the sudden emergence of competition is leading Tesla backers to reassess whether the Silicon Valley automaker’s head start on long-range electric cars is fading.
Trump’s risky offshore oil strategy
As Americans flock to the nation’s beaches this summer, it is important to understand what Mr. Trump’s recent moves portend.
California bill would make up for federal electric-car incentives as they expire
The state of California has a long track record of supporting electric cars and doing everything possible to ensure plug-in vehicles can be obtained by the largest number of drivers.
Global warming might be speeding up
Two climate scientists suggest they’ve come closer to resolving a critical debate about how quickly human activity will heat up the planet. The answer isn’t good news.
U.S. proposes cutting total biofuels requirements in 2018
The U.S. government has proposed to reduce the volume of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel fuel next year as it signaled the first step toward a potential broader overhaul of its biofuels program.
