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Consumer Reports now recommends Tesla Model 3 after software upgrade fixes braking issue

May 31, 2018
Source: Jalopnik
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Earlier this month, Consumer Reports said it couldn’t recommend the Tesla Model 3, after finding what it called “big flaws” in the electric sedan’s braking distance. But the publication reversed its decision on Wednesday, saying an over-the-air software update promised by CEO Elon Musk fixed the issue.

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Electric vehicles will grow from 3 million to 125 million by 2030, IEA forecasts

May 30, 2018
Source: CNBC
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Electric vehicle ownership will balloon to about 125 million by 2030, spurred by policies that encourage drivers, fleets and municipalities to purchase clean-running cars, the policy advisor to energy-consuming nations forecast on Wednesday.

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Tesla nearing limit of $7,500 federal tax credits, which will boost effective prices this fall

May 30, 2018
Source: Green Car Reports
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Adding to Elon Musk’s headaches this month, Tesla is about to hit the limit on federal tax credits for electric cars. This could effectively raise prices for buyers of the company’s critical Model 3.

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Electric vehicles begin to bite into oil demand

May 29, 2018
Source: Forbes
/in What's The Buzz, World staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Projections have suggested that the advent of electric vehicles will have a dramatic impact on oil demand and now its starting to show. With China adding the equivalent of London’s bus fleet every 5 weeks, that’s 279,000 barrels of oil a day removed from demand.

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Car dealers push buyers away from electric cars worldwide, not just U.S., studies find

May 29, 2018
Source: Green Car Reports
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

If salespeople at car dealerships don’t encourage shoppers who are already interested in buying electric cars, it could be detrimental to national goals to reduce energy use and emissions from transportation—especially now

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Gas will cost drivers $1 billion more this Memorial Day

May 28, 2018
Source: NBC News
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

In the past two weeks alone, gas has jumped at least 12 cents per gallon, sending motorists on a course to pay the highest Memorial Day prices since 2014.

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The $100 a barrel oil wager comes back to the options market

May 25, 2018
Source: Bloomberg
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Whether it’s the specter of sanctions on Iran, Venezuela’s output plunge, or a momentum play on the back of the past year’s 46 percent surge in Brent, there are now the equivalent of about 93 million barrels wagering on the global benchmark hitting $100 at some point in the next 12 months.

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Premature birth rates drop in California after coal and oil plants shut down

May 25, 2018
Source: Inside Climate News
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Researchers scrutinized records of more than 57,000 births by mothers who lived close to eight coal- and oil-fired plants across California in the year before the facilities were shut down, and in the year after, when the air was cleaner.

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Elon Musk’s meltdown makes perfect sense

May 24, 2018
Source: The Washington Post
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Elon Musk has lost his cool. And the tale of his transformation from media darling into spurned lover out to make the press pay encapsulates a key part of the Silicon Valley mindset.

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Pollution studies cast doubt on China’s electric-car policies

May 24, 2018
Source: Financial Times
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

The environmental case for electric vehicles in China has been complicated by research questioning whether the cars could produce more pollution than those with internal combustion engines.

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