Living in China takes 3½ years off your life
China’s failure to bring air quality up to global standards is shaving years off the lives of its citizens: 3½ years on average, to be precise.
Hurricane price gouging is despicable, right? Not to some economists
Over all, more than 8,000 complaints of price gouging on items like gas, food and ice were lodged with the Florida attorney general’s office through the weekend.
OPEC discusses extending oil cuts by more than three months
OPEC and its allies are discussing extending by more than three months the oil production cuts that expire in March 2018, potentially prolonging them well into the second half of next year in an effort to boost prices, according to people familiar with the matter.
Driver in Tesla crash relied excessively on Autopilot, but Tesla shares some blame, federal panel finds
A fatal 2016 crash involving a Tesla sedan was caused by the driver’s over-reliance on his vehicle’s Autopilot system and by a truck driver’s failure to yield while entering a Florida roadway, a federal panel determined Tuesday.
ISIS still stealing, spilling and smuggling oil throughout Iraq
While ISIS is steadily losing its hold on populated areas, it still controls a not-insignificant portion of territory that contains oil and oil infrastructure.”
Electric cars dominate the buzz at Frankfurt auto show
Carmakers at the Frankfurt auto show are unveiling the low-emissions vehicles and technology strategies they hope will let them profit from the sweeping changes expected to hit the auto industry in the next few years.
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In the meantime, other companies are taking initiative to unveil their own electric pickups.
VW to build electric versions of all 300 models by 2030
Volkswagen AG is putting its full force behind a shift into electric cars as the world’s largest automaker moves away from combustion engines and tries to draw a line under the emissions-cheating scandal that’s weighed on the company for two years.
States suing Trump administration over delayed fuel-economy fines
New York, California and three other U.S. states on Monday are suing the federal government for delaying the rollout of higher “gas-guzzler” penalties for automakers building new vehicles failing to meet minimum fuel-economy standards.
China wants to ban gas and diesel cars
China is preparing to put the brakes on gasoline and diesel cars.
