Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the warmonger faction in the Trump administration milks the attack on two oil tankers near the Straits of Hormuz for all its potential as a new Gulf of Tonkin pretext for hostilities, everyone should keep in mind the cargo. The cargo is petroleum, to run your car or Japan’s […]
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Green Transportation
The Green Future is Here: Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – German carmaker Audi has announced the goal of selling one million electric cars per year by the mid-2020s and to offer 30 e-car models by that time, with 20 models being purely electric. Audi CEO Bram Schott told shareholders tthat the company intends to “take the […]
Zero Carbon Electric Air Taxi 5-Seater Completes Maiden Flight in Germany
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – The new five-seater electric air taxi by aviation company Lilium from Munich has completed its first flight successfully. According to the company, the Lilium Jet’s maiden flight took place in early May in Germany, about two years after the first successful flight of Lilium’s two-seater, paving […]
Could Trump’s Tensions with Iran, Venezuela Cause Gasoline Prices to Spike?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tensions between the Trump administration and two of the world’s significant oil producers, Iran and Venezuela, in addition to the campaign of warlord Khalifa Haftar in Libya to take the capital of Libya (another oil state) have raised the prospects of tightening world oil production. Then a few days […]
You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again
A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen
All Cars in Los Angeles to be Electric by 2050– but is that too Late?
By Natalie Sauer | – Los Angeles’ car-choked arteries will run clean within decades, according to a green reform package unveiled by mayor Eric Garcetti in late April. Speaking only a week after New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced his own framework climate legislation, Garcetti presented plans to revolutionise local car culture and […]
Saudi Aramco Worried Electric Cars ‘Could Result in Substantial Costs’
The world’s largest oil producer made more money than Apple and Alphabet combined last year, but the company sees litigation and clean tech as threats
In Norway Electric Vehicles outsold Gasoline Cars for first Time in History and other EV Success Stories
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Electric cars are coming on like gangbusters, as ranges increase and prices fall dramatically. Here are 6 headlines pointing to the green car future: 1. In Norway, electric vehicles in March, 2019, outsold gasoline-driven cars for the first time. 2. Indeed, electric vehicles in Norway were responsible for 58% of […]
Facing Tough EU CO2 Rules from 2020, German Auto Giants Race to go Electric
VW now aims for 40 percent of sales to be electric powered by the end of the next decade