Green Transportation

British energy major BP bought the nation’s largest electric vehicle charging firm as it bets on booming demand in the coming decades

Return of the Tall Ships: Sailing for Zero-Carbon Shipping

Christiaan De Beukelaer

Shipping is a major contributor to international carbon emissions. Technological advances may change that

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Could Saudi Plans for $100/ Barrel Oil Hugely Expand Electric Car Market and Save Tesla?

Juan Cole

Saudi plans to raise oil prices may inadvertently accelerate the growth of the electric vehicle market.

Denialism

How Trump’s Gutting of Tailpipe Standards will make China Auto Leader Worldwide

contributors

By Greg Dotson | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration on Monday, April 2, took steps to ease pollution and efficiency rules for new passenger cars and trucks, giving automakers a reprieve from more stringent Obama-era standards. But in the process, the move could yield global leadership in the auto sector to the […]

Green Transportation

Total cost of Owning an Electric Vehicle falling below Gasoline Dinosaurs

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Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada | (The Conversation) | – – Global interest in climate change – its effects on the environment and society more broadly – is probably at an all time high. Countries around the world, with the glaring exception of the US under President Donald Trump, are increasingly acknowledging the shift […]

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Why Electric SUVs will save the American Car Companies, not China Tariffs

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Joann Muller at Forbes, in a piece on Ford Motor Company’s plans vastly to expand its electric and hybrid offerings, puts her finger on something absolutely crucial. Ford and other American car companies really, really need electric sport utility vehicles in order to get through the […]

Environmentalism

Top 4 myths about Electric Cars & why they should not Discourage You

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China produced 680,000 electric vehicles last year, as much as the rest of the world combined. But by 2020 the Chinese hope to make and sell 2 million EV’s a year, and to go on up from there. The Chinese Communist Party is determined to reduce […]

Climate Change

To stop Global Heating, we need Green Electricity, but also Electric Trucks & Ships

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By Adair Turner | (Euractiv.com) | – – With renewable electricity costs going through the floor, the EU should increase its 2030 targets and aim for close to zero carbon electricity by 2040. But while power decarbonisation is crucially important, it will not be sufficient to deliver a truly zero carbon economy, writes Adair Turner. […]

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If you’re not Driving an Electric Car you’re Losing Money

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Guardian reports on a new study showing that right now, in 2017, owning and operating a purely electric car such as the Chevy Bolt or a Tesla 3 or a Nissan Leaf is cheaper than operating a gasoline/ petrol automobile. For the moment, the researchers […]