Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Petro Canada Starts Deploying Its Own Electric Vehicle Chargers at Gas Stations
January 22nd, 2019Via: Electrek: Petro Canada, formerly a state-owned oil company in Canada but now part of Suncor, becomes the latest oil company to get involved in electric vehicle charging. … Shell is arguably leading the charge through its involvement in the new Ionity charging network in Europe. The company is building its own chargers at its […]
Ducati CEO: “The Future Is Electric”
January 19th, 2019Via: Electrek: As major motorcycle manufacturers around the world grapple with a new era of EVs, Ducati could be the next to roll out an electric motorcycle. That’s according to the company’s CEO who just confirmed Ducati’s commitment to developing a production electric motorcycle.
Ford Planning Pure Electric and Hybrid F-Series Trucks
January 16th, 2019With Ford, who wants to increasingly focus on milking truck profits, it could get ugly over there in a couple of years when Rivian and Tesla enter the pickup truck market. Ford only has a hybrid F-150 planned for 2020. —Rivian R1T All-Electric Pickup Truck Thanks, Elon. Via: Detroit Free Press: Ford Motor Co. confirmed […]
GM’s Cadillac Will Introduce EV in Fight Against Tesla
January 11th, 2019Good luck with that. Via: Reuters: Cadillac is expected to become General Motors Co’s (GM.N) lead electric vehicle brand as the largest U.S. automaker gears up to introduce a new model under that luxury marquee to challenge Tesla Inc, two people briefed on the matter said Thursday. GM is set to announce Friday as part […]
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince To Launch Fund For Electric Car Metals
January 1st, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: Erik Prince, the founder of private security firm Blackwater, plans to raise as much as $500m to capitalize on the rush into metals required for batteries used in electric cars, according to the Financial Times. Flashback: U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Deposits Worth $1 Trillion in Afghanistan; “The Saudi Arabia of Lithium”
Musk Says He Will Consider Buying GM Factory in Ohio
December 20th, 2018Via: Electrek: At the suggestion of Ohio Governor John Kasich, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he will consider buying a GM factory in Ohio as it’s shut down next year. Last month, GM announced that they are closing 3 assembly factories in North America. In an article, we suggested Tesla should buy one of […]
Oil Crashes to 1-Year Low
December 18th, 2018Via: Bloomberg: Economic jitters and surging supplies from the U.S. to Moscow dragged oil prices to the lowest level in 15 months. Futures fell as much as 5.8 percent in New York on Tuesday. Anxieties about economic growth swirled after Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump in a […]
EVs, Oil, And ICE: Impact By 2023 And Beyond
December 16th, 2018Via: Ross Tessien – SeekingAlpha: Legacy auto companies are planning on the EV disruption taking several decades. But disruptions never take that long once the new technology can match the old. Related: “The electrification of the truck market is the next multibillion dollar opportunity that the traditional American automakers will fumble.”
Megapack: Tesla Making Shipping Container Sized Battery for Utility Scale Energy Storage
December 15th, 2018They’re going into a 1.2 GWh project in California. 1.2 GWh… Via: Electrek: Electrek has learned some exclusive information about Tesla’s Megapack, the company’s upcoming new stationary energy storage product. The big new battery system is going to debut at Tesla’s giant 1.2 GWh energy storage project with PG&E in California. As we reported earlier […]
The U.S. Just Became a Net Oil Exporter for the First Time in 75 Years
December 6th, 2018Via: Bloomberg: America turned into a net oil exporter last week, breaking 75 years of continued dependence on foreign oil and marking a pivotal — even if likely brief — moment toward what U.S. President Donald Trump has branded as “energy independence.” The shift to net exports is the dramatic result of an unprecedented boom […]
