Tag: EV

Global Electric Vehicle Market Looks To Fire On All Cylinders In 2018 | Forbes

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There’s more disruption brewing for the mobility industry as electric vehicles (EVs) continue to surge ahead in top gear. According to Frost & Sullivan’s recently released “Global Electric Vehicle Market Outlook 2018,” global sales are poised to climb from 1.2 million in 2017 to 1.6 million in 2018 and further upwards to an estimated 2 million in 2019. It’s not all smooth driving though as the EV industry needs to overcome major challenges related to battery technology and charging infrastructure, both of which have failed to match the cracking pace set…

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Tesla Model 3 Review | Digital Trends

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The most exciting vehicle on the market isn’t a million-dollar supercar, a broad-shouldered truck, or a seven-passenger SUV. No, the car the world can’t wait to drive is an all-electric sedan from a startup automaker called Tesla. By making EVs cool and promising affordable, innovative products, Tesla has forced the hand of automakers lest they yield too much business to the technology upstart. The Model 3 isn’t the only long range EV available for less than $40K (see also the 238-mile range Chevy Bolt EV), but it is directly responsible…

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Shell Preps For The Future With Acquisition Of EV Charging Network – Engadget

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Royal Dutch Shell (or just Shell, if you’re into the whole brevity thing) has already committed a billion dollars toward alternative fuels, and now it’s showing us where some of that money is going. The gas station corporation has agreed to buy NewMotion, a Netherlands-based company that owns some 30,000 electric-vehicle charging points across Western Europe according to Reuters. Shell says that these will complement the company’s existing roll-out of charging stations. “One is fast charging on the go on the forecourt and the other is a slightly lower rate…

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Electric Car Takeoff Just Waiting For Inevitable Price War: Don Pittis – Business – CBC News

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A range of hundreds of kilometers and the proliferation of high speed charging stations are making electrics a rational consumer choice. Except for the price. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) After driving a couple of electric cars, I find it easy to see why General Motors and Ford have both announced this week that they are joining the race to make battery-powered vehicles mainstream. The cars I tested weren’t fancy Tesla’s. They were working horse models, namely the Chevy Bolt and the Nissan Leaf, and it was clear that both cars are ready for…

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China Aims For An Industry-Changing Ban On Fossil Fuel Cars

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It’s not just European countries planning long-term bans on fossil fuel cars. China’s vice minister of industry and IT, Xin Guobin, has revealed that the country’s government is developing a timetable for a ban on sales of fossil fuel vehicles. The official hasn’t given a rough estimate for when a ban would kick in, but France and the UK are both aiming for 2040. It won’t be surprising if China aims for a similar time frame, and it’s already introducing a cap-and-trade program that forces companies to buy credits from…

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More Fast-Charging Stations Coming For Electric Vehicles In The Maritimes | The Chronicle Herald

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HALIFAX — Driving an electric car along Canada’s rugged East Coast is about to get a lot easier. Electric utilities in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are moving ahead with plans to install more charging stations along major highways. “It’s a good step forward,” says Wayne Groszko, renewable energy co-ordinator with the Halifax-based Ecology Action Centre. “When they’re in place, people will be able to drive their electric cars farther. I see that as a good thing.” In Nova Scotia, the province’s electric utility announced Wednesday it will set up 12 more stations along the province’s 100-series highways,…

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Canadian Cars Turning Electric Without Government Forcing The Issue: Industry – NEWS 1130

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OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Great Britain and France intend to bar outright the sale of any gas powered vehicles by 2040 but even one of the biggest proponents of electric cars in Canada says that’s likely an impossible goal for this country. France announced its policy in early July, followed by Britain this week, joining Norway and India as the only countries in the world with a plan to entirely phase out the sale of gas or diesel powered cars and trucks. The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate…

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The Rise Of Electric Cars Will Kill The Gas Station – Engadget

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Gas stations are a lifeline. They not only fuel our cars but us, too — whether it’s with lukewarm coffee during the morning commute or the salty-sweet buffet during road trips. They’re a glowing oasis when the gas tank is empty and our bladders are full. It’s going to be a long while before the handy service station goes away, but its days are numbered — because electric cars are going to change everything. One of the biggest complaints you hear about electric vehicles is that you can’t refuel them…

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Morgan Stanley’s Shared Autonomous 30 List Has No Major Automakers – Business Insider

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A team of analysts from Morgan Stanley on Thursday published an updated list of the bank’s “Shared Autonomous 30” — a group of companies that the team thinks will influence a big transition from a world in which vehicles are sold to a world in which more emphasis is placed in how much vehicles are driven. “The 100-year-old auto industry business model is facing unprecedented technological disruption, starting with the very definition of the market itself — moving from ‘millions of units sold’ annually to ‘trillions of miles traveled’ annually…

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All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 years In Twin ‘Death Spiral’ For Big Oil And Big Autos, Says Study That’s Shocking The Industries | Financial Post

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No more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years. The entire market for land transport will switch to electrification, leading to a collapse of oil prices and the demise of the petroleum industry as we have known it for a century. This is the futuristic forecast by Stanford University economist Tony Seba. His report, with the deceptively bland title Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030, has gone viral in green circles and is causing spasms of anxiety in the established industries. We are…

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