Can the 2017 Pacifica hybrid minivan re-energize Chrysler?
Chrysler is dropping the venerable “Town & Country” name in an effort to get away from the stigma attached to the minivan as a uncool vehicle.
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Worst oil bust in 45 years brings U.S. crude below $31 a barrel
The oil bust that has cost the United States roughly 70,000 energy jobs has become more severe than any downturn in 45 years, Morgan Stanley said Monday, as crude prices fell a sixth day.
Drivers filling up on $2 gas aren’t worried about fuel efficiency
American drivers are turning their backs on better mileage.
Oil trains sidelined by deepening slump in U.S. shale
The amount of oil hauled on US railways has declined steeply in the past year as refineries swallow more foreign supplies in the face of falling domestic crude output.
In North Dakota, an oil boomtown doesn’t want to go bust
People loved to leave this town. Kids grew up and got out. Take me to Minot, they would say. To Fargo or Bismarck. Anywhere but this emptiness. Then the boom began and the world came to them.
Food vs. fuel: It’s not what you think
Food vs. fuel. It’s an argument you’ve likely heard before, and you’re likely to hear again. People in the world are still going hungry, so we shouldn’t be using crops to make fuel. The corn grown in the United States should be going into the bellies of starving children, not our gas tanks.
Apple registers ‘Apple.car’ domain: Sign of cars to come?
Here’s yet another reason to believe Apple may be working on that long-rumored car.
Oil prices tumble 10 percent for the week
Oil fell for a fifth straight day on Friday, losing 10 percent on the week, and Goldman Sachs said more losses were needed to force producers to cut supplies adequately to balance the glut and bleak demand outlook in the market.
Was Obama serious about keeping fossil fuels in the ground? Here’s a Colorado test case.
In some ways, Keystone was an easy test case — a project owned by a foreign company, built to ship foreign oil through the US, mostly for export.
The end of the oil age
Decades hence, 2015 might well be seen as the year the oil era entered the phase of terminal decline.
