Half of young people want electric cars, study says
The study was conducted by AA, a British motoring group, which also says that myths around electric vehicles are keeping people from taking the plunge and going electric.
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Hell for Elon Musk is a midsize sedan
On July 1, Elon Musk went home to sleep. The chief executive of Tesla Inc. had been camping out at his electric car factory in Fremont, Calif., for much of the past week.
The terrible timing of Tesla’s expiring $7,500 tax credit
Just a few weeks after finally reaching its goal of building 5,000 Model 3 sedans in a week, Tesla has hit another threshold: Earlier this month, it sold its 200,000th car in the U.S.
Big Oil is sowing the seeds for a ‘super-spike’ in crude prices above $150, Bernstein warns
Oil prices could top all-time highs near $150 a barrel because energy companies are investing too little money in new production, Bernstein Research said.
California regulator sees ‘window’ for deal on fuel economy rules
Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols said in an interview that agreements with the federal government or automakers could be struck in the coming months as the state pursues its own changes to fuel economy standards through 2025.
California meets greenhouse gas reduction goal years early
California greenhouse gas emissions fell below 1990 levels, meeting an early target years ahead of schedule and putting the state well on its way toward reaching long-term goals to fight climate change.
Average gas price nears $3 a gallon, raising worries for U.S. economy
The highest retail gasoline prices in years are the latest development to raise concerns about one of the longest-running U.S. economic expansions on record.
Where 3 million electric vehicle batteries will go when they retire
The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Instead, they’ll spend their golden years chilling beer at 7-Elevens in Japan, powering car-charging stations in California and storing energy for homes and grids in Europe.
Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster may have had a lasting impact upon even the smallest organisms in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists have found — amid warnings that the oceans around America are also under fresh assault.
Tesla goes big in China with Shanghai plant
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Tuesday landed a deal with Chinese authorities to build a new auto plant in Shanghai, its first factory outside the United States, that would double the size of the electric car maker’s global manufacturing.
