Matthias Müller was appointed as chief executive of Volkswagen AG , the world’s No. 1 auto maker, to clean up after its emissions scandal and drag it into the modern world of electric and self-driving cars.
Automakers have united behind a somewhat surprising position: reviews of corporate average fuel economy rules should not involve scrapping the current standards.
Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference “weather extremes” instead.
“The worst is at night,” he said, “when you’re gasping for air, waking up in the middle of the night.”
When they hear “biofuel,” people tend to assume you’re talking about corn. That makes sense, given that corn is anticipated to provide 80 percent of this year’s ethanol production — much more, say, than algae — until we consider a few numbers.
So here’s a question for you: when was the last time you traveled by horse to … well, to anywhere other than the stable you started from?
As the market for electric vehicles continues to grow, electric-car infrastructure will need to keep up with the growing population of them.
The Trump administration is increasing the risk of a serious accident—and a key position in charge of disaster preparedness remains unfilled.
Tesla delivered the first of its new and much less expensive battery-powered cars last week, betting that it can move beyond producing a relative few luxury vehicles and become a mass producer.
From giant companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. to OPEC members such as Saudi Arabia, oil producers say their industry will enjoy decades of growth as they feed the energy needs of the world’s expanding middle classes. But what if they’re wrong?
