Basically, we’re driving as much (per person) as we were in 2000, and the rate is rising. But a meaningful, long-term shift is occurring in driving patterns, as a new paper by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan makes clear.
Solar, wind and electric vehicles are now said to have such momentum that they are going to cause a peak in oil demand within as little as five years, according to the most optimistic projections.
Climate change is a tough issue to cover as a journalist. It’s like following a slow-motion train wreck, except significant portions of the population dispute whether there really are trains involved and whether they will, in the end, crash.
Faraday Future, the electric-vehicle startup backed by LeEco founder Jia Yueting, halted plans to build a $1 billion factory in Nevada as the troubled tycoon fights for the survival of his Chinese car business.
Consumers may have lost interest for now in the most fuel-efficient cars because of low gasoline prices, but the future for hybrid and electric cars is more certain than ever.
But the need for specially designed engines to run biodiesel is holding back the technology.
Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took a brief break from his diplomatic duties, returning to his Exxon Mobil comfort zone to bask in the glow of approval from his former colleagues in the oil sector.
A month after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing terrorism, it is suffering from isolation but is nowhere near an economic crisis.
Unexpected manufacturing problems and the sudden emergence of competition is leading Tesla backers to reassess whether the Silicon Valley automaker’s head start on long-range electric cars is fading.
