Tesla blames Gigafactory for Model 3 production holdup
All eyes are on whether Tesla can mass produce the new Model 3 sedan as promised, but reports as of late indicate production holdups and delays far greater than anticipated.
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U.S. gasoline demand climbs to record highs
Gasoline demand in the United States reached the highest level on record in August this year, at 9.77 million bpd, or up by 83,000 bpd from August 2016.
Californians might want to fill up that gas tank before Nov. 1 tax hike
A late-spring poll showed robust public displeasure at the tax increase, and that was evident this week at gas stations up and down Broadway in Sacramento.
Honda sports EV concept is exactly the EV sports car we want
Hot on the heels of the Urban EV Concept shown at the Frankfurt show, Honda has another electric car, and it’s exactly what we as enthusiasts hoped for
‘Around here, you’re either eating steak or you’re eating beans’
Back when just about every oil pump jack in town was running, Tara Smith had more work than she could handle.
Trump administration to lease 77 million acres in Gulf of Mexico
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the sale, scheduled for March, would open an area the size of New Mexico to drilling, including all unleased areas on the Gulf’s outer continental shelf.
Experts who sold the idea of oil exports proven very wrong very fast
As Bloomberg put it recently, today “crude oil gushes out of the U.S. like never before.”
EPA abandons changes to U.S. biofuel program after lawmaker pressure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of proposed changes to the nation’s biofuels policy after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers worried the moves would undercut ethanol demand.
OPEC reportedly favors 9-month extension to output cut deal in bid to boost oil prices
OPEC members are reportedly forming a consensus around extending their production cutting deal with other crude exporters by nine months, a move that would help to put a floor under oil prices.
These suburbanites may have no fracking choice
“There’s a tension in oil and gas law between allowing private property owners to develop their mineral estates on their own and the state’s desire to ensure that ultimate recovery of oil and gas is maximized.”
