Addressing Michigan auto workers last month, President Donald Trump won applause when he said he would consider changing fuel-economy standards for new cars and trucks. For auto researchers, such as those at Ohio State University, the reaction stopped short of celebration.
President Donald Trump’s “swamp” is particularly rich in fossil fuels.
Bolstered by last week’s offshore drilling order from President Trump, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said Monday it wants regulators to consider allowing drilling in new tracts of the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.
However, Tesla, the car manufacturer most closely associated with electric vehicles, is the favored brand of 13 to 19-year-olds.
A Texas court ordered Exxon to pay $20 million in fines for pollutants released into the air at the Baytown, Texas refining and chemical plant outside of Houston.
An $800 million investment proposal from Volkswagen aimed at increasing the adoption of zero-emission vehicles in California has come under sharp criticism from elected officials, regulators and advocacy organizations.
“We’re in the midst of an electric assault,” the presenter intones as the Tesla Inc. chief’s photo pops up. “This must be taken very seriously.”
If you took a spin down to the New York International Auto Show last week and saw the $37,500 Chevy Bolt (electric) parked next to the strikingly similar $17,000 Chevy Cruze (gasoline), the answer is probably a hard no.
Electric cars are coming fast — and that’s not just the opinion of carmakers anymore. Total SA, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is now saying EVs may constitute almost a third of new-car sales by the end of the next decade.
Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016, the International Energy Agency says, raising fresh concerns about the potential for a petroleum-supply shortage as soon as 2020.
