Volkswagen’s (OTCMKT:VLKAY) MEB EV Platform Unveiled $VLKAY Volkswagen (OTCMKT:VLKAY) has unveiled its Electric for All initiative, which will set out to introduce EVs over the better part of the next 10 yrs at what the automaker says will be affordable prices. VW is aiming to sell around 150,000 electric cars by Y 2020 and increase annual sales […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Testing a ‘Silent’ Prototipo $RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) CEO Sergio Marchionne said in 2016 that every Ferrari sold from Y 2019 will offer hybrid tech in some form, and the Maranello outfit’s engineers are working to make it a reality. This video recently posted on YouTube shows what appears to be a 488 prototipo motoring around […]
President Trump Waves Away Paris Accord, Will Not Look Back $TSLA Thursday, US President Donald Trump stepped on and over the Paris climate accord, an agreement that has no good reason to exit in the main. He has told the world that now US interest is served by remaining part of the accord, as its […]
Auto Industry Will Push for Rollback of Fuel Economy Regulations $F FoMoCo (NYSE:F) plans to push President Elect Donald Trump to soften US and state fuel-economy rules that hurt profits by forcing automakers to build more EV’s (electric cars) and hybrids than are warranted by customer demand. In Y 2008, there were 12 EVs offered […]
Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) New Models to Focus on Hybridization $RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) CEO Sergio Marchionne eyes hybrid technology as a way to sidestep emissions regulations and reach unprecedented sales targets With its LaFerrari, the only hybrid model in the company’s range, Mr. Marchionne said all Ferraris will rely on hybrid power in some way from Y 2019 […]
Paris Auto Show: Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Says No Electric Cars $RACE Almost daily we see another major automotive brand announcing a battery-electric power initiative aka EV. But, not at Ferrari. The Italian Supercar maker is determined that there will be no silent surge of power in its near future, even as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, and BMW all […]
Donald Trump, “I will Introduce an America First Energy Plan” Donald Trump outlined his pro-Coal mining and fossil fuel election platform, telling an industry audience in Pittsburgh, PA that he will scrap the $5-T Obama-Clinton Climate Action Plan and the Clean Power Plan, and overhaul EPA regulations seen as strangling US, Coal, Oil & Gas […]
Dubai Government to Buy Electric and Hybrid Cars Up to 10% of new vehicles will be electric and hybrid cars under a new Green mobility initiative. Dubai government entities will be buying electric and hybrid cars in the next few years to bolster their fleets under a new Green mobility initiative. Up to 10% of the […]
China’s Banks Sponsor Growth of ‘Green’ Economy Chinese banks offered strong credit support for the growth of the Green economy in Y 2015. The total balance of Green loans issued by China’s 21 major financial institutions rose 16.42% last year to RMB 7.01-T, according to a report released Friday by the China Banking Association. It […]
“Zero Emissions” from Electric Vehicles is Bunk $TSLA Electric vehicles (EV) are seen by many as the harbinger of an environmentally Neutral future. Industry as assure consumers of “Zero Emissions,” and US President Barack Hussein Obama promised a 1-M on the road by Y 2015. Another, failed promise from the “Hopemiester” as less than 450-K […]
Fiat-Chrysler Mulls Adding Electric Vehicles to its Line-up $FCAM, $TSLA, $VLKAY Fiat-Chrysler’s (NYSE:FCAM) CEO Sergio Marchionne, 64 anni, is considering adding full electric vehicles to the carmaker’s line-up including the Maserati Alfieri sportscar and a small City Car. “I have always thought the economic model that supports Tesla is something that Fiat Chrysler could replicate […]
People are Asking, “Are Electric Cars the Future of Motoring?” $GM, $TSLA, $DDAIF, $BMW:DE, $POAHY Not too long EV’s (electric vehicles) were a rarity on the road and the track, and dream of hardcore environmentalists. That seems to be changing now and consumers are to believe the media hyperbole and some industry experts, EV’s will […]
Air Pollution in the US, the Major Cause is Linked to Farming $YARIY, $MOS The # 1 cause of air pollution in much of the US today is linked to farming and fertilizer, specifically to the N (nitrogen) component of fertilizer used to supposedly enrich the soil and grow bigger crops. A new study, published […]
Bushfires on the Rise in Australia, + 40% Since 2007 The number of bushfires in Australia is on the rise, +40% since Y 2007 local scientists have found. In a new research paper, published earlier this year in the journal Royal Society Open Science, scientists from CSIRO and University of Tasmania also say the increasing […]
Investing in Reduced Deforestation is Money Well Spent It is widely agreed that reducing emissions from deforestation could bring about 33% of the Greenhouse gas emission reductions our planet needs by Y 2030 to stay on a 2-degrees trajectory. Protecting and managing forests wisely not only make sense from a climate perspective, it is also […]
Wildfires can Pump more CO2 into the Atmosphere than Cars As forest fires devour trees and other plants, they release the carbon stored in the vegetation into the atmosphere. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of California used satellite observations of fires and a computer model to estimate just […]