Norway, which is still a monarchy, has two sovereign wealth funds. The Government Pension Fund Global, also known as the Oil Fund, was established in 1990 to invest the profits from the country’s petroleum sales. As of […]
Suzuki Motor Corp is open to joining the new Toyota-Mazda-Denso joint venture focused on plug-in electric vehicles and associated tech, the company’s president Toshihiro Suzuki has revealed. The comments were made to reporters as part of […]
Following similar announcements made by various electronics retailers, including the UK’s Dyson, the Japan-based big-box consumer electronics retailer Yamada Denki has announced that it will begin selling compact plug-in electric vehicles by 2020. Despite the lack […]
Nissan has now received more than 9,000 orders for the new, refreshed all-electric LEAF in Japan, a senior exec revealed on Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show. That figure apparently represents demand well above expectations, according […]
BYD has completed delivery of 4 all-electric 30-foot coach buses to the Kansas City International Airport — with the buses now slated to be used as parking lots shuttles, transporting airport patrons to and from airport […]
The multinational utility firm Enel has just acquired the California-based e-mobility solutions firm eMotorWerks, best known for its popular product JuiceBox and the JuiceNet platform.
Tesla’s plans to begin manufacturing vehicles and products in China are coming along reportedly, with the electric vehicle pioneer now in talks with the municipal government of Shanghai to set up a manufacturing facility there. The […]
The Seattle-area-based startup Zunum Aero — backed by the venture capital arms of Boeing and JetBlue Airways — is now planning to bring a small hybrid-electric airliner to market by the year 2022, it has revealed. […]
It appears that our earlier reports that China would be removing the 2018 requirements from its new energy vehicles (NEVs) quotas for auto manufacturers (in response to lobbying efforts) had some truth to them. China has […]
The UK-based firm Dyson is aiming for the launch of an electric vehicle by 2020, the company’s head James Dyson revealed in a recent interview with Reuters. The billionaire inventor stated that he was putting roughly […]
Alphabet/Google is in talks with the on-demand taxi service Lyft about a possible investment — which would presumably involve some kind of link-up with Google’s self-driving vehicle tech firm Waymo — according to recent reports. Considering […]
Renault and the firm Ferrovial Services will be launching a carsharing service that has been dubbed “Zity” in Madrid, Spain, according to a recent press release. This carsharing service fleet will initially be composed of 500 […]
Tesla is getting closer to the point of testing a long-haul, self-driving electric semi truck, going by recent emails between the company and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles that Reuters reported on. How much closer? […]
One thing that I’ve noticed about mainstream media coverage of the electric car pioneer Tesla Motors in recent years is that pricing for the company’s products is often misquoted. It’s hard to say just how much […]
If the countries involved are to meet the pledges made as part of the Paris Climate Change agreement, then the cost of emitting carbon dioxide must rise to $50–$100 per tonne by 2030, according to a […]
