Tag: fuel
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Cheap gas and weaker US rules for fuel economy aren’t going to help Tesla sell more electric cars (TSLA)
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Tesla have to face a world where gas prices are falling amid the COVID-19 pandemic along with the US government just weakened fuel-economy criteria that was demonstrated under the Obama administration. The company could manage one of those improvements, but needing two happen at the same time may be hard. Luckily, the…
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Trump rolled back fuel-economy standards in the US this week to make vehicles ‘substantially safer,’ but his claims about car safety don’t mesh with reality
IIHS This week, even the Trump administration announced a rollback of stricter fuel-economy regulations 2012 — a move President Donald Trump lauded as”making cars substantially safer.” Trump has also promised that fuel-efficient automobiles are created from”papier-mâché,” which is bad for crashes. But automobiles are considerably safer than they have been in 2012, and became safer…
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Toyota unveils heavy-duty fuel cell truck plans
Auto giant teams up with Hino Motors subsidiary to jointly develop zero emission truck The race may be on to accelerate the roll out of battery powered electric trucks, with challengers such as Tesla and Arrival battling with established brands such as Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, but work is also underway to ensure fuel cell trucks…
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Is the car industry putting the brakes on the corporate rollout of EVs?
Growing corporate requirement for electrical vehicles indicates that the UK could phase-out fresh fossil fuel automobiles however, EV100 members fear that the limited distribution of EVs could delay the shift Huge company requirement for electrical vehicles is obviously to put at least 2.5 million battery automobiles and rising on the streets by 2030, but concern…
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Hyundai unveiled a semi-truck concept that runs on hydrogen and would compete with the Tesla Semi
Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai has revealed two concept vehicles in the North American Commercial Vehicle Show: the HDC-6 Neptune Class 8 heavy-duty truck along with the HT Nitro ThermoTech trailer-tractor. Both vehicles are a part of the automaker’s Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle 2030 Vision, which contains the widespread use of hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology in…
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Elon Musk’s Genius: Understanding the Cost of a Screw and the Value of a Photo
Last evening, Elon Musk inspired the audience D. It is difficult to overstate the extent and breadth of his aspirations or the effects of his launch ups PayPal, Tesla, also SpaceX on automobiles, payments and space. Behind the urge to follow great men like Musk talk regarding their viewpoints is a expect to obtain a…