This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 18, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Ford Motor Co. has abandoned a C$1.8-billion plan to build electric vehicles at its Oakville, Ontario assembly plant. “The company [Read more]
Although Crossover utility vehicles and cars are built on similar platforms, CUVs often have slightly lower fuel economy than their comparable sedan counterparts, even when they are equipped with the same engine and transmission. Toyota [Read more]
Electricity consumption is higher in all cases Autonomous vehicles are one of the main sources of uncertainty in the future of U.S. transportation energy consumption, as autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to change travel [Read more]
Person in a zero-vehicle household uses bus, subway, rail about 8 times more than household with 1 or more vehicles Households in the United States with more vehicles not only travel more, but they often [Read more]
EV growth largely driven by government policy, including public procurement programmes, financial subsidies The number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with [Read more]
About two-thirds of households with BEVs or PHEVs have incomes higher than $100,000 Electrified vehicles (hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and battery electric) have been sold as high fuel economy alternatives to conventional gasoline vehicles [Read more]
eRoadArlanda uses conductive technology with electric rail installed in roads to power, recharge vehicles while driving Last week marked the inauguration of eRoadArlanda, a Swedish innovation and the first road of its kind to allow [Read more]
New filling station primary generation is electricity that would use large batteries to supply high demand times Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Cars equipped with electric engines or other alternative drives are making [Read more]
Record auto sales behind rapidly growing oil consumption, estimated to reach 101 million b/d by 2019 As final light vehicle sales figures for the month of Dec. are now fully reported from major markets, 2017 [Read more]
Heavy-duty vehicles account for 37% of GHG emissions in transportation sector The Federal government announced a Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)’s flagship training program for commercial truck drivers which offers improved tools to prepare drivers for [Read more]
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