PostedAug 29, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, international news, sustainability, technology
Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd., the Chinese solar equipment maker whose shares were suspended more than two years ago after they lost almost half their market value in a single day, said its U.S. unit, Alta Devices Inc., will work with Audi AG to outfit the...
PostedAug 29, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, international news, sustainability, technology
BEIJING — Ford Motor Co. and a Chinese automaker said Tuesday they are looking into setting up a joint venture to develop and manufacture electric cars in China. Ford’s potential venture with Anhui Zotye Automobile Co. adds to the global auto industry’s...
PostedAug 14, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, international news, sustainability
It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that changed the world “HUMAN inventiveness…has still not found a mechanical process to replace horses as the propulsion for vehicles,” lamented Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper, in December 1893. Its...
PostedJul 31, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, international news, news, sustainability
When the boss of Europe’s biggest listed oil company says his next car will be electric, it says a lot about the future of fossil fuels. Royal Dutch Shell Plc responded to the worst oil-price crash in a generation with its US$54 billion takeover of BG Group Ltd.,...
PostedJul 19, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, international news, news, sustainability
Gas stations need to prepare for the switch to electric vehicles, and Shell is not going to be one of those companies left in the dust. The gas and oil company announced a process of installing chargers at various stations across the world through a new partnership...
