Cars+, Trucks, Buses

General

     The graph uses Wikipedia sources for oil use by nation, population, and vehicles per capita.  Variations from nation to nation are sensitive to ratios of cars to heavy trucks (& buses) and ratios of vehicle use to other uses - heating, power plants, pipelines, irrigation pumps, cooking, portable generators, etc.

     Low use per vehicle in Europe is from efficient cars.  Freight there goes mostly by rail, not truck.  Brazil's low use is from ethanol. High use in India, Indonesia & Pakistan is from more trucks & buses than cars, plus much use for irrigation & cooking.

    The small 6% progress in fleet MPG since 1992 is driven by a change in the mix of vehicles, especially the increase in “Pickups, Vans, SUVs” relative to “Cars”, despite a 7% MPG increse for heavy trucks, a 14% increase for cars, and a 1% increase for Pickups+.

US Dep’t of Transport. 2011

Cars assumes 21 mpg

Fully Electric Cars+

From Bloomberg New Energy Finance, New Energy Outlook in June 2016

2023-24 Articles

EVs + Hybrids Set to Exceed 50% of China Car Sales for 1st Time 0824

Uber Partners With BYD to Put Its Drivers Into 100,000 EVs 0724

Electric Car Leader BYD Sales Rise to Record, on Price Cuts and Tech Upgrades 0724

EVs Starting to Overtake Gas-Powered Cars in a Surprising Place – Ethiopia 0824

When Will America Get Its $25,000 Electric Car? 0624

Long-Range EVs Now Cost Less than the Average New Car in the US 0624

Waves of Chinese Electric Vehicles Are Pouring into Brazil 0624

The Slowdown in US Electric Vehicle Sales Looks More Like a Blip 0524

How EVs Could Get 200 Miles per Gallon 0424 - Dr. Fry's Chevy Bolt occasionally got just over 200 mpg-equivalent already.  He new Tesla Model 3 routinely exceeds 200 mpg equivale4nt.

CATL Working with Tesla on Fast-Charging Cells, as Tesla Aims for $25,000 Car 0324

BYD Takes On EV Laggards Toyota, VW With Steep China Price Cuts 0324

EV Life-Cycle Emissions Are Up to 70% Lower than Combustion Cars' 0324

China’s Super-Cheap EVs Offer Hope for Average American Buyers 0324

Why It’s Never Been Cheaper to Buy an EV 0324

Switch to Electric Vehicles Could Prevent Millions of US Child Illnesses by 2050 - 0224

U.S. Electric Vehicles Sales Are Poised to Rise a Lot in 2024 - 0224

Thailand’s EV Sales Seen Doubling, as 1st Homegrown Models Hit Market 0124

5 Things to Watch in China’s Auto Market This Year 0124

Why America’s Car Buyers Are Rethinking EVs 0124

Renault Aims to Democratize EVs 1123

India’s EV Market Takes Off on $10,000 Electric Cars 1123

Top-Selling EV in Japan Isn’t a Tesla, but Two $13,000 Small Light Cars 1023

IEA Report Has Terrific News for the Climate 1023 Sales of internal combustion vehicles are down 25% from their 2017 peak.  Electric vehicles are filling the gap.

Tesla Prices Now Rival Average US Cars, after Billions in Cuts 1023

US Electric Vehicle Sales Reach Breakthrough Pace 0923

Charging Electric Cars in Europe - More Doable than You Might Think 0923

China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles 0823

New York City to Require More Zero-Emission Cars for Ride-Sharing 0823

Biden’s Climate Bill Leaves Workers Behind in Shift to Electric Cars, Union Says 0823

Chevy Bolt EV Returns from Near-Death as GM Prepares New Model 0723

Tesla and BYD Post Record Sales on Surge in Electric-Car Demand 0723

World’s Hottest EV Maker Sees Biden’s Climate Law as a Barrier to More EVs 0623

3 Takeaways on the Future of the Global EV Market 0623

Ford to Gain Access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in 2024 - 0523

7.2% of New Cars Sold in US Are Electric 0523

In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived 0523

Carmakers Are Pushing Electric SUVs, but Smaller Is Better for EVs 0523

BYD’S $11,450 EV Hatchback Is Set to Reshape China’s 1st-Car Market 0423

Ram Electric Pickup Truck Can Go 500 Miles on a Charge, Says Stellantis 0423

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2022 Articles

This Was the Year That Electric Vehicles Took Off 1222

Canada Moves to Make 1/5 of All Vehicle Sales Electric, Starting in 2026 - 1222

China Has Shot at Seizing 60% Share of Global EV Sales This Year 1122

E.U. Plans for Only Electric New Vehicles by 2035 Are ‘without Precedent’ 1022

Tesla Cuts Prices in China Following Signs of Softening Demand 1022

Volkswagen Will Make Only Electric Cars in Europe within 10 Years 1022

A Solar-Powered Electric Car Comes to Boston 1022

Tesla’s Record Sales after Shanghai Upgrade Lead China EV Surge 1022

EVs Add to Electricity Demand, but Not as Much as You Might Think 1022

This Cardboard-Clad SUV Would Be Better for Your Wallet and the Environment 1022

For China’s Auto Market, Electric Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present. 0922

More than Half of US Car Sales Will Be Electric by 2030 - 0922

Hertz Plans to Buy 175,000 Electric Vehicles from GM Over 5 Years 0922

Washington State to Ban Sales of New Gas Cars by 2035, Following California 0822

China Electric Car Sales Forecast to Hit Record 6 Million 0822

Postal Service Takes U-turn, Plans EV Surge 0722

U.S. Electric Car Sales Climb Sharply, despite Shortages 0722

US Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption 0722

China’s Electric Car Exports More Than Double, Mostly to Europe 0622

EU Lawmakers Support Banning Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 - 0622

Rapid EV Growth Hastens the Peak, Then Fall, of Internal Combustion 0622

The New Chevrolet Bolt Will Be the Cheapest Electric Vehicle in the US 0622 - $26,595.  That’s below the $27,400 for the Nissan Leaf.  These cost about 2/3 of the mean cost for internal combustion engine cars in the US.  Far less than Tesla.

EV Sales Will Triple by 2025 and Still Need More Oomph to Reach Net Zero 0622

Ford Beats Tesla to the Punch with 1st Electric F-150 Delivery 0522

Australia’s Slow Warming to Electric Cars May Get Election Boost 0522

How Ford’s Electric F-150 Pickup Truck Will Cut Carbon Pollution 0422

Honda to Spend $40 Billion on EV Push, Plans 30 Models 0422

US Electric Vehicle Sales Soared in 1st Quarter, while Overall Auto Sales Slid 0422

US Transition to Electric Vehicles Would Save Over 100,000 Lives by 2050 - 0322

Washington State Sets Target to End Gasoline Car Sales by 2030 - 0322

Rising EV Sales in Latin America, India Are Reasons for Optimism 0322

Foreign Oil Dependence a Massive Vulnerability, Aussie Defense Experts Want EVs 0322

California's Climate Fight - EVs & Heat Pumps - May Raise Power Demand 90% 0322

How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars - Nickel 0322

Germany Backs EU Phaseout of New Internal Combustion Engines by 2035 - 0322

California Becomes the 1st U.S. State to Hit 1 Million Plug-In Cars 0222

These EVs Are Cheaper to Own than Their Gas-Powered Counterparts 0222 - led by Ford’s F-150 pickup truck

GM’s $6.5 Billion EV Truck Blitz Wins Michigan Incentives 0122

Sales of Electric Vehicles Surpass Diesel in Europe for 1st Time 0122

Is Norway the Future of Cars? 0122 - Over half of new cars sold there are battery powered.  Most of the rest are plug-in hybrids.  Only 8% are petrol-powered.

In the Year of the Electric Truck, Some Real Talk from Texas Auto Dealers 0122 

Chrysler Aims to Be All Electric by 2028 - 0122

Tesla Smashes Quarterly Delivery Record with 308,600 Cars - 0122

Ford Surges to 20-Year High on Optimism Over Electric F-150 - 0122 - The Ford F-150 Lightning already has 200,000 non-binding reservations.  Ford is raising its production capacity for the F-150 Lightning by 150,000 trucks year.

Electric Cars Are Cheaper to Own in New Jersey than California 0522 AND cheaper than internal combustion engine cars

2021 Articles

EVs to Account for 30% of China Market Next Year, Lotus CEO Says 1221

How Close Are We to EVs That Cost Less than Gasoline Vehicles? 1221

Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050 - 1221

U.S. Could Miss Its Electric Vehicle Goals, Commerce Secretary Warns 1121

Record Fuel Costs Convince Scooter-Loving Indians to Go Electric 1121

6 Automakers, 30 Countries Say They’ll Phase Out Gasoline Car Sales 1121

Electric Vehicles Are Having a Banner Year.  Here Are the US Numbers. 1021

Greece Brings In Climate Law, Banning Fossil-Fuel Cars From 2030 - 1121

Electric Vehicles Have a Weight Problem 1021 - Batteries are heavy and make cars heavy, requiring more batteries

90% of New Cars Sold in Norway Are Now Electric or Plug-In Hybrids 1021

Running Homes & Cars on Just Electricity Can Save Households AU$5,443 a Year 1021

Britons Are Snapping Up Electric Vehicles 0921

Mercedes-Benz Will Shift Its Focus to Electric Vehicles by 2025 - 0721

Volkswagen to Stop Making Combustion Engine Cars by 2035 in Europe 0621

Maryland School District Switched to Electric Buses to Save Kids’ Lungs 0521

Electric Cars ‘Will Be Cheaper to Produce than Fossil Fuel Vehicles by 2027’ - 0521

Every New Car and Truck in the U.S. Can Be Electric by 2035 - 0421

Washington State Plans to Phase Out New Gasoline Cars by 2030 - 0421

Biden’s Push for Electric Cars - $174 Billion, 10 Years and a Bit of Luck 0321 - rebates on purchases included

Volkswagen Quickly Catching Up to Tesla 0321

Canada Catches Up in the Race to Produce Zero-Emission Vehicles 0221

Jaguar Going All Electric, Land Rover Going Majority Electric 0221

Ford to Phase Out Petroleum-Powered Vehicles in Europe 0221

G.M.’s Electric Car Push Could Put China in the Driver’s Seat 0221

Shenzhen, China Has 16,000 Electric Buses and 22,000 Electric Taxis 0221

California EV Owners Drive Them Much Less than Gasoline-Powered Cars 0221

General Motors to Eliminate Gasoline, Diesel Light-Duty Cars & SUVs by 2035 - 0121

All EVs by 2035?  Report Shows Roadblocks 0121 - mismatch between wanted car-charging hours and when electricity is most available.  [Solution lies in time-of-use pricing.]

Massachusetts Becomes the Next State to Set a Ban on Gasoline Cars 0121

Global Sales of Electric Cars Accelerate Fast in 2020, despite Pandemic 0121

Electric Cars Hit Record 50% of Sales in Northernmost Norway. Mid-Winter Range Is No Longer a Problem. 0121

Apple, Hyundai to Agree on Electric Car Tie-Up Early This Year 0121

Nio Launches 1st Electric Sedan model as Tesla Delivers China-Built SUV 0121

Electrifying India’s Transport 1021

2- and 3-wheelers lead the way.  4-wheelers to follow

2020 Articles

Massachusetts to Require All New Cars Sold to Be Electric by 2035 - 1220

More than 500,000 Full Electric Cars Sold So Far This Year in Europe 1220

Carmakers Want to Ditch Battery Packs, Use Auto Bodies for Energy Storage 1120

New York City Is Testing Electric Garbage Trucks 0920

California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years 0920

The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule 0920

Uber Pledges to Go All-Electric, but It Doesn't Own the Cars 0920

Europe’s Electric Car Sales Surge amid Pandemic 0820

Electric-Truck Maker’s Deal Adds Further Spark to Battery-Powered Market 0820

An EV Will Cost the Same as a Gasoline Vehicle Sooner Than You Think 0720

Test a Tesla or Buy a Bolt, with Help From Your Electric Company 0720

Electric Car Subsidies Make Renaults Free in Germany 0720

Norway EV Market Share Breaks All Records, with 75% of New Vehicles Sold 0420

Lyft Commits to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2030 - 0620

A Million-Mile Battery from China Could Power Your Electric Car 0620

     In 2018, battery-powered car sales were 1.3% of the US total.  

The Pandemic Will Permanently Change the Auto Industry 0520

New Breed of Pickups Mixes Horsepower and Battery Power 0520

Europe Beats China in Electric Vehicle Sales 0420

Electric Vehicles Buoyed by a Backlog and Fresh Air 0420 - Europe

Charge a Car Battery in 5 Minutes?  That’s the Plan 0320

Electric Car Emissions Myth ‘Busted’ 0320 less CO2, even with coal

Big Rigs Begin to Trade Diesel for Electric Motors 0320

BMW, Daimler Aim to Cut Emissions 20% This Year with New Electric Models 0320

A Cobalt Crisis Could Put the Brakes on Electric Car Sales 0220

Tesla Deliveries Set a Record and Extend Red-Hot Run for Shares 0120

GM's New Electric Car Battery Tops Tesla's 0320 - 400 mile range,  $100 / kWh “soon”

2018-2019 Articles

2020 Set to Be Year of the Electric Car, Say Industry Analysts 1219

Electric Vehicles Sales Plummet in Ontario after It Cancels Rebate 1219

Battery Prices Fall Nearly 50% in 3 Years, Spurring More Electrification 1219

Electric Vehicles Can Ensure Long-Term Sustainability in India 1119

Ford Electric Vehicle Chief Sees More Products, Sales Growth 1119

As Electric Vehicles Age, Batteries Are Finding a 2nd Life 1119

A New Age for Electric Motors 1019 Small in-wheel motors and other powertronics make EVs more efficient (more range or smaller batteries).

Labour Party Pledges to Ban Sale of Non-Electric Cars by 2030 - 1019

Tesla Is Developing a Battery That Can Last 1 Million Miles 0919

Amazon Corp. and the All-Electric Future of Fleet Vehicles 0919

The Shift to Electric Vehicles Propels a Strike Against GM 0919 - robots operating on just the few parts an EV has
An Increasingly Urbanized Latin America Turns to Electric Buses 0919

Electric Vehicles Can Reduce Colorado’s Emissions More than Anything Else 0819

Now on Used Car Lots - Great Electric Vehicles for Cheap 0819

India Turns to Electric Vehicles to Beat Pollution 0719 - mostly 2-wheelers (mostly motor scooters, most of India’s traffic) and 3-wheelers (tut-tuk taxis and some small trucks).  New sales all electric by 2025 and 2023.  Electric cars only will be sold by 2030.

Silent, No Gears, Cheaper Every Day - Electric Cars Aren't So Hard to Get Used to 0719

The Future is Electric and Houston Knows That 0719

Why U.S. Cities Aren’t Using More Electric Buses, but China’s Are 0619

Car Makers Battle Oil & Gas Industry for Electric Vehicle Tax Credits 0619

Daimler Plans to Make Its Cars Carbon Neutral by 2039 - 0519

Big Automakers Grudgingly Buy into EVs.  Oil Majors Still Lag Behind. 0419

Electric Cars Could Be as Affordable as Conventional Vehicles In 2022 - 0419

B.C. to Phase Out New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2040 - 0419

Electric Cars Set Sales Record in Norway, with 58% Market Share 0419

50% of New Aussie Cars to Be Electric by 2030 under Labor Climate Policy 0319

Tesla Is (Finally!) Selling the Model 3 for $35,000 - 0219

Electric Vehicles Are Approaching a Tipping Point — Here's Why 0219

100% Clean Energy & Cars In 20 Years Is Viable, but Unlikely 0219

Will There Be a Market for the Coming Explosion of Electric Cars? 0219

In Shanghai, Every Ikea Delivery Is Now Made with an Electric Vehicle 0119

Toyota Finally Has the Power in Electric Cars 0119

Norway's Electric Cars Zip to New Record- almost 1/3 of All Sales 0119

Tesla Sales Soaring, Competition Failing 1018

Tesla Model 3 Becomes August’s 5th Best-Selling Car, 15th among Vehicles 0918

In Amsterdam, Transportation Is Electrifying 0918 - motor scooters too

Electric Cars Exceed 1 Million in Europe, as Sales Soar More than 40% - 0818

Electric Vehicles Will Drive 20% of Global Mileage Share by 2030 - 0818

Auto Suppliers Retool to Chase Electric Vehicle Bonanza 0818

Caribbean Islands Rev Up for Electric Car Revolution 0718

Study Quantifies Battery-Electric Bus Environmental Benefits 0718

Beyond Elon Musk’s Drama, Tesla’s Cars Are Thrilling Drivers 0718

Tesla Finally Hits Elon Musk's Target for the Model 3 - 0718

1 in 5 American Car Buyers Say They'll Buy an Electric Car Next 0518

New Jersey to Join Clean Car Initiative, as EPA Eases Fuel-Economy Standards 0418

Electrification (to Reduce Carbon Emissions) Could Be a Lifeline for Utilities 0318

VW Shocks Tesla with $25 Billion Battery Supply Plan 0318

Chicago Could See 80,000 Electric Cars by 2030 - 0218

Aussie Chief Scientist Alan Finkel Hits Back at Electric Car Doubters 0218

Electric Cars Could Destroy the Electric Grid – or Fix It Forever 0218

California Governor Pushes for 5 Million Zero-Emission Cars 0118

Switch to Electric Cars Is Key to Fixing Critically Insufficient' US Climate Policies 0118

Car ‘Batteries on Wheels' Could Help Solve Renewable Energy's Storage Issue 0118

Ford to Invest $11 Billion, for 40 Hybrid and Fully Electric Vehicles by 2022 - 0118

Chicago Seeks to Expand Its Electric Bus Fleet 0118

Over Half of New Car Sales Now Electric or Hybrid in Norway 0118

California Bill Seeks Ban on Fossil-Fueled Vehicles by 2040 - 0118

2016-2017 Articles


Will Electric Vehicles Doom Your Neighborhood Auto Mechanic? 1217

Where It Pays to Drive Electric 1117

1 in 6 New Cars in the World Will Be Electric by 2025 - 1117

Electric Cars and Energy Storage Seen Arriving Early Next Decade 1117

Europe Calls for Cutting Car Emissions by 1/3.  Not Enough, Critics Say. 1117

SoCal Edison Looks to Decarbonize Grid, Transportation in New Climate Plan 1117

Tesla Reportedly Reaches Agreement to Build Car Factory in Shanghai 1017

China's Chongqing Changan to Stop Selling Combustion-Engine Cars from 2025 - 1017

These City Bus Routes Are Going All-Electric ― and Saving Money 1017

World Petrol Demand ‘Likely to Peak by 2030, as Electric Car Sales Rise’ 1017

'This Is the Future' - Solar-Powered Family Car Hailed by Experts 1017

Paris Plans to Banish All but Electric Cars by 2030 - 1017

EU Plans Carbon Credits, Not Quotas, for Electric Vehicles 1017

10,000 Electric Cars Highlight Steep Path to India's Ambitions 1017

Are Electric Vehicles Pushing Oil Demand Over a Cliff? 1017

China Hastens the World Toward an Electric-Car Future 1017

Electric Car Owners ‘Can Drive for Free by Letting Energy Firms Use Battery’ 1017

The Electric Road to Zero Emissions Hits a Gas Pocket 0917

General Motors Is Going All Electric 1017

10 Giant Companies Commit to Electric Vehicles - Message for Auto Industry 0917

India to Embark on World’s Most Ambitious Electric-Car Transformation 0917

China Studying When to Ban Sales of Traditional Fuel Cars 0917

VW to Build Electric Versions of All 300 Models by 2030 - 0917

Scotland Sets 2032 Ban on New Diesel and Petrol Cars, Funds Carbon Capture 0917

After Electric Cars, What More Will It Take for Batteries to Change the Face of Energy? 0817

Tesla Drivers Claim Model S Distance Record of 670 Miles on a Charge 0817

This Is How Big Oil Will Die 0517

Toyota and Mazda Join Forces on Electric Vehicles.  Is It the End for Gas Cars? 0817

Shell CEO Says His Next Car Will Be Electric 0717

Driving Tesla’s Model 3 Changes Everything 0717

Britain Bans Gasoline and Diesel Cars, Starting in 2040 - 0717

Volkswagen to Assemble Electric Cars in Rwanda 0717

Electric Vehicles Will Be More than 50% of New Car Sales by 2040 – BNEF 0717

Black Cab Turns Green, as All-New Electric London Taxi Launches 0717

Tesla Rolls Out Its 1st Model 3, and It’s Elon’s 0717

France to Ban Sales of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2040 - 0717

Volvo to Go All Electric with New Models, from 2019 - 0717

Tesla’s 1st Mass-Market Car, the Model 3, Hits Production This Week 0717

Electric Cars Accelerate Past 2 Million Mark Globally 0617

India Aims to End the Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2030 - 0617

The Country Adopting Electric Vehicles Faster Than Anywhere Else 0517

Electric Cars Becoming Popular as Grid Gets Greener 0517

India Launches Massive Push for Clean Power, Lighting, and Cars 0517

No Matter What Trump Does, Big Cities Pressing for Cleaner Cars 0517

China and India’s Plans for Electric Cars Threaten to Cut Gasoline Demand 0517

Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Unveil an Electric Semi Truck In September 0417

Batteries Could Be Tesla’s Secret Weapon 0417

Cities Shop for $10 Billion of Electric Cars to Defy Trump 0317

Rollout Of Chevy Bolt May Mark Turning Point For Electric Car Market 0217

UK Electric Vehicle Boom Drives New Car Sales to 12-Year High 0217

Electric Cars and Cheap Solar ‘Could Halt Fossil Fuel Growth by 2020’ - 0217

London’s Black Cab Maker Targets Europe Capitals for New Hybrid-Electric Taxi 0117

Electric Cars Will Not Stem Global Demand for Oil, Says BP 0117 - even with 100 million EVs by 2035

China, Europe Drive Shift to Electric Cars, as U.S. Lags 0117

Electric Vehicle Revolution Could Speed by U.S. Workers under Trump 0117

Cities Unite to Seek 'Record Breaking' Electric Fleet 0117

Electric Vehicles Threaten to Overtake Biofuels 0117

Ford Is Revving Up Its Plans for Electric and Driverless Vehicles 0117

2017 Will Be the Year Tesla Reigns Supreme – or Finally Flops 1216

China Unveils Green Vehicle Subsidy Caps, Increases Technical Requirements 1216

Electric Car Sales Pass Half a Million in US 1216

Driverless Electric Cars Could ‘Cut Air Pollution to Almost Zero and Make Car Parks Obsolete within 10 Years' 1216

New Energy Outlook, Exec Sum - BNEF 1016 - PDF

Toyota to Start Mass Production of Electric Cars, as Restrictions Loom 1116

Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All But Peaked 1116

In Shift Away from Diesel, Volkswagen Embraces Electric 1116

How Will Electric Cars Fare under the Next President? 1116

California Utility Regulators Are Turning Electric Vehicles into Grid Resources 1116

California's Electric-Car Rebates Jump for Lower-Income Buyers, Vanish for High Earners 1016

Electric Cars Set to Pass 2 Million Landmark Globally by End of 2016 - 1016

Germany Wants to Ban Fossil-Fuel-Powered Cars 1016

Americans Bought More Electric Vehicles Last Month than Ever Before 1016

In China's Electric Car Boom, Global Automakers Select Different Gear 0916

Range Anxiety (Overblown?) Scares People Away from Electric Cars 0816

The Netherlands Could Be the 1st Country to Ban Gas, Diesel Vehicles 0816

How Kansas City Became the EV Mecca of the Midwest 0816

Mercedes Is about to Unveil an Entire Fleet of Electric Vehicles 0816

Mercedes Debuts World's First Fully Electric Big Rig 0716

Elon Musk Reveals Part 2 of his 'Master Plan' for Tesla 0716

Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘Master Plan’ Involves Trucks, Buses and a Compact SUV 0716

These Fuel Economy Regulations Mean You May Soon Buy an Electric Car 0716

How Utilities Can Gain from the Coming Boom in Electric Vehicles 0616

After Emissions Cheating Scandal, Volkswagen Steers toward Electric Vehicles 0616

Why the Tesla Boom Could Be Very Good News for the Electric Grid 0616

The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity 0616

Daimler to Unveil Long-Distance Electric Car in October 0616

Norway to Ban All Sales of Petrol Powered Cars by 2025 - 0616

Wireless Charging is the Key to Unlocking an Electric Vehicle Revolution 0516
     Buses are the first-est market, but delivery trucks and cars (especially self-driving ones) are not far behind.  Plug-in hybrids are usually not plugged in, but wireless charging could change that.

Can Ford Compete in the Long-Range Electric Vehicle Market? 0516

Self-Driving Cars May End Gasoline Era 0416

Taking on Tesla - China's Jia Yueting Aims to Out-Muscle Musk 0416

Netherlands Looks to Ban All Non-Electric Cars by 2025 - 0416

Tesla Says Model 3 Orders Top $10 Billion in 1st 36 Hours 0416

Tesla Reveals Its $35,000 Car for the Masses 0416

India Aims to Become 100% Electric Vehicle Nation by 2030 - 0316

Tesla’s Model 3 Launches.  Is Elon Musk Correct about the Electric-Car Future? 0316

Seattle Mayor Wants to Cut Vehicle Emissions, Add Electric Cars 0316

Electric Cars ‘Will Be Cheaper than Conventional Vehicles by 2022' - 0216

EPA Asks Volkswagen to Make Electric Cars in U.S. 0216

That's the Brakes - Using Stored Energy from Public Transit for Grid Services 0216

Chinese Market Electrifying for ‘Green’ Vehicles 0216

Indian Government Helps Carmakers Go Green & Cheap, to Fight Smog Crisis 0116

In Coal-Powered China, Electric Car Surge Fuels Fear of Worsening Smog 0116

U.S. May Not Hit 1 Million Electric Vehicles until 2020 - 0116

UK Electric Car Market Enjoys Record Surge in Demand 0116

Carmakers Forge Ahead with Electric Vehicles 0116

2015 Articles and earlier

China Is the World's Largest Car Market.  Will It Also Be the Greenest? 1215

NRG Is Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Integration 1215

Hybrid Technology to Fill Autos Gap as Diesel Damaged by VW Scandal 1015

Tesla Gets Boost from Korean Battery Maker LG Chem 1015

VW Plans to Recover from Its Scandal by Going Electric 1015

U.K. City Is Designing a Future of Fewer Cars - by Focusing on Its Roads 1015

Climate Benefits from Electric Car Equals $425, Study Says 0915
   Worse than gasoline in coal power states, will improve as electricity goes renewable.  Cabin heat problem in cold states.

Audi's New Electric Car, with 300-Mile Range, to Rival Tesla Model X  0815

Tesla Motors Trims Delivery Outlook, Sending Stock Down 0815

Electric Cars Will Give a Hefty Boost to Australia’s Economy, Aided by Policies 0715

'Robocabs' Can Drive Down Pollution 0715

On the Road to Zero Emissions, Bhutan Hits a Few Electric Car Bumps 0615

Tesla Co-Founder Sees Future in Electric Commercial Truck 0615

'Made in Singapore' Electric Taxi Charges Fast, Goes the Distance 0515

Meet the Mirai - Why Toyota Wants to Make Your Next Car Run on Hydrogen 0515

Tesla Struggling to Electrify Car Market in China 0415

Shenzhen, China Readies Almost $800 Million for Electric Car Incentives 0315

Europe’s Electro-Mobile Future – Norway as a Model? 0315

Surprising Benefit of Electric Cars - Cooler Cities 0315

UK Ministers' Cars to Be Swapped for Electric Versions in Green Drive 0315

Germany Tries Electric Car-Sharing Schemes to Boost Sales, Curb Emissions  0315

Washington State Lawmakers Push Electric Car Ownership 0215

EU Policy-Makers Seek to Make Electric Transport a 'Priority’ 0215

Will the Chevrolet Bolt EV Push Electric Vehicles to the Mainstream? 0115

How Georgia Became the Biggest Electric Vehicle Market in the US 0115

Chevy Bolt Electric Car Could Be 'the 1st Mass-Market EV Success’ 0115

Tesla Motors Model S Gets Some Competition 1214

Raising The Roof - Tesla Opens The Era Of The Upgradeable Car 1214

How Solar Power and Electric Cars Could Make Suburban Living Awesome Again 1214

California Extends Support for Plug-in Cars 1214

Electric Cars a Mixed Bag For Health, Climate 1214

The One Variable That Will Determine Tesla's Future 1214

The ZEV’s Invisible Tailpipe 1114

China's Rush to Green Vehicles Fuels Bubble Concerns 1114

Solar Electric Cars - When Your Gas Station is the Sun 1014

Tesla Sees Electric Car Growth as Helping Competitors 1014

West Coast Leads Surge in Electric Cars 0914

Tesla Selects Nevada for Battery Giga-Factory 0914

Tesla Motors Strikes Deal to Build 400 Charging Stations in China 0914

Tesla and Panasonic Agree to Build Factory in U.S. 0714

China Wants 30% of Government Cars to Be Electric 0714

Tesla Edges Out Toyota as California’s Top Auto Employer 0514

Tesla to Build Cars in China 0414

Tesla Unveils $5 Billion Plan for 'Gigafactory' to Make Lithium Batteries 0214

US EV Sales Double in 2013 - 0114

8 States Vow 3.3 Million Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2025 1013

Connecticut Plugs into Multi-State Push for More Electric Cars 1013

Tesla Stock Drops After Model S Catches Fire 1013

Father of the Prius Sees Long Road to a Fully Electric Future 0913

Tesla Outsells Porsche, Buick, Lincoln, Others in California 0813

Solar Suburbia to Power Modern Cities? 0813

Suddenly, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand 0613

French Electric Car Share Program Sets Sights on Indy 0613 

Electric Cars Are Getting as Cheap as Gasoline Rivals 0613 

To Spark Buyers for Electric Cars, Drop the Price to Nearly $0 0513 

Flipping The Switch - Prioritizing Electric Cars 0213 

Dutch Try Electric Cars 0213 

Chevy Volt Sales Triple, in Year of Contrasts for Electric Cars 0113

Growing Up Year for Plug-Ins 1212

Ford Focus Electric to Go 100 MPG* 1211

Nissan Leaf Rolling Out to 50 States by March 1211

Nissan Leaf to Help Power Homes 0811

Ford Electric Focus Will Go Farther 0910

Electric Car to Go 400 Kilometers on a Charge 1009

Electric Car Goes 250 Miles per Charge 0409

Israel’s Electric Car 0108

Electric 2- and 3-Wheelers

India Spotlight Swings from Electric Scooters, Bikes & Tuk-Tuks to Electric Buses 0324

    2-wheelers, some of them electric, can dominate streets in southeast Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines.




Electrifying India’s Transport 1021

2- and 3-wheelers lead the way.  4-wheelers to follow

Articles 

Electric 2-Wheelers in Indonesia Make Inroads with Gojek and Grab 1223

India Demands E-Scooter Makers Return $60 Million Aid for Using China Parts 1023

Battery Swap Scheme Is Turning Africa’s Roads Electric 0923

Electric Motorcycles May Kick Off EV Trend in Philippines, Following China 0623

1-Minute Battery Swaps Spur Electric 2- and 3-Wheeler Adoption in Asia 0423

Electric Moto-Taxi Deal Aims to Clear the Air in Uganda Capital 0423

In Congested Istanbul, Electric Scooters Find a Spiritual Home 1022

India’s Electric Vehicle Push Is Riding on Mopeds and 3-Wheeled Tuk-Tuks 0922

This Electric 3-Wheeler Brings Greener Delivery Options 0722

Rising EV Sales in Latin America, India Are Reasons for Optimism 0322

Opibus Targets Africa’s 1st EV Bus, BasiGo, in Kenya by 2023. BasiGo to Follow. - 0122 -

electric motorcycles too

Uber Drivers to Buy Electric Motorcycles from Kenya’s Opibus 1221

VanMoof Plans to Sell a High-Speed e-Bike, whether Cities are Ready or Not 1021

Biggest Indian E-Scooter Firm Urges 2027 End to Gas 2-Wheelers 0921

Inside India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution 0819 - Thriving business for 60 million Indian passengers sprang up quickly.  Government ~2017 said all new 3-wheelers (tut-tuk taxi/van/buses) and 2-wheelers (motor scooters, motorbikes & motorcycles) must be electric by 2023 and 2025 respectively.  These are the most common vehicles in India and account for half of India’s road passenger-miles.

Toyota to Start Tokyo Trial of Electric 3-Wheeler 0415

India Turns to Electric Vehicles to Beat Pollution 0719 - mostly 2-wheelers (motor scooters, motorbikes, motorcycles - most of India’s traffic) and 3-wheelers (tut-tuk taxis and some small trucks).  New sales all electric by 2025 and 2023.  Electric cars only will be sold by 2030.

India's Electric Vehicle Goals Being Realized on 2 Wheels, Not 4 - 0119

In Amsterdam, Transportation Is Electrifying 0918 - motor scooters too

Electric Vehicles Will Drive 20% of Global Mileage Share by 2030 - 0818

Can This New Electric Rickshaw Stop Cars From Taking Over Asian Cities? 0418

India to Embark on World’s Most Ambitious Electric-Car Transformation 0917 - Infrastructure - batteries, charging statins or batterhy swap locations, etc. - would be mostly for cars, but also for 2- and 3-wheelers.

How to Sell Electric Vehicles?  2- and 3-Wheelers Boom across Asia 0815

Iran to Produce 400,000 Electric Motorcycles to Help Reduce Air Pollution 0814

Philippines Gives Green Light to Electric Tricycles 1212

Hybrids

Gasoline: MPG Changes

GM Pulls Support from Trump Attack on California Auto Power 1120

California Locks in Vehicle Emission Deals with Major Automakers 0820

EPA Staff Warned That MPG Rollbacks Had Flaws.  Trump Officials Ignored Them. 0520

Trump Rollback of Mileage Standards Guts Climate Change Push 0320

U.S. Vehicle Fleet Sets New Record for Fuel Efficiency in 2018- EPA 0320

Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End 0220

Fuel Economy Rollback Plan Would Cost Consumers, Analysis Says 0120

Trump Makes U-Turn on Fuel Economy Standards 1119

SUVs Are 2nd Biggest Cause of Emissions Rise, Figures Reveal 1019

4 Big Automakers Strike a Deal With California, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule 0719

Canada Signals a Willingness to Challenge Trump on His Clean-Car Rollback 0619

Automakers, Fearing Prolonged Regulatory Uncertainty, Tell Trump to Cut a Deal with California on Emissions 0619

Toyota Is Only Automaker to Lose Ground on US Fuel Economy 0319

The Rollback That U.S. Automakers Don't Want 0319

EU Agrees on Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions from Cars 37.5% by 2030 - 1218

European Parliament Wants 40% CO2 Emissions Cut for New Cars by 2030 - 1018

How Fighting Climate Change Will Raise California Gas Prices Even Higher 1018

Environmentalists Dispute Trump's Fuel Economy Changes with New Documents 0818

California Moves to Safeguard Vehicle Emissions Rules from Trump Rollback 0818

Trump’s Proposed Clean Car Rollback Will Cost the U.S. $457 Billion 0818

Pickups Gearing Up for Huge Fuel Economy Improvements 0718

Automakers Talk Up an Electric Future, but Push Weaker Fuel Standards 0518

It’s Not Just Hybrids - Pickup Trucks and Sedans Have Gotten More Efficient, Too 0518

Major Automakers Urge Trump Not to Freeze Fuel Economy Targets 0518

Trump Plans to Fight California Car Rules With Twice-Failed Strategy 0518

17 States Sue EPA Over Auto Emissions Standards Rollback 0518

Why EPA’s Effort to Weaken Fuel Efficiency Standards Could be Trump’s Most Climate-Damaging Move Yet 0418

Diesel Collapse Gives Automakers Carbon Headache 0318

The World Embracing SUVs Is Bad News for the Climate 0318

Cars and Trucks Are America’s Biggest CO2 Emitters for the 2nd Year in a Row 0118

In Run on Less Roadshow, Semi-Trucks Topped 10 MPG in Real-World Driving 0917

How President Trump Will Change What You Drive 0417

New Cars in Australia Are Much Less Fuel Efficient than Manufacturers Claim 0317

Automakers Sue to Overturn Obama EPA's Emission Rules 0317

How Federal Fuel-Efficiency Rules Help Fight Climate Change 0317

Vehicle Standards Are Energy Efficiency at Its Best – Too Valuable to Roll Back 0317

Automakers Urge New EPA Chief to Withdraw Obama Car Fuel-Efficiency Rules 0217

Obama Administration Will Keep Tough Fuel Economy Standards in Place 1116

Fuel Economy - Just 2 Cars Deliver Advertised Mileage, Tests Show 0916

New Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks, Vans, Buses 0816

Superglue Diet - How to Make a Lighter, Fuel-Sipping Car 0816

These Fuel Economy Regulations Mean You May Soon Buy an Electric Car 0716

Could Obama’s Signature Fuel Efficiency Standards Stall? 0716

Power Plants Are No longer Biggest US Climate Problem.  Transportation Is. 0616

Irish Motorists Could Cut Carbon Emissions by 70% in 10 Years, Says Scientist 0316

Chasm between Car CO2 Test Results and Real World 0915

Surprising Study Suggests Flying May Be Greener than Driving 0415

Cheap Gasoline, Powerful Vehicles Make It Hard to Meet CAFE Standards 0115

With Gasoline $2.67 a Gallon, America Celebrates by Buying Gas Guzzlers 1214

Eco Cars Fail 'Real World' Fuel Tests Against Larger Models 1014

EPA Says New Vehicle Mileage Hits Record 24.1 MPG 1014

More Cars Getting Stop-Start Despite Driver Resistance 1014

US Cars Are More Fuel-Efficient than Ever - 5 Reasons Why 0914

Auto Industry Ahead of Schedule in Reducing Emissions 0814

2012 Autos Beat Environmental Standards, EPA Reports 0414

New US Fuel Standards - Costlier Cars, But Less Expensive to Run 1013

US Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Reaches a High, Nearing Goal for 2016 - 0913

U.S. to Bring Gas Mileage Rules to Era of Hybrids 0813

Amory Lovins Tackles Climate Change with Hyper-Efficient Car 0113    It has no engine, axles, transmission, driveshaft, or starter.  At each wheel, a fuel cell drives a motor.  Batteries and software are important too.

US Tells Automakers 56.2 MPG by 2025 0611

New US MPG Standards Issued 0410

258 mpg VW 1-person Car for China 0809

DOT-EPA Stds Raise MPG to 39.5 0709

Tata Motors Gets 54 mpg for $2.5K 0108

Tata Nano 54 mpg 4-door $2K 0108

US to Up MPG, Ethanol, kWh Efficiency 1207

Better MPG Boosts US Auto Profits 0906

Detroit Fuel Economy Strategies: Summary 0906 - PDF

Detroit Fuel Economy Strategies - McManus 0906 - PDF, 59 pp

9.5 L/100 km ~ 24 mpg

8.7 L/100 km ~ 26 mpg

8.1 L/100 km ~ 28 mpg

6.9 L/100 km ~ 33 mpg

6.7 L/100 km ~ 34 mpg

6.1 L/100 km ~ 37 mpg

5.0 L/100 km ~ 45 mpg

New vehicles, from Wikipedia


History of US CAFE Standards and Weighted Sticker New Vehicle MPG

Existing vehicles, from Department of Energy.

US Cars Are More Efficient Than Ever 0313

     (2012 data) PU is pick-up truck, D diesel.  The Toyota Prius (4th from bottom) goes off-scale, at 50 miles per gallon.  The Ford F-150 was the top seller in 2013, the Chevy Malibu #20.

     Combined city-highway MPG is EPA's, using the smallest engine available & automatic transmission.  For models with diesel and gasoline versions, the 2 MPGs are averaged.

E indicates Electric, H is Hybrid, Plug is Plug-in hybrid, D is Diesel.

     Plug and HE use the average of electric and gasoline MPGs: 1:2 for Toyota and 1:1 for Chevy.
     Data are EPA combined MPG numbers.

Batteries & Storage

China’s Batteries Are Now Cheap Enough to Power Huge Shifts to EVs 0724 - truly ground-breaking!  As low as $53/kWh of storage capacity.  It has been said that once battery prices fall below $100/kWh, electric vehicles become cheaper to buy than gasoline-powered vehicles.

2022 and earlier

EU Passes Law to Make Electric Car Batteries Cleaner 1222

Rising Battery Prices Threaten to Derail the Arrival of Affordable EVs 1222

The Battery Supply Chain Is Finally Coming to America 1122

Lithium Resumes Insane Gains to Add Pressure on Automakers 0922

Honda, LG announce $4.4 billion US battery factory for EVs 0822

Ford Will Use New Battery Tech to Help It Build 600,000 EVs per Year 0722

Solid-State Batteries for EVs Make a Leap Toward Mass Production 0622

Europe’s 1st Homegrown Battery Plant Begins Shipments 0522 - from Sweden

Why Electric Scooters in India Keep Going Ip in Flames 0522 - short circuits from manufacturing defects in cheap batteries

In a World Starved for Lithium, Researchers Use Magnets to Get It from Water 0522

Chinese Electric Carmaker Calls Battery Price Hikes ‘Ridiculous’ 0322

Mercedes Opens a Battery Plant in Alabama, Part of a Southern Wave 0322

6 Solutions to Battery Mineral Challenges 0122 by Amory Lovins:  1) more energy per kg, 2) lasts longer, 3) recycling, 4) new chemistries, 5) efficient vehicles, 6) efficient mobility

Bi-Directional Vehicle Batteries Will Enable Effective Decentralized Grid 0122

Batteries from GM’s Heralded Electric Car Started Exploding 1221 - Chevy Bolt

Europe’s 1st Battery Gigafactory Starts Production in Northern Sweden 1221

Toyota Will Spend $1.3 Billion on a N.C. Electric Car Battery Plant 1221

Why Raw Materials Could Impact the Speed of Energy Transition 1121

Battery Power - 5 Innovations for Cleaner, Greener Electric Vehicles 1121 One innovation is to make batteries serviceable, by replacing constituent parts, like an anode.

Sodium Batteries May Power Your New Electric Car 1121

Tesla Prototype Battery with 5 X More Energy Storage Emerges at Panasonic 1021

Mercedes-Benz Plans $8.2 Billion European Battery Venture 0921

US Looks to Canada for Critical Minerals to Support EV Battery Plans 0621

As Electric Vehicles Take Off, We'll Need to Recycle Their Batteries 0521

Tesla Shifts Battery Chemistry for Utility-Scale Storage Megapack 0521

Ford Plans to Develop and Produce Electric Vehicle Batteries 0421

South Korean Battery Makers Reach Last-Minute Settlement 0421 - It allows two battery-making factories to be built in Georgia, instead of zero battery factories.

Revving Up the Electric Car Market Is Complicated by Battery Supplies 0421

Auto Industry Bets Its Future on Batteries 0221

Solar Electric Cars - When Your Gas Station is the Sun 1014

The Battery Storage System That Could Close Down Coal Power 1113

Ultra-Capacitors Complement Batteries 0112

Chrysler's Battery-Less Hybrids 0111

Car Lithium Battery Price War 0810

GM Opens Huge Battery Test Lab 0609

Electric Car Battery Stations for Denmark #2 0109

Electric Car Battery Stations for Denmark #1 0109 

Carmakers to Use Lithium-Ion Batteries 0408

Compressed Air Car 0902

Charging & Vehicle to Grid

     For long-distance travel by battery-powered vehicle, range over 200 miles is very useful.  Fast charging, at 40 kW (19 in a pinch), is required to approximate what gasoline-powered vehicles can achieve.  At 4 to 4.5 miles / kWh (better at lower vehicle speeds and worse in cold outdoor temperatures (assuming heated car interior)), 40 kW charging for an hour yields 160 to 180 miles of range, up to 4 hours of driving.  With stops for food and rest required anyway, a long trip by long-range electric vehicle requires 5-20% more time than the same trip by gasoline-powered vehicle.

     4 to 4.5 miles / kWh is the equivlent of 135 to 153 miles / gallon.

     With a 60 kWh battery, the corresponding rage is 240 to 270 miles.  But the range in winter can be only 155 miles.  The range at 70 mph will be 10-15% less than at 60 mph.  But the range for low-speed local errands in warmer weather is 350 miles.

     The EPA rates the Chevy Bolt at 119 mpge, with 238 mile range.  I do better - more local driving and only 62-68 mph on expressways.  4.57 mi / kWh (156 mpge) was my average for the 1st 107,000 miles.  My miles / kWh fell to only 3.3 (112 mpge) in winter.  But it was nearly 6 mi / kWh during May-July in several years, with most driving on backs roads, averaging 35 mph.  Range in summer is often 330 miles.  In the dead of winter, it’s about 160 miles.

My longest round trips were from central Massachusetts to Kentucky and Atlanta, Washington DC (4 times), Niagara Falls, and Bethel Maine.   The latter 6 each required 3 juice-ups at fast-charging stations between home and final destination.  2 meals on the road each way, plus strolls, digesting e-mails, and doing computer work while my vehicle charged.  My operating cost off my home charger ($1,100 installed, for 7 kW) was 5¢/mile (22¢/kWh), now 7¢/mile, plus maintenance cost of 4.4¢/mile (107K miles) - 50% for tires and 19% for brakes.

Now I have a Tesla Model 3.  For its first 3,500 miles, it has averaged 204 miles per gallon equivalent.  Compared to a Chevy Bolt, it has its pros and cons.

     America’s fast charging network has grown a lot since 2017, shown in the 2 maps just below (see further below).  Tesla has a denser network than non-Tesla chargers, which have incompatible plugs, in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia.  Non-Tesla chargers have a bit better coverage in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nevada, and South Carolina.  For example, North Dakota in early 2023 has 18 fast-charging locations for non-Tesla cars, instead of the zero shown below.  Montana has 14 working locations and 12 more not currently working - either malfunctioning or not completely set up yet, comparedto 7 or 8 on the map below..  Idaho has 20 and 9 instead of 5, and Nevada (outside Reno and Las Vegas) has 20 and 2, instead of 6.

2023-24 Articles

China Utility to Expand EV Supercharging in Beijing 0824

US Public EV Chargers Set to Surpass Gas Stations in 8 Years 0724

Car Batteries as a Grid Resource 0624

Short on Curbside Chargers, New York EV Drivers Are Improvising 0524

How Many EVs Look to Plug in per Public Charger 0524

Tesla Retreat from EV Charging Leaves Growth of U.S. Network in Doubt 0524

The Latest Car Chargers Will Fire Up Demand in an Ailing Market 0424

GM Energy Rolls Out Its 1st Vehicle-to-Home EV Charging Products 0424

The US Now Has a Fast EV-Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations 0424

US $7.5 Billion EV Charging Investment Produced Only 7 Stations in 2 Years 0324

EV Charging Stations Are Getting Busy Enough to Make Money in the US 0324

Wireless-Charging Road Trial Sets Out to Transform Trucking 0224

EV-Charging Firms to Struggle with Finances, Investment in 2024 - 0124

Truck Makers Team Up to Push for Electric Vehicle Chargers 0124

China’s Solar Boom Fuels Record Growth in Global Renewables 0124

How Utilities Can Balance EV Charging Demand 1023 - Charge EVs off-peak.  EVs put power into the grid during peak hours.  [For the 1st 9 months of 2023, Dr. Fry was paid $31.83 to charge his EV at home during off-peak hours.  Not all charging was off-peak and not all was at home, but the majority was.]

Charging Electric Cars in Europe - More Doable than You Might Think 0923

America’s Loneliest Road Is Finally EV-Ready 0923 - Route US 50 goes from coast to coast, thru few and not large metropolitan areas.  There are enough fast chargers to make it possible for an electric car to drive it from coast to coast, especially across Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Kansas.  Also Kentucky, West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

G.M. Will Add Backup Power Function to Its Electric Vehicles 0823

3 Trends to Watch in Electric-Vehicle Charging 0823 - 1. electricity trades to & from the grid; 2, charging of semi-trucks (18-wheelers); 3. wireless charging

7 Automakers Join Forces to Double EV Fast-Charger Network in U.S. 0723

EV Charging Stations to Roll Out at Fast Food Restaurants in California 0723

A New Job for Electric Vehicles - Powering Homes During Blackouts 0723

No Juice on the Mass. Pike. Charging Stations Out of Order. Why? What Next? 0623

Tesla Tech Wins More Backers as Its Plug Becomes US Standard 0623

GM Will Join Tesla's EV Charging Network, as US Industry Tesla Standard Nears 0623

Ford to Gain Access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in 2024 - 0523

EV Battery-Swapping Could Help Solve the US Charging Problem 0523

Why So Many Electric Car Chargers in America Don't Work 0523 - very worth reading in 2023.
     Tesla network has 3% out-of-service rate.  Other (CCS, ChadMo, etc.) about 21%.  Those rates may improve as charging technology improves.
Parts break, information screens freeze, payment systems malfunction.  Copper thieves steal the cords.  Site owners decide to discontinue charging or not repair broken equipment.

A Key Part of America’s Plan to Slash Carbon Emissions - Plug In Almost Everything. 0423

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For cross-country road trip, Detroit to Miami FL.

Why China Is Installing So Many Chargers 0623 - Many, even Most, Car-Owners live in apartment buildings and lack a home garage to charge their EV.

2018-2022 Articles

China Is Racing to Electrify Its Future 0622

Biden Administration to Set Rules of the Road for Charging Electric Vehicles 0622

How Ford’s Electric Pickup Can Power Your House for 10 Days 0522

India Proposes Battery-Swap Plan for Electric Bikes, Rickshaws 0422

The Death of the Gas Station 0422 - US perspective

U.K. Targets 10-Fold Increase in Electric Vehicle Charge Points 0322

California's Climate Fight - EVs & Heat Pumps May Raise Power Demand 90% 0322

Can Super-Fast Battery Charging Fix the Electric Car? 0222 - weight / energy trade-off.  Fatser charging makes mre heat, a big problem.

Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Build a EV Charger Network 0222

Bi-Directional Vehicle Batteries Will Enable Effective Decentralized Grid 0122

As U.S. Pushes Shift toward Electric Cars, Where Should the Chargers Go? 1221

White House Rolls Out $7.5 Billion Electric Vehicle Charging Plan 1221

Boris Johnson Adds 1,000s of U.K. Charging Points for EV Boost 1121

GM to Install 4,000 Electric Car Charging Stations across Canada 1021

Shell to Install 50,000 U.K. On-Street EV Chargers by 2025 - 0821

Germany Is Testing Electric Highways 0821 - Hamburg to Lübeck, with overhead feeds

PG&E, BMW Smart-Charging Pilot Highlights Electric Vehicles as Grid Resource 0621

Nissan Leaf Owners Could Start Feeding Energy into Aussie Grid by End of Year 0521

This 2-Way Charger Turns Electric Car into Backup Power Source for Your Home 0421

Biden’s Push for Electric Cars - $174 Billion, 10 Years and a Bit of Luck 0321 - targets 500,000 US EV chargers by 2030.

No More Charging Deserts?  US Utilities Launch EV Coalition. 0321

An Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Network Is Coming All across Tennessee 0221 - 50 new charging stations, located every 50 miles along the state's interstates and major highways

Tesla Opens World’s Northernmost Supercharger Station 1120

New York Faces a Long Road on Electric Vehicle Commitments 1120

Energy Storage for EV Charging Stations Can Lower Their Demand Charges 0820

Germany Is Considering Installing 4,000 Kilometers of Electrified Highway 0820

GM Aims to Give Electric Vehicle Owners More Places to Charge 0820

U.K. Grid Is Planning for 30 Million Electric Cars by 2040 - 0720

Charge a Car Battery in 5 Minutes? That’s the Plan 0320

Electric Cars Will Challenge State Power Grids 0120

EV Charging Promises a Demand Response Bonanza, if Utilities Can Handle It 1019

What if You Could Charge an Electric Car as Fast as Filling Up a Gas Tank? 0719

Can Batteries Help Smooth Demand, Lower Utility Fees for EV Fast Chargers? 0619

UK’s Electric Vehicle Drivers at Risk by Charging from Home 0519

This Electric Road Charges Your Car while You Drive 0519

Utilities See Profits in Electric Vehicle Charging, but Growing Competition 0419

Rocky Mountain Power’s 600 Batteries for Apartments, EV Charging Hub, More 0319

Big California Utilities Pursue Subscriptions, Time-of-Use Rates to Drive More EVs 0119

Porsche and BMW Unveil EV Charger That’s 3 x Faster than Tesla’s 1218

Apartments Rarely Have Charging Stations.  But Electric Vehicles Need Them. 0718

Electric Car Charge Points Could Be Required in New-Build UK Homes 0718

Electric Vehicles Are Gaining Momentum, despite Trump 0618

Electrified Roads - Swedish Project Could Slash Cost of Electric Vehicles 0518

Finding Minnesota’s Synergy between Solar and Electric Vehicles 0418

Pittsburgh Powers Up Small Electric Vehicle Fleet with Solar Charging Stations 0418

World's 1st Electrified Road for Charging Vehicles Opens in Sweden 0418

New Jersey Plugs Away at Climate Change with Electric Vehicles, Chargers 0318

Chicago Could See 80,000 Electric Cars by 2030 - 0218

Colorado Governor Releases Its Plan for 1 Million Electric Vehicles by 2030 - 0118

North Carolina Hopes to Lure ‘EV Tourists’ with Rural Charging Stations 0118

2017 Articles and earlier


Atlanta Passes Infrastructure Ordinance to Support EV Charging 1117

For Oil Giant Shell, Service Station Means Electric Cars Too 1117

Gas Stations Get Ready for the Electric Future 1117

EnerNOC Moves into EV Charging Space with eMotorWerks Acquisition 1017 - vehicle to grid for aggregated grid storage

V2G - Electric Vehicle Batteries May Get Much More Valuable Soon 0817

Australia to Build Superhighway for Electric Vehicles beside Great Barrier Reef 0717

Charging Electric Cars the Smart Way Will Take Pressure Off the Grid 0317

This Electric Bus Recharges at Bus Stops in Just a Few Minutes 0117

Automakers Fund European Electric Car Charging Sites, to Boost Demand 1116

California Utility Regulators Are Turning Electric Vehicles into Grid Resources 1116

U.S., 35 States to Boost Electric Vehicle Charging Network 1116

Plans for an Electric Car Charging Point in Every New Home in Europe 1016

How Car Charging Is Going the Way of Airbnb 0816

Charging Pads Let Electric Car Owners Cut the Cord 0816

Michigan Utility Plans Statewide Electric Vehicle Charging Network 0716

Obama’s Plan to Line US Roads with Electric Vehicle Chargers 0716

Wireless Charging is the Key to Unlocking an Electric Vehicle Revolution 0516
     Buses are the first-est market, but delivery trucks and cars (especially self-driving ones) are not far behind. 

Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charge Points than Petrol Stations 0516

California Regulators Approve $45M San Diego Electric Vehicle Charger Rollout 0216

NRG Is Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Integration 1215

China to Hasten Roll-out of Car Charging Network 1015

Japan's Top 3 Automakers to Spend $50 Million to Subsidize Hydrogen Stations 0715

Startup’s New Idea - Free EV Charging for the Masses 0615

BMW, Nissan to Expand Green Cars Plug-in Network in South Africa 0515

Utilities Push Into Fuel Stations for Electric Cars 0215

High-Speed Electric Car Chargers to Link San Diego, SF, Portland 0115

West Coast Electric Highway Now Serves Thousands of Electric Car Drivers 0115

Electric Cars Get Big Boost with Charging Stations in Germany 1214

How We Could Put an EV Charging Station on Every Lamp Post 1214

California Extends Support for Plug-in Cars 1214

The One Variable That Will Determine Tesla's Future 1214

China’s Green Car Buyers Decry Lack of Charging Stations 1114

Recharging Industry Rises 1113

Connecticut Plugs into Multi-State Push for More Electric Cars 1013

South Korean Road Wirelessly Recharges Buses 0813

Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money From the Grid 0413

Profit in Selling Power from Electric Cars to the Grid 0413

Kroger to Put Vehicle Charging Stations in California, Arizona 0413

Shanghai Plans 5,000 EV Charge Stations 0313

Pentagon Places Big Bet on Vehicle to Grid 0213

Can Electric Cars Be Used as Backup Generators 0113

Wireless Power for Plug-In Devices 1212 

Walgreens to Install 800 EV Charging Stations by 2012 0711 

Hertz to Install 16 Solar Power Systems 0211 

Ford, PGE Ready Portland for EVs 0810 

Consumers Prefer to Charge EVs at Home 0710 

Connecticut Network of Electric Car Charging Stations 0409 

Battery Exchange Stations for Electric Cars 0409 

Start-Up Plans Electric-Car Network 1108

Self-Driving Cars & Car Sharing


Even after $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere 1022

Autonomous Trucking Startup Batik Is Ditching the Driver in Canada 1022

Warren Buffett Backs Driverless Trucks. Now They’re Real. 0822

Baidu’s Self-Driving Vehicles Take a Turn with Olympics Showcase 0222

New Electric Vehicle Car-Sharing Program Evie Debuts in Twin Cities 0222

My Rides in a Fully Driverless Waymo Vehicle 0122

Driverless Electric Bus Hits the Road in Málaga, SpaIn 0221

The Intersection between Self-Driving Cars and Electric Cars 0720

Cities Are Trying to Plan for Autonomous Vehicles 0919

Electric Cars 'Will Not Solve Transport Problem,' UK Report Warns 0719

Self-Driving Cars Are Now on the Streets of Hamburg 0419

Vehicle Automation Is Cool, but Will It Save Energy? 0319

This Is What Peak Car Looks Like 0219

Singapore Wants Self-Driving Cars to Help Its Aging Society 0219

Here’s How Self-Driving Cars Could Catch On 0518

GM’s Latest Car Gives Up Steering Wheels, Pedals — and Human Control 0118

Truck Drivers like Me Will Soon Be Replaced by Automation 1117

Those 40-Ton Trucks Tailgating Each Other? Soon It May Be Normal and Safe 1017

Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Traffic, but Increase Sprawl 1017

End of the Road - Will Automation Put an End to the American Trucker? 1017

This Is How Big Oil Will Die 0517

US Cities Starting to Expand Transportation Options for Low-Income Residents 0817

Why Driverless Cars Might Not Hit the Road So Fast 0817

House Panel Approves Bill to Speed Deployment of Self-Driving Cars 0717

Self-Driving Cars on the Brink of a Revolution in California 0317

Paris Tests Electric Driverless Minibus to Fight Pollution 0117

Carpooling Apps Could Slash Congestion, Fuel Use, and Emissions 0117

Ford Is Revving Up Its Plans for Electric and Driverless Vehicles 0117

Driverless Electric Cars Could ‘Cut Air Pollution to Almost Zero and Make Car Parks Obsolete within 10 Years' 1216

Elon Musk Reveals Part 2 of his 'Master Plan' for Tesla 0716

How Much Does Car-Sharing Benefit the Environment? 0716

Uber and Millennials Help US Cities Cut Car Addiction 0516

Self-Driving Cars May End Gasoline Era 0416

Driverless Cars May Slow Pollution 0116

Autonomous and Connected Car Technology May Progressively Curb Emissions 0914

Google to Start Building Its Own Self-Driving Cars 0514

Toyota to Reveal Self-Driving Car 0113

Automated Vehicles, Talking Cars Pose Policy Questions 0513

Toyota to Reveal Self-Driving Car 0113

Cars & Trucks - Fleets

Articles


Los Angeles to Electrify City’s Entire 10,000-Vehicle Fleet 0422.rtf

Boston to Replace School Buses with Electric Ones by 2030 - 0422.rtf

Cincinnati to Buy Electric Police Cars, Install Neighborhood Charging Stations 0322.rtf

US Army Plans Microgrids, Electric Vehicle Fleet in 1st Climate Strategy 0222.rtf

What’s Wrong with USPS Final Plan to Buy Mostly Gas-Powered Delivery Trucks 0222.rtf - 1. Spend 1st, Study Later.  (Study must be completed before $ are spent.  It wasn’t.)     2. No True Alternatives in Environmental Study. (96% of routes are compatible with electric trucks; but they were eliminated because of the 4%.)     3. A Pro-Gasoline Bias (modeled $2.19 per gallon, neglected falling battery prices).     4.Yesterday’s Trucks. (Improve from 8.2 to only 8.6 mpg, when delivery trucks now get 12 to 14 mpg.  70 mile electric range modeled, vs 126 miles or more in recent purchases)    5.  The Gas-to-Electric Flip That Wasn’t.     6.  Financial Questions ($22 billion in cash at end of 2021, double the top cost of new trucks.)

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Cars & Trucks - Misc. Cars

Fossil Fuel Cars Make '100s of Times' More Waste than Electric Cars 0321

How Cutting Speed Limits Could Slow Climate Change in Several Ways 0820

Tampa Area Vehicle Emissions Are Up Sharply, Fueling Climate Change 1019 - Tampa newspaper.  Similar across the USA, but Tampa’s increase is steeper than most: 55% since 1990.

Diesel Vehicles Face a Grim Future in Europe’s Cities 0819

India Turns to Electric Vehicles to Beat Pollution 0719 - mostly 2- and 3-wheelers, which are how the vast majority of Indians get around

Germany Wants to Ban Fossil-Fuel-Powered Cars 1016

Paris Bans Traffic from Half the City for a Day. Why Can’t London Too? 0916

Researchers Think We’re Nearing ‘Peak Car’ - with Dramatic Consequences 0916

Delhi, World's Most Polluted City, Plans New Limits on Car Use 0216

How Big Cities Are Finding Innovative Ways to Nudge People to Ditch Cars 0116

Volkswagen Says 800,000 Cars May Have False CO2 Levels 1115

U.K. City Is Designing a Future of Fewer Cars - by Focusing on Its Roads 1015

Buying a Car Could Soon Be Passé.  Ford Wants to Find What’s Next. 0615

Low Oil Prices May Bode Ill For Climate 1214

Car-Driving Dream Faces China’s Carbon Reality 1114

How Americans Have Saved 15 Billion Gallons of Gasoline 1114

Road to a Traffic Mess in Pakistan 1014

Millennials' Shift Away from Driving Is More than Temporary 1014

Stats Show Americans Not That into Driving Anymore 0813

Why Diesels Are Gaining Momentum in Diesel-Hostile U.S. 0813

Diesel Car Efficiency, Imported From Europe 0713

More Chinese Cities Likely to Curb Auto Sales 0713

Diesel Cars Make Comeback in California 0613

The Great Power Train Race 0413 - in-depth discussion of 5 major technologies that improve efficiency

Young Americans Ditch the Car 0912

Reducing Friction (& Gas Use) in Cars 0112

Nissan Aims to Cut CO2 20% by 2016 - 1011

EU Proposes Banning Gasoline Cars by 2050 - 0311 

Cars & Trucks - Commercial Trucks & Off-Road Equipment

Articles

Mercedes Unveils Long-Haul Electric Truck to Take on Tesla 1023

U.S. Truck Makers Reach Deal to Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs 0723

The Struggle to Electrify Construction, One of the World’s Dirtiest Industries 0623

The Race to Clean Up Trucking Emissions Is Just Getting Started 0423

Ram Electric Pickup Truck Can Go 500 Miles on a Charge, Says Stellantis 0423

Truck Makers and EU Policy-Makers Will Need to Tag Team against Emissions 0223

Driverless-Truck Deliveries to Start at Kroger’s Dallas Stores 0323

US Postal Service to Buy 9,250 Electric Vehicles from Ford 0223

Postal Service Will Electrify Trucks by 2026 - 1222

China’s Electric Trucks May Well Pull Forward Peak Oil Demand 1022

Autonomous Trucking Startup Batik Is Ditching the Driver in Canada 1022

Electric Big Rigs Face Uphill Trip from Shows to Highways 0922

Warren Buffett Backs Driverless Trucks. Now They’re Real. 0822

Tesla and Nikola Big Rigs Race for Up to $40,000 US Incentives 0822

Electrifying Yard Trucks at Warehouses 0822

This Company Wants Cargo E-Bikes to Replace Delivery Vans 0522

E.P.A. to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road 0322

How 6 States Could Transform the U.S. Trucking Industry 0122

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Monarch Tractor Raises $61 Million for Its Fleet of Electric Tractors 1121

Germany Is Testing Electric Highways 0821 - Hamburg to Lübeck, with overhead feeds

The Scandinavian Way to Zero-Carbon Construction 0621 - All the machinery used on site – excavators, diggers and loaders – were electric.  Oslo now wants all municipal construction sites to be zero emission by 2025 and all construction work, public or private, to be zero emission by 2030.  6 more of Norway's biggest cities have also recently committed to the same goals as Oslo.

Electric Pickups Could Make or Break Biden’s Infrastructure Plans 0521

Ford’s Electric F-150 Pickup Aims to Be the Model T of E.V.s 0521

These Electric Self-Driving Tractors Could Make Farming Much Greener 0521

How FedEx Plans to Become Carbon Neutral by 2040 - 0321

Iron Ore Miner Is Developing All-Electric Heavy Truck for Arctic Roads 0121

A Race to Become the Tesla of Delivery Trucks and Vans 1220

The Next Truck You See May Be a Quiet, Zero-Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Rig 1020

New York City Is Testing Electric Garbage Trucks 0920

Nikola Wins Order for 2,500 Electric Garbage Trucks 0820

Electric-Truck Maker’s Deal Adds Further Spark to Battery-Powered Market 0820

More than a Dozen States Unite to Boost Electric Trucks 0720

California Targets 500,000 Electric Trucks by 2040 - 0620

Big Rigs Begin to Trade Diesel for Electric Motors 0320

UPS Orders 10,000 Electric Delivery Trucks, Plans Test of Self-Driving Vans 0220

Amazon Corp. and the All-Electric Future of Fleet Vehicles 0919

Ford Teases All-Electric F-150 Pickup Truck by Pulling a Million-Pound Train 0719

In Shanghai, Every Ikea Delivery Is Now Made with an Electric Vehicle 0119

In Amsterdam, Transportation Is Electrifying 0918 - cars and motor scooters too

In London, Electric Trucks Are Helping UPS Make ‘Eco-Friendly’ Deliveries 0918

Buses, Delivery Vans and Garbage Trucks Are the Electric Vehicles Next Door 0618

Thor Electric Truck Will Probably Beat Tesla’s to Market 1217

Tesla Reveals Battery-Powered Semi-Truck 1117

Truck Drivers like Me Will Soon Be Replaced by Automation 1117

Those 40-Ton Trucks Tailgating Each Other? Soon It May Be Normal and Safe 1017

End of the Road - Will Automation Put an End to the American Trucker? 1017

In Run on Less Roadshow, Semi-Trucks Topped 10 MPG in Real-World Driving 0917

Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Unveil an Electric Semi Truck In September 0417

Cities Shop for $10 Billion of Electric Cars to Defy Trump 0317

New Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks, Vans, Buses 0816

Mercedes Debuts World's First Fully Electric Big Rig 0716

Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘Master Plan’ Involves Trucks, Buses and a Compact SUV 0716

Wireless Charging is the Key to Unlocking an Electric Vehicle Revolution 0516
     Buses are the first-est market, but delivery trucks and cars (especially self-driving ones) are not far behind. 

A Move to Greener Trucks and Buses 0316

US Plans New Truck Emission Rules 0615

Tesla Co-Founder Sees Future in Electric Commercial Truck 0615

Natural Gas Powered Trucks to Help or Hinder Emissions-Reductions? 0515

Tesla’s Forgotten Co-Founder Wants to Electrify America’s Garbage Trucks 0215

On L.A.'s New E-Highway, Trucks to Hook Up For a Silent, Zero-Emission Drive 1114

Big Trucks Still Rule Detroit in Energy-Conscious Era 1113

Electric Trucks Have Lower Life-Cycle Costs than Diesel 0212

Boosting Semis' MPG 50% 0110

Navistar's All-Electric Truck 0909

Electric Truck - 100 Mile Range, $25K - 0909

100 mpg Truck for US 0409

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London Brings Forward Plan to Electrify City’s Bus Fleet 0921

DC Metro to Phase Out Diesel-Powered Buses, Plans All-Electric Fleet by 2045 - 0621

Maryland School District Switched to Electric Buses to Save Kids’ Lungs 0521

Electric School Buses in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan 0421

Riders Are Abandoning Buses and Trains. That’s a Problem for Climate Change. 0321

Driverless Electric Bus Hits the Road in Málaga, SpaIn 0221

Shenzhen, China Has 16,000 Electric Buses and 22,000 Electric Taxis 0221

What Cities Can Learn from North America’s Biggest Battery-Powered Bus Fleet 1220

Polish-Built Electric Buses Take Over the European Market 1220

Making Yellow School Buses Greener 0120

Zero-Emission Electric Buses Join Wichita Fleet 1219

An Increasingly Urbanized Latin America Turns to Electric Buses 0919

A Great Idea in Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal - Electric School Buses 0819

Why U.S. Cities Aren’t Using More Electric Buses, but China’s Are 0619

California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029 - 1218

Latin America Grows Fond of Electric Buses 1218

Study Quantifies Battery-Electric Bus Environmental Benefits 0718

Buses, Delivery Vans and Garbage Trucks Are the Electric Vehicles Next Door 0618

Electric School Buses Can Be Backup Batteries For the US Power Grid 0518

5 Breakthroughs That Could Make You Love the Bus 0518

China Is Making Electric Buses Cheap 0418

Chicago Seeks to Expand Its Electric Bus Fleet 0118

These Electric Buses Could Start Cleaning Up National Park Travel 1217

These City Bus Routes Are Going All-Electric ― and Saving Money 1017

Paris Tests Electric Driverless Minibus to Fight Pollution 0117

This Electric Bus Recharges at Bus Stops in Just a Few Minutes 0117

It’s Time to Go Back to School – Is It Also Time to Go Electric? 0916

This New Electric Bus Can Drive 350 Miles on 1 Charge 0916

Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘Master Plan’ Involves Trucks, Buses and a Compact SUV 0716

Wireless Charging is the Key to Unlocking an Electric Vehicle Revolution 0516
     Buses are the first-est market, but delivery trucks and cars (especially self-driving ones) are not far behind. 

New Zealand's Largest Bus Company to Retrofit Fleet with Electric Engines 0416

A Move to Greener Trucks and Buses 0316

That's the Brakes - Using Stored Energy from Public Transit for Grid Services 0216

London Set to Trial 1st All-Electric Double-Decker Bus 0615

Schools Turn to Propane Buses, as Stricter Emissions Standards Loom 0515

Tesla for Buses?  A Green Technology Looks to Prove Itself. 0415

UK's 1st ‘Poo Bus' Goes into Regular Service 0315

Tesla for the Masses - Electric, Fuel Cell Buses Take Off 0315

Wireless Electric Bus Charges Instantly at Every Stop 1013

South Korean Road Wirelessly Recharges Buses 0813

Europe Vies with China in Electric Bus Race 0813 

In Europe, Greener Transit on Existing Infrastructure 0713

China Is Making Electric Buses Cheap 0418  - below: Compare to 3¢ / kilometer fuel cost (17¢ also including capital, maintenance, insurance) to electric car in US Northeast.

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