“The US Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption”
US Electric Car Sales Reach Key Milestone – Bloomberg
The US is the latest country to pass what’s become a critical EV tipping point: 5% of new car sales powered only by electricity. This threshold signals the start of mass EV adoption, the period when technological preferences rapidly flip, according to the analysis.
“Electric cars already cheaper to own and run than petrol or diesel – study”
The lower cost is a key factor driving the rapid rise in electric car sales now underway, say the researchers. At the moment the cost is partly because of government support, but electric cars are expected to become the cheapest option without subsidies in a few years.
“California Considers Following China With Combustion-Engine Car Ban”
The internal combustion engine’s days may be numbered in California, where officials are mulling whether a ban on sales of polluting autos is needed to achieve long-term targets for cleaner air.
“Dyson to Spend £1 Billion Making ‘Radical’ Electric Car”
The company is investing one billion pounds ($1.34 billion) to develop the car, plus the same sum to create solid-state batteries to power it, Dyson said. These investments will dwarf money the company is spending on research and development for its vacuums and air filters.
“How Electric Cars Can Create the Biggest Disruption Since iPhone”
It’s 10 years since Apple Inc. unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same trick on Big Oil.
“Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040”
Britain is to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health.
“Remember Peak Oil? Demand May Top Out Before Supply Does”
Shell’s CEO says consumption could stall in 25 years if electric cars take off.
“Geely’s Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019”
All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Wednesday, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine.
“The Country Adopting Electric Vehicles Faster Than Anywhere Else”
Norway’s electric vehicle boom has been built on generous government incentives. EVs are exempt from car-purchase taxes and the 25 percent sales tax levied on just about everything else, and they get a break on annual fees. Drivers plug in for free at municipal power points, generally don’t pay tolls, and can use bus lanes to avoid traffic. On ferries across Norway’s deep fjords, electrics travel at no cost. It’s no surprise, then, that Norwegians call gasoline-powered vehicles fossilbiler—fossil cars.
“Pretty Soon Electric Cars Will Cost Less Than Gasoline”
Battery powered cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional gasoline ones, offering immediate savings to drivers, new research shows.
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