Jon LeSage

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• China, U.S. Join Forces In EV Race

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 11,094 times

  Why would U.S.-based electric truck maker Via Motors collaborate with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely to jointly manufacture a medium-duty plug-in hybrid truck? In recent…

• Elon Musk Could Go Unpaid For A Decade

  Published 27 January 2018 | viewed 13,414 times

  Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has extremely high expectations for the electric automaker’s performance over the next decade — and if it isn’t reached, he…

• Luxury Automakers Pivot To EVs

  Published 20 January 2018 | viewed 11,022 times

  Global automakers see electrified luxury cars as vital to being Tesla-competitive, government mandate-compliant, and standing out as high-performance innovative carmakers. Product announcements this week from…

• Will 1 Billion EVs Crash Gasoline Demand?

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 13,364 times

  Vehicle fuel consumption should see a major decline globally, but it won’t happen for a couple of decades. Last year was big on announcements from…

• Number Of EV Charging Points To Rise Significantly

  Published 27 December 2017 | viewed 15,272 times

  Gasoline stations outnumber electric vehicle charging stations by a wide margin in key global markets. That gap is expected to narrow with planned charger installations…

• Toyota Could Become Tesla’s Next Big Headache

  Published 21 December 2017 | viewed 34,570 times

  Toyota Motor Corp. is making a serious commitment to bringing electrified vehicles into its fleet. The move goes against the widely held perception that the…

• The Trillion Dollar Industry That Boosts Oil Consumption

  Published 16 December 2017 | viewed 22,211 times

  Rapid growth in mobility services like Uber and Didi Chuxing, combined with autonomous and electrified vehicles, will cause a seismic shift in the automotive and…

• The Billionaires Betting On Space Travel

  Published 11 December 2017 | viewed 16,872 times

  The space race is on for some of the biggest names out there. Leading technology giants like Amazon.com, SpaceX, Microsoft, Virgin Group, Google, and Facebook…

• Who Will Win The Self-Driving Taxi Race?

  Published 30 November 2017 | viewed 11,939 times

  Ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft have become transportation platforms for automakers and tech giants to someday bring automated, electrified mobility to the mass market. It’s…

• Is Tesla’s E-Truck A Game Changer For Energy Markets?

  Published 21 November 2017 | viewed 14,644 times

  Automotive and financial market analysts wonder what Tesla CEO Elon Musk could possibly be thinking. Tesla is facing a real crossroads in its future as…

• Goldman: Automated Trucks To Cost 300k Jobs Per Year

  Published 14 November 2017 | viewed 48,182 times

  While Google’s Waymo company has taken center stage for bringing self-driving cars to roads, autonomous trucking may make it to the mainstream first.  Silicon Valley…

• Shell Gears Up For Peak Gasoline

  Published 07 November 2017 | viewed 29,337 times

  Royal Dutch Shell is hedging its bets over the next two decades with expectations that motor fuel consumption will be diminishing and other markets rising.…

• Why Did Tesla’s Stock Crash?

  Published 02 November 2017 | viewed 12,116 times

  Tesla, Inc. has been keeping its word on hitting Model 3 production targets and financial goals – at least compared to what happened with the…

• Tesla Looks To Dominate China’s EV Market

  Published 25 October 2017 | viewed 15,507 times

  Tesla, Inc., on Sunday confirmed that it’s been in talks with the Chinese government to set up shop in a free trade zone in the…

• Can India Overtake China In The EV Revolution?

  Published 17 October 2017 | viewed 12,915 times

  India faces a wide chasm between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign to make sure all new vehicles sold in India are electric by 2030 and…

• Who’s Winning The Electric Vehicle Race?

  Published 12 October 2017 | viewed 14,625 times

  Automakers and suppliers of automotive technology are making big moves toward transforming the very nature of vehicles and the amount of fuel they consume. Electric…

• This Key Data Points At Strong U.S. Oil Demand

  Published 10 October 2017 | viewed 10,789 times

  Gasoline prices haven’t gone up high enough in the U.S. to have any real impact on car buyers choosing more fuel-efficient vehicles. A university study…

• Will Uber Rise Again?

  Published 30 September 2017 | viewed 6,808 times

  Former Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is tackling the toughest job of the year: taking the helm at ride-hailing giant Uber as the very existence of…

• Aston Martin CEO: UK Fossil Fuel Ban “Meaningless”

  Published 26 September 2017 | viewed 10,985 times

  British performance carmaker Aston Martin’s chief sees his country taking a very unrealistic approach to dealing with air pollution. The UK government’s July announcement that…

• China’s Petrol-Powered Car Ban Could Cripple The Oil Market

  Published 12 September 2017 | viewed 30,289 times

  China is joining the UK, France, and Norway in banning vehicles powered by fossil fuels. If China, the world’s largest new vehicle market with sales…