Tag: Electric vehicles
Charting Electric Car’s Bumpy Road Ahead
The surge in demand for electric cars has been fueled in part by the falling costs of lithium-ion batteries—driven by technological progress—which power everything from electric cars to smartphones. Lithium and cobalt are critical components in batteries for electric cars. The rapid growth in the demand for rechargeable batteries has now driven up these raw material […]
How To Profit From Demand Destruction Of Oil
In the latest annual energy outlook from BP PLC (NYSE: BP), it was the first time the company forecast oil demand would eventually peak and then steadily decline. BP put the date for peak oil demand in the late 2030s. And the cause is one I’ve told you about quite often in my articles – the […]
Tesla Electric Truck: What We Know So Far
Yesterday evening the Tesla electric truck was unveiled during a live-streamed event at their design studio in California. Tesla have named the truck ‘Semi’, and claim that it is the safest, most comfortable truck ever. With four independent motors providing maximum power and acceleration while still requiring the lowest energy cost per mile. Elon Musk has arguably been […]
What Could Send Big Oil Into “Investor Death Spiral”?
What if China decides, “We don’t want petrol cars in five years?” Every global automaker is furiously working on a lineup of electric vehicles. Many of them already have a model in their showrooms. Billions are poured into it every year. Electric cars are cheaper and simpler to build, and have been around longer than […]
