Jaguar Land Rover on Monday joined the weekly parade of companies touting billion-dollar investments in green energy and emissions reductions, pledging to turn Jaguar into an exclusively electric vehicle brand from 2025, matched by a surge in electrified Land Rovers – including six “pure electric variants” – and a 2039 target to become a net-zero …
Apple a carmaker? Tesla 2.0 is not happening
Hyundai Motor and Apple are in serious talks, we’re told, and that a deal between the Korean automaker and the Silicon Valley tech giant might be announced as soon as Feb. 17. Whatever happens, don’t hold out hope for an iCar. Here’s why. While car companies the world over rely on stable markets, a predictable …
Why is Toyota lagging the competition in the EV race?
Shares of General Motors have surged 34 per cent in 2021 – that’s three weeks’ time – on news of the legacy automaker’s EV (electric vehicle) plans and a surprising and promising technology tie-up with Microsoft. With this news, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas – an EV enthusiast in general and a Tesla cheerleader in …
Can GM out-Tesla Tesla as the EV age dawns?
Shares of General Motors are trading at about their 52-week as I write this – with above average investor interest. Why? Well, there’s news of a renewed commitment to electrification, deeper tie-ups with Honda Motor on the EV front, and a “buy” or “strong buy” recommendation of 15 of the 19 analysts who follow the …
April 1, 2021 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
Will Canada make the green pivot with China, USA?
The drive in from China’s Changchun airport to downtown takes about 30 minutes and as you near its end you pass two enormous power plants — one nuclear, belching steam, the other coal-fired with smokestacks puffing out sooty emissions. As you enter the city core, the power-plant effects become obvious and weirdly disorientating: soot and …
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