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• Is Lithium Poised For A Breakout?

  Published 29 January 2019 | viewed 4,896 times

  It’s been a decade of lows for commodities after posting 7 declines in 11 years, but we’ve seriously underestimated lithium. It’s back with a vengeance…

• Saudi Arabia Plays Both Sides Of Russia-U.S. Spat

  Published 26 January 2019 | viewed 6,322 times

  Saudi Arabia is putting itself in a potentially dangerous geopolitical position as it seeks to continue its decades' long relationship with Washington while at the…

• The Global Energy Transition Has Hit A Roadblock

  Published 23 January 2019 | viewed 4,777 times

  The consumption of natural resources and consequentially pollution has led to increased attention for the environment in most parts of the world. While it is…

• Tesla Cuts Full-Time Employees To Keep A Lid On Spending

  Published 21 January 2019 | viewed 1,838 times

  Tesla said on Friday that it would reduce full-time employee headcount by around 7 percent, aiming to cut costs as it looks to start delivering…

• Why Are Solar Investments Plummeting?

  Published 20 January 2019 | viewed 2,795 times

  Global spending on solar energy declined by almost a quarter last year to US$130.8 billion, mainly on the back of a regulatory policy overhaul in…

• Automakers Go All-In On Electric Vehicles

  Published 15 January 2019 | viewed 3,692 times

  Global automakers are going all-in on electrification with plans to spend a combined $300 billion on EVs over the next decade, according to a Reuters…

• Can The New Cadillac Rival Tesla?

  Published 13 January 2019 | viewed 2,583 times

  General Motors will make Cadillac its first electric car under the BEV3 platform, according to unnamed sources talking to Reuters. The electric Cadillac will become…

• Fuel Shortages Wreak Havoc On Mexico City

  Published 09 January 2019 | viewed 1,631 times

  The gasoline shortages sparked by the Mexican government’s offensive against fuel theft have now spread to the capital, Sputnik reports, citing a local correspondent who…

• Tesla Breaks Ground On First Factory Outside The U.S.

  Published 08 January 2019 | viewed 1,817 times

  Elon Musk joined the mayor of Shanghai on Monday for the groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla’s first factory outside the U.S. and in the world’s largest…

• How Big Data And A.I. Are Transforming The Energy Industry

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 6,665 times

  The oil industry, it seems, has gone all-in on digital technology, having gotten an early taste of how much various solutions can influence its cost…

• New Regulations Could Boost Lagging Solar Growth

  Published 29 December 2018 | viewed 3,452 times

  Solar makes sense. It’s cost efficient, it’s eco-friendly and has no carbon footprint, electricity is generated in the same grid where it is consumed, and…

• California Moves To Electrify All Busses

  Published 19 December 2018 | viewed 3,519 times

  California just passed a rule that will phase out diesel and gas-powered public transit buses by 2040. The powerful California Air Resources Board (CARB), which…

• Tesla Cuts Prices As China Suspends Auto Tariffs

  Published 17 December 2018 | viewed 2,735 times

  Tesla has reduced the prices of its Model X and Model S vehicles sold in China, after the Chinese authorities suspended additional tariffs on U.S.-manufactured…

• This Billion Dollar Project Is Reshaping The LNG Business

  Published 13 December 2018 | viewed 5,831 times

  Houston-based LNG player Tellurian Inc. said last Thursday that its subsidiary has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vitol, a British energy and…

• Saudi Aramco Hit With New Variant Of Old Cyberattack

  Published 12 December 2018 | viewed 2,576 times

  A variant of the Shamoon malware that hit Saudi Aramco’s servers six years ago is back, Axios reports, citing a release from the cybersecurity unit…

• The Mystery Behind Tesla's Chinese Sales Hiccup

  Published 05 December 2018 | viewed 2,038 times

  A week after a report that Tesla’s sales in China crumbled in October and the EV maker refuting it as ‘wildly inaccurate’, an auto industry…

• Emerging Economies Set To Snag $29 Trillion In "Climate Cash"

  Published 04 December 2018 | viewed 3,375 times

  The world’s rapidly growing urbanization helps lift global economic growth, but it also generates most of the global energy demand which, at present, is met…

• Flying Cars Are Closer Than You Think

  Published 29 November 2018 | viewed 3,095 times

  Flying cars were thought to be coming as soon as four years from now, but actually commercial models are coming up sooner than what had…

• Tesla’s Chinese Sales Are Plummeting

  Published 27 November 2018 | viewed 2,169 times

  Tesla’s sales in China nosedived by 70 percent last month in the latest demonstration of the adverse impact the U.S.-Chinese trade war is having on…

• Saudi Aramco Abandons $40 Billion Bond Sale

  Published 21 November 2018 | viewed 2,866 times

  Saudi Aramco has changed its mind about a bond sale of about US$40 billion that would have funded the bigger part of its planned acquisition…