On Tuesday, two Australians drove their Tesla Roadster all-electric car 501 kilometers (313 miles) on a single charge participating in the Global Green Challenge - a 3000 km race from north to south Australia.
This new distance record for a production electric car marks a milestone for all-electric cars. Most potential electric car buyers still suffer [...]
Yesterday I came across an article by James Quinn who is convinced that we’re at the beginning of the “Millennial Crisis” which he sees as the fourth turning of a 100-year cycle which started with the American High after World War II. For a detailed explanation of this concept, I recommend you to read his article [...]
In July, oil-industry heavyweight ExxonMobil announced an investment of $600 million in the biofuel company Synthetic Genomics.
The company was founded by the famous American biologist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama last week. The award honors Mr. Venter´s advancements in the science of genomics. He [...]
How do you feel when recalling these headlines from the past few years?
Why are oil prices so high? (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, BBC NEWS)
Oil price tops $50 for first time (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, The Independent)
Oil Prices Break $50 Milestone on Supply Worries (Tuesday, September 28, 2004, The Washington Post)
Oil prices have climbed above $40 [...]
2009 has been a turbulent year for the automobile industry. When record high oil prices in July 2008 caused car sales to nosedive, the gradual demise of the U.S. car industry became obvious. Even though oil prices had plummeted from $147 / barrel on July 11th, 2008 to less than $40 a barrel in January 2009, making it more [...]
After its comprehensive restructuring, General Motors has come up with a revolutionary idea: Bare Necessities.
Cars and trucks which are very simple, efficient and affordable. No expensive gadgets, no LCD screens, no automatically adjusting seats, ….
The Bare Necessities Car and Truck will get a high fuel efficiency due to their light weight design. One of the [...]
You´re probably just as surprised as I was to hear about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
In my opinion, Obama fully deserves this award. It is remarkable what he has already achieved since taking office. His style of diplomacy and his long-term thinking are hopefully introducing a new era of international collaboration in a [...]
A recent study by the UK Energy Research Centre warns that global oil production will peak in 2020 by the latest and start declining sharply.
If Peak Oil were still more than a decade away, we`d be extremely lucky. Global oil reserves are not endless. But there´s still plenty of oil in the ground. The problem, however, [...]
After a rather long break, I resume my coverage of the looming electrification of individual mobility.
Within the next 10 to 20 years, electrically-powered vehicles will slowly but gradually replace cars with combustion engines. Completely new mobility concepts will change the way we commute, visit relatives and friends and do our daily shopping.
Indubitably, electric cars are not [...]
