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Andurand, who runs oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string of tweets on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term oil projects because of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.

The GM partnership, which was announced in January, was stated to be primarily to «build a network of on - demand autonomous vehicles.»

The demand may prove a bigger problem than potentially increasing the overall North American automotive value content from the current level of 62.5 % for tariff - free shipments of vehicles within the region, which officials say Trump's administration also wants to raise.

Auto industry lobbyists and government officials said they did not expect the USTR negotiators to reveal specific targets on Lighthizer's demand that a minimum percentage of North American vehicles be produced in the United States.

Steyn said the program aims to build infrastructure that is a critical and important step to its plan to jointly develop and integrate an on - demand network of autonomous vehicles.

Hyundai and smaller affiliate Kia, which together make the world's fifth - largest automaker, said demand was expected to soften in the U.S. and Chinese markets as they unveiled a combined sales target of 7.55 million vehicles this year.

Model S and X demand could also be of interest, given that Tesla appears to have topped out production of these vehicles at about 100,000 annually.

Many people assume Zoox, Google, and Uber (which revealed its own driverless test car in May) will eventually launch their own urban fleets of on - demand autonomous vehicles.

The IEA said demand for cooling will add more to global electricity demand than the spread of electric vehicles.

O'Connell suggested that the great demand for the Model 3 delivers a message to the rest of the auto industry that there is «incredible demand» for great electric vehicles out there.

A faster ramp - up of the battery plant would be crucial as Tesla has said it would respond to brisk demand for the Model 3 by tooling up its factories to build 500,000 vehicles a year in 2018, two years earlier than planned.

Car makers have rushed to invest in so - called mobility services, hoping to capture the potential trillions of dollars in revenue from selling both vehicles and such on - demand services.

Airbus believes the global demand for the «flying cars» will run in to millions of vehicles and that demand will help reduce development costs.

The highest effect we ever find for Canadian trade policy is in the case of full unilateral elimination of tariffs for vehicles from all three trading partners — Korea, Japan, and the E.U. — and assuming a restrictive demand system.

Adjusting for a shift in consumer demand to larger vehicles, the current rules are projected to hike fuel efficiency to a fleetwide average of 46.8 miles per gallon by 2026, according to a letter sent Tuesday by Senator Tom Carper to Pruitt and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

BMW pulled a 24 - hour teaser of its M2 coupe, showing just the front of the car, after a few minutes, when impatient viewers demanded to see the vehicle immediately.

-- Andrew Davis, CEO of Squeegy, an app for on - demand car washes which use only a few ounces of water, unlike a traditional car wash, which uses about 40 gallons of water per vehicle.

Although lead - acid batteries will continue to account for more than 62 percent of secondary battery demand in 2015, sales of lithiumbased rechargeable batteries, which are widely used in both portable devices and hybrid vehicles, will record the strongest increases.

Ride - sharing service Uber's app is mocking New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's push of reducing on - demand for - hire vehicles in the city in a bid to reduce traffic snarls.

In particular, rising credit delinquency, as well as less demand in certain categories, such as motor vehicles, has consistently augured the end of the expansion.

Late last year, the mainland proposed automakers should make new energy vehicles account for 8 percent of total car fleets by 2018 despite booming demand for SUVs — first - quarter SUV sales rose 21 percent on - year to 2.4 million, according to data from the Associated Press.

Wang, ranked the 39th richest mainlander by Forbes, defined BYD as more than just a manufacturer of batteries and cars, pushing hard his message that BYD will take advantage of the increasing demand for new - energy vehicles to expand scale.

The electric vehicle market is tiny, but it's created some very big questions about the future of gasoline demand.

«Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal availability and, ultimately, the metal sector's ability to meet growing demand from automakers for battery electric vehicle production,» Carol Cowan, a Moody's Senior Vice President wrote.

Forecasts of an electric vehicle boom are behind skyrocketing demand for cobalt, a major component in batteries.

Demand for cars and light commercial vehicles in Turkey fell to the lowest for the month of April in four years.

Increased energy efficiency of transport vehicles & lower energy prices in future may dampen the speed of growth in demand but, as part of the evolution and R&D process, creation of better and more economical products can be expected.

The mine could supply up to 10 % of world demand for neodymium and praseodymium, used in the manufacture of magnets for wind turbines, and electric vehicles.

We consider the reservation list as an indication of potential demand rather than a product backlog for pending vehicle sales, as customers on the customer reservation list have not made firm commitments to order and take deliveries of vehicles and may cancel such reservations at any time.

We generally add vehicles to our fleet to meet expected demand during the spring and summer months and decrease the number of vehicles in our fleet during the winter months.

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The number and placement of vehicles in our fleet are based upon seasonal demands.

While portable consumer goods alone continue to provide impressive growth in demand for lithium batteries, the start of mass production of hybrid, plug - in hybrid and electric vehicles presents the most significant upside potential for lithium demand.

The much - reported growing demand for lithium, for its use in electric vehicles and energy storage, has been demonstrated to LPI by the flood of interest from potential off - takers in the past few weeks.

Vehicle demand is crucial to the global manufacturing ecosystem which is showing signs of peaking as well:

Imports of motor vehicles increased noticeably in the June quarter as retailers and wholesalers stockpiled cars in anticipation of stronger demand in the second half of the year.

With its extensive selection of aftermarket parts, AutoZone cashed in on increased demand for the parts that owners needed in order to keep their vehicles running longer, and it also worked closely with repair shops to cultivate professional relationships and capture that side of the business.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

Buoyant demand in this market stems from the high level of vehicle affordability — in part a consequence of the appreciation of the Australian dollar — and generally favourable financial conditions.

Gary: The demand and price of lithium continues to increase as we move into a new era of electric vehicles and other technology that is requiring lithium.

The Globe and Mail reported on March 20, 2018 that nervous Asian battery makers are turning to early - stage cobalt projects in Australia and Canada to lock in supplies of the critical battery ingredient ahead of expected shortages as demand for electric vehicles revs up.

GM earlier this year announced a strategic partnership with Lyft to create an integrated network of on - demand autonomous vehicles in the U.S. «We see the future of personal mobility as connected, seamless and autonomous,» GM President Dan Ammann said at the time.

And as the demand for faster delivery grows, the company will also keep looking into the use of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles to complete a delivery, Ayyangar said.

The earnings report made no mention of Apple — or smartphones, for that matter — but it did emphasize the high rate of growth in electric vehicle investment, which is expected to greatly benefit cobalt demand.

However, shifting of solar output to meet evening demand via mass deployment of energy storage — as is being done on the island of Kaua'i — and demand flexibility from electric vehicle charging could both play large roles.

In that model, Sampson said, consumers who paid for a subscription could order the vehicle type of their choice on demand as needed.

The value of issuance by asset - backed vehicles was 25 per cent below the value seen in the corresponding period of 2004 but investor demand for mortgage - backed securities remains strong, as evidenced by the fact that primary spreads remain close to their historical lows.

Many believe self - driving vehicles will lead to an overall decline in cars on the road as people shift from owning their own cars to utilizing a shared fleet of on - demand self - driving cars.

Europe, where nearly 50 per cent of vehicles are fuelled by diesel, is home to the global benchmark for diesel prices and the biggest storage hub for the road fuel as regional refineries are unable to meet local demand.

With electricity demand from crypto miners set to exceed that from electric vehicles in coming years, the hunt for new markets is narrowing to Canada and a handful of Nordic countries, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Elchin Mammadov said in a report.