Sentences with phrase «own electric vehicles»

Drivers in California will have access to GM's all - electric vehicles, in addition to standard cars such as Buick Regal or Chevrolet Impala.

Another for a team process leader in the «Vehicle Reman Center» in Fremont, California, where Tesla makes its new cars, said the candidate would «lead the Value delivery system created to repair and remanufacture Tesla electric vehicles,» and «lead daily operations... on large volume, electric vehicle repair and reconditioning value streams.»

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.

While Musk's stated reason for the policy shift is to promote «the advancement of electric vehicle technology,» business analysts suggested that it was an economically necessary maneuver for the company.

As electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving range).

There isn't a big network of suppliers who can make or refurbish the parts that go into a Tesla, or any other electric vehicle, says Xavier Mosquet, a senior partner with Boston Consulting Group in Detroit.

CEO Elon Musk is under pressure to ramp up production of the Model 3 sedan, Tesla's first mass - market electric vehicle.

«China's infrastructure, in many ways, is not ideal for supporting electric vehicles.»

Where electric vehicles tend to succeed is in markets where trucks only have to drive short distances, and in areas where stringent air quality or pollution regulations make electric either favorable or a necessity.

But plates for electric cars now fall under different rules, thanks to the government's push for electric vehicles.

The first six cities in China to have exempted electric vehicles from license plate restrictions: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Tianjin.

«For electric vehicles in China, we have a new technology model every two years,» says Dong Yang, a high - ranking Communist Party official at the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers, the auto lobby.

But in the age of electric vehicles and renewable energy, CNBC's Elizabeth Schulze asks, what's next for oil?

The investigation followed a report by Reveal on Sunday alleging that Tesla under - counted and mis - labeled employee injuries at its electric vehicle factory in Fremont, California, as well as a paint shop fire that occurred there in early April.

Tesla is on a quest to make electric vehicles mainstream.

In another step change for the automotive industry, Jaguar Land Rover is turning to electric vehicles.

This is going to take the form of things consumers are adopting anyway — things like the smart thermostats, electric vehicles.

eRoadArlanda just completed a road near Stockholm that charges electric vehicles as they drive.

A desire to secure supply of raw battery materials, such as lithium, will encourage electric vehicle and lithium - ion battery manufacturers to directly invest in mines, Pilbara Minerals managing director Ken Brinsden says.

• Harley - Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) invested in Alta Motors, a Brisbane, Calif. - based lightweight electric vehicles company.

Two employees with the electric vehicle maker told CNBC that a fire in the company's Fremont factory ground vehicle production to a halt, at least temporarily, on Tuesday morning.

The market for electric vehicles still has «big transition» ahead, Dan Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Markit, told CNBC.

After years producing premium electric vehicles in smaller volumes, it is struggling to ramp up the production of its Model 3 sedans.

As the nickel price continues its upward trajectory driven by the clean energy revolution for power storage and the rise of the electric vehicles, Poseidon remains poised to become a producer with its existing class 1 high grade nickel sulphide mine.

The range of the Model S is longer, and it can carry more passengers than other electric vehicles.

This is precisely why his Grantham Foundation has aggressively invested in alternative transportation technologies, such as the lithium - ion battery systems expected to drive mass - market adoption of electric vehicles.

This year, another Israeli startup is taking a new approach to charging and operating electric vehicles.

The FF 91, as the electric vehicle is called, wowed attendees and managed to calm concerns surrounding the embattled, Chinese - backed company — for now, at least.

Electric vehicles are the future and they're fun to drive due to great handling and acceleration, Rusch said.

• ChargePoint, a Campbell, Calif. - based operator of an electric vehicle charging network, raised $ 82 million in funding.

For years, the major auto manufacturers continued to refuse to take the electric vehicle market seriously.

Disruptive innovation: Tesla (TSLA) floored the German luxury car incumbents by commercializing an incredibly high - performance electric vehicle just seven years after the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?

A few years later, Tesla's success has motivated those competitors to develop their own electric vehicle programs.

Got a hybrid or electric vehicle?

«We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative - fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy - duty electric vehicle,» a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune in an email.

While other electric vehicles are capable of helping users park, especially on tricky maneuvers such as parallel parking, the FF 91 takes autoparking a step further.

Qualification as a Green Giant: A line of products ranging from diesel locomotives to electric vehicle charging stations that are certified against a set of criteria and verified by a third party as delivering superior environmental and financial performance to customers.

Just ask electric vehicle producer Tesla Motors, which until now has basked in the glow cast by its founder, technology Midas Elon Musk.

Self - driving cars go hand in hand with electric vehicles.

It also confirmed a Reuters report that it is developing its first dedicated electric vehicle platform, which will allow the company to produce multiple models with longer driving ranges.

Unlike electric vehicles, there won't be much institutional resistance to robot cars, given the astronomical number of car deaths every year.

It is important to provide a «clear sign» that electric vehicles are the future, says Hakan Samuelsson of Volvo Cars.

It is also an engineering and design source for GM's small vehicles and electric vehicles, as well as home to some of GM's top - ranked suppliers globally.

While hybrid electric and full electric vehicles have become more common in recent years, the aviation industry has been slow to embrace e-planes, partially because of the weight and cost of lithium - ion battery packs.

As electric vehicles catch on, business owners wonder whether the upfront cost of an EV charging station will pay them back in terms of customers.

A decade ago, there were only a couple thousand electric vehicles (EVs) on the road worldwide.

«So we have an inner city message in terms of... how do we lessen pollution and CO2 in... city environments, and how do we use electric vehicles and e-mobility to be able to do that?»

Tesla is already being taken seriously by other car manufacturers and increasingly by consumers, but if Musk wants Tesla to become as big as the already established players, it needs cheaper electric vehicles.

This explains why utilities are so gung - ho about electric vehicles.

The company is also working to strike a deal with a major car manufacturer (which Musk declines to name) to become a supplier of chassis and drive trains for a mass - market electric vehicle.