Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Diesel market share declined by more than five percentage points to 42.0%. Meanwhile, a substantial fall in registrations of smaller cars also had a significant effect, as falling consumer confidence hit the lower end of the market. These ongoing improvements mean average CO 2 is still a third (-33.1%) lower than in 2000.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2021
A new study focused on the auto industry finds that tightening emissions standards not only fails to curtail on-road emissions, but actually increases the likelihood of non-compliance by automakers. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the auto industry. You have to hit the score to make it. —Kejia Hu.
Cars That Think
MARCH 28, 2023
The auto industry is a relatively small chip end-user, but it’s growing fast. billion, the auto industry makes up less than 9 percent of chip demand by revenue, according to market research firm IDC. Despite the auto industry’s desperation, there’s no great rush to build new 200-mm fabs.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Purveyors of EVs would have a new public-policy rationale backing up their market. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 5, 2024
The move was labelled a “hostile takeover” by many in the auto industry, setting the stage for a potential battle before the antitrust regulator. While Minda initially brushed off the move as putting extra money to good use, the market speculated it was a hostile takeover. Minda Corporation and Pricol Ltd.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 17, 2023
Stellantis is offering certain higher salaried US employees separation packages to help its “transformation to become a sustainable tech mobility company and the market leader in low-emissions vehicles,” a company spokesperson said. million employed in the industry at large, or about 5 percent of the U.S. Ford is not alone.
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