Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Oil giant Shell has announced plans to divest 1,000 retail sites over the next two years, and also says it plans to expand its public EV charging business. Is Shell shutting down gas stations in order to replace them with EV charging hubs? Well, that’s what several media reports implied, but that’s not quite what the company said.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2021

By Charles Morris In this day and age, just about everyone who’s paying attention — even stalwarts of the auto and oil industries — acknowledges that vehicle electrification is the future. Originally posted on EVANNEX. But how far in the future are we talking about? Forecasts are all over the map.

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All-Electric Electric Cars Vehicles Oil 143

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Advanced biofuels, concentrated solar power (CSP), and solar photovoltaic power (PV) will see accelerating adoption and growth and are on track to change the global energy mix far earlier than is often assumed, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Conventional automotive technologies have significant emission-reduction potential, according to a draft of the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) latest report on automotive propulsion, Powering Autos to 2020. A combination of peak oil with incentives or lower battery costs could increase EV penetration by 6%.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

According to a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group, the active materials and purchased parts for a cell can cost $200-$270/kWh and many people believe the entire battery pack systems (cells, packs, electronic controls) are currently selling for $750 to $950/kWh in large applications.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. Those cars will reduce oil demand at most by about 1/5th of one percent. and Chrysler.

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