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Today’s Stunted Oil Prices Could Cause Oil Price Shock In 2020

Green Car Congress

As oil prices remain unsteady and OPEC continues to make headlines every hour, the world is focused on oil’s immediate future. In a speech made at the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators’ 2017 International Petroleum Summit, Johnston laid out his concerns for the future of oil. oil may not be able to fill.

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Will Elon Musk End The Fossil Fuel Industry? Tesla vs. Exxon

CleanTechnica EVs

Are oil and car executives hiding their heads in the sand? Looking for more oil reserves perhaps?) Is Musk right about the end of the fossil fuel industry? UK-based research and analysis group Rethink Energy (no affiliation with RethinkX) believes so.

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Electric-Car Charging Station At Gas Station In Tar-Sands Land

Green Car Reports

Electric-car charging stations are still remarkably rare at gas stations, though a handful exist in the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps not too remarkable, except that this is the heart of Canada''s tar-sands oil region. But earlier this year, the Petro-Canada station in Crossfield, Alberta, installed a charging station.

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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BMW M GmbH is introducing its first high-performance car with an electrified drive system. The BMW XM is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system comprising a V8 gasoline engine and electric motor that delivers combined fuel consumption of 1.6 – 1.5 liter unit features a cross-bank exhaust manifold and an optimized oil separation process.

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Canada targets cutting GHGs 30% below 2005 levels by 2030; new regulations for oil and gas, power, petrochemicals

Green Car Congress

Minister Aglukkaq also announced the Government’s intention to develop new regulatory measures under its sector-by-sector approach that would build on actions already taken on two of Canada’s largest sector sources of GHG emissions: transportation and electricity. Canada already has 79% non-emitting electricity generation.

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Shell fuel stations in U.K., Netherlands to add electric-car charging

Green Car Reports

Electric cars are often touted as a way to avoid gas stations. But electric-car drivers in certain European countries will soon be going to them to charge. That's because a pair of European oil companies plan to add electric-car charging at certain fuel stations.

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ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

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Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. The growth reflects an expected 90% increase in electricity use, led by developing countries where 1.3 billion people are currently without access to electricity. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge. Transportation. Vehicle penetration 2000 to 2040.

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