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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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Bill McKibben Sees Trouble Ahead For Tesla & Big Oil

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Dedicated climate activist Bill McKibben in a post on Substack suggested that Tesla and Big Oil have a common weakness. continued] The post Bill McKibben Sees Trouble Ahead For Tesla & Big Oil appeared first on CleanTechnica. He says both are way behind the technological curve.

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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

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Tesla Model S Long Range Plus now EPA-rated for 402 miles

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The company said that the achievement is realized through several changes, both iterative and transformational, in core hardware and system architecture development by the Tesla engineering, design and production teams. This is the first US EV to break the 400-mile range mark. The newest 8.5 Increased drive unit efficiency.

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How Does Tesla Get A Worse ESG Score Than 2 Oil Companies?

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Isn’t it odd that Tesla has a bad Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score yet oil companies have good ones? When you look at what Tesla is doing for the environment and compare those actions with how oil companies are profiting off of poisoning our environment, it just doesn’t make sense.

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 EVs Take 97.4% Share In Norway – Tesla Model Y Best Seller

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Share In Norway – Tesla Model Y Best Seller appeared first on CleanTechnica. BEVs alone accounted for 97.0% of all new car registrations, with diesels taking half of the remainder (and 3x the number PHEVs). Total new passenger vehicle registrations for the month reached 11,286. continued] The post EVs Take 97.4%

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EVs offsetting oil demand, upcycled electric garbage truck, Mach-E recall: Today’s Car News

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EV adoption has helped avoid 3% of global oil demand. Shoppers aren’t trusting Tesla as much as traditional automakers, but EV options are lacking. We look at a recycled recycling truck—electric, of course. And a recall of the Mach-E is another testament to the effectiveness of over-the-air updates.

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