Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The oil majors reported poor earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, but many oil executives struck an optimistic tone about the road ahead. The collapse of oil prices forced the majors to slash spending on exploration, cut employees, defer projects, and look for efficiencies. Link to original article: [link].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The auction was closely watched as a gauge of sentiment towards Brazilian oil exploration projects after a decade of Petrobras’ reign in the country’s continental shelf. After the oil price collapse and a huge corruption scandal, Petrobras has struggled to stay afloat, let alone find the billions of investments needed to develop new deposits.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Once the capital costs of setting up the facility are recouped, about ten years in this case, all they have are maintenance and operational costs since the energy source is essentially free forever. Here is the full text of the NY Times article (in case the link goes bad). URL: [link]. Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 29, 2021

At present, an electric vehicle costs 30% more than an IC engine-powered vehicle with similar specifications. In this article, we will be discussing the factors contributing to the price reduction of electric vehicles as mentioned in the study conducted by BloombergNEF along with a few general aspects on the topic. Conclusion.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And these are only some of the challenges, the biggest being the cost of ramping up without cash flow to rely on. And markets won’t wait to adjust pricing until we hit a balance. There will be some foreshadowing in oil prices here. Article Source: [link]. It is time consuming to hire and re-train.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Oil prices are probably already high enough to spark a rebound in shale production. Even when US oil production hit a peak at 9.7 By the third quarter, oil prices had climbed back to above $40 and traded at around $50 per barrel for some time, replenishing some lost revenue. Link to original article: [link].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Other findings from the study include: Ethanol policy can have a substantial impact on corn prices. However, production costs of US corn-ethanol are very high. The gap between the intercept of the ethanol supply curve and the oil price creates large deadweight costs that may overwhelm any external benefits.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. Pre-paid 600 kilometer cards are one approach that is suggested. This will be five percent of the nation’s vehicle population.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The collapse of oil prices has forced the US shale industry to slash production costs. He broke down the cost reductions into a few categories: “One of these factors is high-grading, where operators are drilling only the better acreage,” said Olmstead. Link to original article: [link].

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