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Electric cars and noise: The sound of silence » May 7, 2009 ...Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer. ...fuel and cut emissions but also run more quietly. Ordinarily, people might welcome quieter cars on the roads. ...Some drivers say that when their cars are in electric mode people are more likely to step out in front of them. The solution, many now... Economist.com

Northern light Sales of green vehicles are booming in Norway Ever ... » Feb 18, 2017 ...TO JUDGE by the gleaming rows of Teslas, Nissan Leafs and other electric cars parked in the snow in central Oslo, Norwegians might already have given up on the internal combustion engine. Before ...Ever more electric cars are on the road. Now to ...The next step is to finish a part-built charging network. Economist.com

Electric cars will not stem global demand for oil, says BP | Business ... » Jan 25, 2017 ...Global demand for oil will still be growing in 2035 even with an enormous growth in electric cars in the next two decades, with numbers on the road rising from 1m to 100m, BP has predicted. The oil and gas giant predicted that despite electric cars spreading rapidly and renewable energy recording... Theguardian.com

Mining companies have dug themselves out of a hole - The richest ... » Mar 11, 2017 ...FOR mining investors there is something sinfully alluring about Glencore, an Anglo-Swiss metals conglomerate. It is the world's biggest exporter of coal, a singularly unfashionable commodity. It goes where others fear to tread, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has an unsavoury... Economist.com

Why the future is hybrid | The Economist » Dec 2, 2004 ...Automotive technology: Hybrid petrol-electric cars such as the Toyota Prius are becoming increasingly popular. But are they any more than a rest-stop on the road to......In September 1993, the company began to plan the development of a car for the next century, dubbed Globe 21st Century, or G21. Economist.com

After Moore's law | Technology Quarterly | The Economist » Mar 12, 2016 ...After a glorious 50 years, Moore's law—which states that computer power doubles every two years at the same cost—is running out of steam. Tim Cross asks what might replace it. IN 1971 a small company called Intel released the 4004, its first ever microprocessor. The chip, measuring 12 square... Economist.com

Goodbye petrol and diesel - Leading economist predicts all vehicles ... » May 21, 2017 ...No more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years. ...They are in the wrong business. ...The "tipping point" will arrive over the next two to three years as EV battery ranges surpass 200 miles and electric car prices in the US drop to $30,000 (€26,800). By 2022... Independent.ie

Electric Cars May Rule the World's Roads by 2040 » Sep 13, 2017 ...Of more than one billion registered vehicles on the road today, only two million are electric (with one million of those in China). But if EVs catch on ....Stanford economist Tony Seba pushes the vision of an EV revolution a step further: He says it's coming in the 2020s, and it will be self-driving. In a new study,... News.nationalgeographic.com

Comments on Electric cars are set to arrive far more speedily than ... » Very positive news! I would definitely buy an EV car, however my primary concern is the amount of time it takes to charge the car (overnight for a lot of models). ....This is due to the fact that cars stay on the road a long time and the vast majority of cars sold today and for the next few years are of that variety, and the number of... Economist.com

The driverless, car-sharing road ahead - The future of personal ... » Jan 9, 2016 ...Nevertheless, carmakers are also teaming up with tech firms because each has something the other needs. Building and marketing cars, and dealing with safety and emissions regulators, is tricky. Tech firms could copy Tesla, which has built its own electric cars for more than a decade. Apple, which is said... Economist.com