government subsidies: EV industry in India is not relevant without incentives: Bernstein

government subsidies: EV industry in India is not relevant without incentives: Bernstein

The journey of shifting to electric mobility is not going to be easy for automakers as it is tough to generate profitable margins and get scale in the electric vehicles (EVs) segment, says a research report by Bernstein. The report noted that generating sufficient margins and scaling up in the EV space is difficult, even … Read more

How fracking helped the U.S. break the all-time oil production record

How fracking helped the U.S. break the all-time oil production record

The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.  Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which is also known as fracking, have seen technological breakthroughs.  U.S. oil production hit a low of 5 … Read more

Amtrak backs Texas Central bullet train

Amtrak backs Texas Central bullet train

The U.S., despite decades of research and studies, remains without authentic high-speed rail options. Since 1987, investors have attempted to introduce bullet train service to Texas. In 2014, a group organized under the name Texas Central launched the most recent attempt to connect Dallas to Houston with a bullet train that travels more than 200 … Read more

What the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to EV adoption

What the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to EV adoption

Norway boasts the highest electric vehicle adoption rate in the world. Some 82% of new car sales were EVs in Norway in 2023, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV). In comparison, 7.6% of new car sales were electric in the U.S. last year, according to Kelley Blue Book estimates. In the world’s largest auto … Read more