Two- and three-wheeled vehicles, used by billions of people, are moving away from fossil fuels to batteries faster than cars in countries that have made the energy transition a priority.
Emissions from electricity and transportation are projected to fall over time, a new report finds, but industry remains a major climate challenge.
A new study by the city’s utility and other researchers found that lower-income residents cannot afford electric vehicles and clean energy.
The move is the oil giant’s first foray in the production of a metal vital for electric vehicle batteries.
When not driving around, electric buses and other vehicles could help utilities by storing their solar and wind energy and releasing it to meet surges in demand.
The administration said 15 clean energy projects were making solid progress and that it was on track to meet its goals for 2025.
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
The prediction, which has stirred controversy among oil producers, is a sign of a sweeping transformation in the global energy landscape.
Even as technologies like wind, solar and electric cars spread, nations are falling far behind in building the power lines needed to support them.
Despite the rapid growth of electric vehicles and solar power, other efforts to tackle warming are lagging, according to the International Energy Agency.