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Why did a Gulf of Mexico oil drilling lease sale just happen under Biden?

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday for oil and gas drilling rights. Why did the Biden administration hold an auction for fossil fuel drilling, on the heels of COP26, where countries agreed to “phase down” fossil fuels? Gulf of Mexico oil drilling lease sale The lease sale generated $192 million in high bids from 33 companies…
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GM promised 20 new EVs by 2023. They brought zero to the LA Auto Show

In October 2017, GM announced that it would release 20 new EVs by 2023 – just over five years from then, and just over one year from now. How’s that going? If GM’s booth at the LA Auto Show is any indication (and it is): Not very well. The LA Auto Show is a bit muted this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic is still happening t (and Los Angeles has strict mask and vaccine/test guidelines for…
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Kia and Hyundai preview upcoming electric SUVs

At the LA Auto Show, Kia and Hyundai, who partner on electric vehicles, have both released new concept vehicles that preview their upcoming electric SUVs. Many are saying that Hyundai and Kia hit it out of the park with the EV6 and Ioniq 5, their first next-generation electric vehicles built on Hyundai’s E-GMP platform. These are the first of many for each brand. For the North American market…
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Tesla (TSLA) announces it has now installed 250,000 Powerwalls

Tesla announced a new milestone for its Powerwall: The company has now installed 250,000 units of the residential home battery pack. Over the last year, Tesla appeared to be accelerating Powerwall deployment. Tesla introduced Powerwall 2 in 2016, and it took the home energy storage business by storm with a leading cost per kWh of energy capacity. The automaker received tens of thousands of…
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