https://www.bizcommunity.com/224/390.html United States Fuel & Energy news 15 Fuel & Energy news - United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/224/390.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:34:59 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/389/241996.html One of the world's top five electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC), has recruited a South African dealer and distributor to market and sell its commercial EVs. Maxus Electric Vehicles (EV), the newly founded green mobility business, is one of the country's first distributors to focus solely on the EV industry. Maxus EV will provide access to EVs to urban logistics fleets, allowing them to cut the total cost of ownership and make considerable progress towards their net-zero targets. Early customers in South Africa, including Woolworths and DSV, have already driven over 1 million km while saving over 220,000kg of harmful carbon emissions. 1-241996 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/231940.html Convenience retail brand Circle K is expanding to South Africa, with the first store set to open in Gauteng this October. 1-231940 Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/390/226536.html While most South African electric vehicle (EV) owners will likely adopt an overnight top-up solution via home-installed charging boxes as a means of accommodating a weekly commute or school run, it stands to reason some adventure-focused customers will be keen to cover longer distances in their battery-electric cars. To this end, local companies like GridCars have already installed a relatively broad network of charging solutions along all three major routes in South Africa, the N1, N2 and N3. But, what to do whilst your vehicle is charging at one of these spots? 1-226536 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/628/219563.html Leaded petrol has been eliminated after the world's last remaining stocks were used up last month, the UN's Environment Programme (Unep) said on Monday, 30 August, after heading a 19-year campaign to end use of the poisonous substance that poses major health and environment risks. 1-219563 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/389/198603.html Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no progress in reducing emissions from transport. In many countries, they're actually increasing. 1-198603 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/608/95539.html WASHINGTON, USA: New evidence that fracking may contaminate drinking water was published on Monday (24 June) in a study that's sure to add fuel to the fight over the controversial method of extracting natural gas from cracks in rocks. 1-95539 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/485/93309.html WASHINGTON, USA: The road is getting bumpier for electric cars. Coda Automotive, one of what had been a promising crop of electric car companies, filed for bankruptcy protection this month, and said it would reorganise its operations around the electric storage market. 1-93309 Tue, 14 May 2013 06:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/486/92348.html DETROIT, USA: Chrysler stands to lose US$10,000 on every battery-powered Fiat 500 it sells in California, according to chief executive Sergio Marchionne. 1-92348 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy United States