IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:17:55-04:00August 13, 2018|
By Christian Bogmans and Lama Kiyasseh
August 13, 2018
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Electric car charging station in Berlin, Germany: prices for lithium and cobalt—key ingredients in rechargeable batteries—are rising due limited supply and growing demand for electric cars (photo: Jens Kalaene/Newscom)
The surge in demand for electric cars has been fueled in part by the falling costs of lithium-ion […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:56:44-04:00July 25, 2018|
IMFBlog2019-03-15T16:17:00-04:00September 12, 2017|
By Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, and Aasim M. Husain
September 12, 2017
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Filling up at a gas station in California: demand for oil could plummet with the rise of renewable energy (Xinhua/Newscom)
A transportation revolution is underway that could completely transform the oil market in the coming decades. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T11:07:57-04:00July 31, 2017|
By IMFBlog
July 31, 2017
An electric car recharges at a meter in London: The UK is the latest country to announce plans to end fossil fuel vehicle sales by 2040 (photo: Sasha Fox Walters/iStock by Getty Images)
The switch from horses to automobiles in the 20th century paved the way for the rise of oil-based transportation and energy use. Today, electric vehicle ownership is picking up speed. Greater […]
