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This Week in AVs: VW Spins Off AV Unit; Waymo Begins Completely Driverless Rides; And More
SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

This Week in AVs: California Approves Waymo Driverless Testing; AV START is Running Out Of Time; and More
SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

Diesel: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
Despite the behavior that led to the 2015 VW scandal and its continued fallout, diesel remains an efficient fuel that can reduce total petroleum consumption, and is still a viable part of a larger strategy to reduce oil dependence.

EV Sales Remain Robust in U.S., Boom in Europe
During Q1 2017, registrations of EVs in the EU jumped by almost 30 percent versus the same time last year, with total alternative fuel vehicles up almost 38 percent. During 2017, both the U.S. and Europe look to smash records of EV sales.

Crosspost: How Volkswagen Is Shaping America’s Energy Future
T. Boone Pickens explains why Volkswagen's settlement with the Justice Department can help move U.S. energy security in the right direction.

Autonomous, Electric, and Innovative: Automakers Show Style and Substance at CES 2016
As carmakers compete in earnest to reinvent themselves as tech-automotive hybrids, a look at which companies combined style with substance at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

The Fuse: Our Top Ten Stories of 2015
Since the launch of The Fuse in June, we’ve published over 300 stories, infographics, and videos, commenting on global energy markets as they proceed further into uncharted territory. Here are ten standout pieces.

Diesel Market Contending With Short-Term Glut, Long-Term Image Problem
The diesel market is dealing with two major issues, one of which is a short-term glut and the other which surrounds questions about its long-term outlook in the wake of Volkswagen cheating on emissions testing.

Credit Suisse Analyst: European Automakers to Shift Attention to Hybrids, Plug-Ins
What long-term impact the scandal will have on Volkswagen sales is still difficult to say, but there is good reason to believe that European automakers will shift their emphasis to hybrids and plug-ins.

VW’s Defeat Device Enabled Company to Sidestep Battle of Hydrogen and Plug-In Vehicles
Critics of hybrid, hydrogen and plug-in electric vehicles have pointed to clean diesel as a common-sense solution that environmentalists were ignoring for ideological reasons. The only problem is that Volkswagen had to cheat to sell them in the U.S.