People look at the Volkswagen id buzz electric car during the press day at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, November 17, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Volkswagen on Tuesday announced...
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Who Is Going To Pay For The Global Electrification Push?
For more than a decade, the electricity market has stood still on a growth basis. Electricity generated (measured in kwh) rose 3.8% from 2010 to 2022, or 0.3% per year while the US economy grew 2.0% p...
California And China’s Secret Weapon On Transportation Electrification
Car market heavyweights China and California are leading the world’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs), and their ambition will have an outsized impact on transportation electrification due to the...
China’s Cash Drives America Towards Electrification
This week Foxconn, a Taiwanese company under the influence of China, injected another $170 million in Lordstown Motors, the Ohio electric truck company. This follows Foxconn’s purchase of Lordstown’s ...
Nascar Provides Update On Hybrid And Electrification In The Sport
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 18: Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. drive the NASCAR Next Gen car … [+] during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Charlotte Motor Speedway on November 18, 202...
Copper Prices Are Imperiling Electrification And Decarbonization
This is the second mine from Escondida, Escondida Norte, The copper production of Escondida is the … [+] biggest in the world. (Photo by Oliver Llaneza Hesse/Construction Photography/Avalon/Gett...
Electric Vehicles Are Here And Electric Jets Are Coming. Should We Fear Electrification Of The Economy?
A prototype of an electric-powered aircraft set to be flown in the Air Race E-series, sits display … [+] during the first day of the 16th Dubai Air Show at Dubai World Central (DWC) in Dubai, Un...
Automotive Electrification Gets A Chance To Shine At Nascar Race
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 16: Aric Almirola, driver of the #10 Ford BlueOval City Ford, drives … [+] during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol M...
Sustainable Transport Is About Much More Than Electrification
Arguments around sustainable transport get more complicated the closer you look. Just comparing tailpipe emissions is not enough, and neither is “well to wheel”, which considers the whole path of ener...
Millions Of Efficient Electrified Buildings
Hadley Tallackson is a co-author of this article. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant climate legislation in United States history. Energy Innovation Policy and Technology LLC®mo...
EV Adoption And Clean Energy
The White House set the course for America to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption will play a starring role. The challenge: the United St...
How Betting Big On Clean Energy Could Save Europe $1 Trillion
A tractor drives past wind turbines under construction near Grapzow, Germany. Getty Images When politicians and pundits take to the airwaves to address climate change, they regularly reduce the challe...
Rural Electrification 2.0 – The Electric Truck Is Here
Ford F150 Lightning kicking dust on a dirt road. J.Repak Productions Growing up in rural America, my first vehicle–like many of my friends–was a truck. Like many before me, moving to a city meant trad...
#Investinourplanet, Innovating Cultures Respect Mother Earth
African American boy with his Mother on Earth Day, painting a bird house. getty It is time for another Earth Day celebration where globally we recognize the limitations of our planet and since we have...
Mazda Of Japan’s Electrification Plan Insists On Big Role For Traditional Engines
Mazda CX-5 Mazda As European automakers bow to the politicians and seek to rid themselves of carbon dioxide (CO2) spewing internal combustion engines (ICE), at least in their home markets, Mazda is do...