Rotterdam tops T&E’s ranking of Europe’s ports by carbon emissions puts the spotlight on ports to do more to clean up shipping while industry profits soar. The port of Rotterdam is associated with almost 14 million tonnes of CO2 each year, putting it on a par with Europe’s fifth biggest industrial … [continued]
Little House Brewing Company, in Chester, Connecticut, now has a Tesla Solar Roof on its 1836 house! By Paul Braren at TinkerTry. I’ve had my eye on Tesla solar products for a long time, and started writing about Tesla solar in 2015 (see: “Elon Musk’s Powerwall, time-shifting the energy from … [continued]
More than 25 million American children are transported to and from school on a national fleet of 480,000 school buses, accounting for 80% of the total bus fleet in the United States. Today less than 1% of school buses are electric; however, with the push to provide clean transportation while … [continued]
I have a friend who builds electric charging networks and drives a Leaf. I, on the other hand, established an EV-centric website and drive a plug-in hybrid. Consequently, we’ve been talking for some time about how electric cars and renewable energy are going to take over the world. What will … [continued]
The tipping point for EV adoption will not be some technical advance or killer new model. It will be the moment when one or more of the legacy automakers decides to convert its EV program from an R&D project to a profit center. Automakers are competitive, and they constantly battle … [continued]
The EU’s labelling of gas as “green” in its sustainable finance taxonomy is the biggest gift the EU could make to Putin. By William Todts, Executive Director Russians are used to celebrating Christmas a little later than their western brothers. Even so, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, must have been particularly … [continued]
Under the radar, Poland’s market for EVs is quickly catching up with the rest of Europe. Here’s what you missed. By Rafal Bajczuk, Senior Policy Analyst, Poland In 2021 T&E’s Polish office launched a research project, which involved bringing together stakeholders from the trucks and vans sectors. Talking about electrification … [continued]
In this guest article, T&E President Arie Bleijenberg explains more about the end of Growth in Car Traffic & how governments overestimated projections for car use growth. Originally published on Transport & Environment. Last year the Dutch government published far lower projections for car growth than what it had predicted back … [continued]
Everyone who’s been following the story of Tesla is well aware of the war between the iconoclastic automaker and the country’s hidebound auto dealerships. After a decade of highly colorful struggle and strife (which I cover in detail in my history of Tesla), the US is a patchwork of policies regarding … [continued]
By Kristina Dahl Last week I had the opportunity to testify at a hearing on “What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets” held by the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. You can watch a recording of the full hearing that includes the … [continued]
