Fakenomics Keeps Pulling The USA Backward
I had the title written before I saw this tweet, but it’s a good metaphor for the overall topic:
Author: Zachary Shahan
Joseph Biden Aims To Improve US EV Tax Credit, Restore It For Tesla & GM
If elected president of the United States, Joseph R. Biden would do a few things for the electric vehicle industry. In short, he would aim to:
Electrify America Goes Commercial
Electrify America this week got into the B2B (business-to-business) game, launching Electrify Commercial.
Trump’s Failure To Save Coal Accompanied By Failure To Help Coal Workers Find New Careers
One of the major issues of the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States was the issue of the US coal industry.
Ford Mustang Mach-E Will Get Hands-Free Driver Assist On Some Highways In A Year
Ford will be providing over-the-air software updates to its 2021 Ford F-150 and 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E … in a year.
You Can Now Buy An Electric Motorcoach
Lightning eMotors, previously called Lightning Systems, has been electrifying all manner of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles for years, and now it’s doing so with motorcoaches.
Why EU Car Manufacturers Are Actually “Slow-Walking” 2020 EV Sales
This title may have caught you off-guard and made you do a double-take. After all, Europe is having a record, blowout, tremendously inspiring year for electric vehicle sales.
Context
I’m not going to focus on any specific story in this article (even though that’s going to be really hard to do). This is broader than any one story. It covers practically every important matter you can think of. And it’s a big problem. I think it’s actually the #1 problem in our society, the largest fault causing threat to the future of humanity.
Kids Get Parents To Buy Electric Cars
According to Peugeot, “more than half of children surveyed in Britain want their parents to be more environmentally friendly, including switching to electric or plug-in HYBRID vehicles.” And these are seriously kids, not young adults — 7–12 years old. 1,235 such children were surveyed.
Panasonic Increasing Tesla Battery Production, & Partnering On New 4680 Battery Cells
News today from Panasonic is that it is working with Tesla to produce the 4680 cells. Panasonic is also expanding battery production capacity at Gigafactory 1 in Nevada.
