UAW News: GM EV Plans Leak Out During Final Talks, Mayday 2028 Could Get Ugly
The new Bolt will be produced in Kansas — probably. The UAW wants to get stronger. And the UAW says its strikes are not the cause of rising car prices.
Manufacturing
Let’s Go Gigacasting!
Tesla took another innovation from theory to practice in 2019 when it used gigacasting to fabricate the rear floor section of the Model Y. The two castings replaced 171 parts, which were mostly sheet stampings along with some smaller castings. The new technology eliminated 1,600 welds and removed 300 robots from the assembly line.
Maersk’s APM Runs 8% of World’s Ports, Says Electrification Is The Answer
Ports will be much quieter, much less polluted, much less of a greenhouse gas emitter, and much more efficient. Everyone will be better off at the end of this process. Well, except for the people who invested heavily in hydrogen for energy.
Why Wait For A New Electric Truck When You Can Upcycle Your Old Gas Guzzler?
Diesel-to-electric conversions are helping to ease the electric truck bottleneck while contributing to the sparkling green economy of the future.
Biden-Harris Administration Advances 15 Onshore Renewable Energy Projects With Potential to Power Millions of Homes
These projects are expected to produce up to 11,236 megawatts of electricity — enough to power over 3.5 million homes.
The Private Sector Accounts For 89% of Announced American-Made Battery Investments
Announcements of private sector investments in American-made battery technologies have been increasing over the last few years, with 208 as of September 2023. There have also been 27 Federal investment announcements. The map below shows locations of new announcements of minerals extraction and processing, battery component manufacturing, battery cell manufacturing, … [continued]
Nuclear Energy & Free Market Capitalism Aren’t Compatible
The fiscal ideologues who seem to like nuclear power the most are ignoring the lessons of the past because their cognitive biases don’t allow them to understand that free market economics and nuclear generation go together like flame throwers and gas stations.
Questions From Investors On Electrification & The Grid
A couple of weeks ago, I presented to a group of institutional investors, clients of Jefferies Group investment bank. One of the big questions was regarding what they should be considering in terms of regional, national, and regulatory concerns for grid investments. That was worth a full article of its … [continued]
How Much Of What Electrical Generation Where & Why — For Global Investors
Legacy forms of electrical generation are going to diminish radically in significance. Total energy requirements are going to halve. Renewable generation will dominate. Grids will become even more important. Storage will be everywhere.
Canada’s Carbon Price Working, So Of Course It’s Being Attacked
How Do You Defend A Working Carbon Price That’s Benefiting Poor People?
