The dream of solar-powered cars has enthralled and enticed cleantech enthusiasts for years decades. It’s a fun dream. We all love when electric vehicles can be powered by rooftop solar energy or even indirectly by solar energy on the grid, but it’s something else to imagine solar panels on a … [continued]
A month ago the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) released a Europe-focused report on the total cost of ownership of various decarbonization pathways for freight trucking. It was deeply flawed, with unrealistically low costs for the hydrogen pathway as they put multiple thumbs on the scale. Perhaps their analyses … [continued]
Ford is dipping into the European market for heavy duty fuel cell trucks through its holdings in the Turkish firm Ford Otosan.
In recent weeks, the International Council on Clean Transportation’s fatally flawed total cost of ownership for decarbonization of trucking in Europe study has been occupying a reasonable amount of my attention. The question has become, is there a better study to look at? One of my moderately regular correspondents, Jakob … [continued]
As we’ve written in recent months, BYD has gotten neck and neck with Tesla in terms of full electric vehicle (BEV) sales. Additionally, it is by far the #1 plugin vehicle producer in the world, with Tesla solidly in second place but BYD benefiting from all of those plugin hybrids … [continued]
The company Einride is one of many startups that have been built on big goals regarding autonomous, electric transport. Most of these companies never get far and never make much of an impact. Well, this Swedish startup may be special, because it’s got a deal actually putting its autonomous truck … [continued]
How many ways to resist electrification are there? How many cognitive biases get in the way? I’ve found a lot of them, but recently I discovered another. Ports are in the business of handling big honking masses of gases, liquids and solids, and so are predisposed to think that there … [continued]
Range Energy says independent testing validates the energy efficiency of it RA-01 battery electric e-trailer.
In the past week I’ve been involved in an odd conflict with researchers at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). I’ve been trying to explain to them why their costing of electricity for hydrogen manufacturing makes absolutely no sense, and I haven’t been able to get through to them. … [continued]
In a recent press release, GM and Brightdrop announced that Brightdrop would become part of GM. But, as far as most people know, Brightdrop was already a GM company. So, what does that even mean? In this article, I’m going to explain further what this move really is and what … [continued]
