The China-based electric vehicle manufacturer BYD will be opening its first assembly facility in Canada next year in Ontario. This is in anticipation of surging demand for electric trucks in the country, the company has revealed.
With the House of Representatives having passed its tax reform plans and the Senate having released its version, the uncertainty around the basic existence of the federal EV tax credit, as evidenced by the difference between the two proposals, will be disruptive to the industry. It’s this uncertainty that leads everyone to a fundamental question: If the government chooses to end EV tax credits, will that affect the EV market overall? The answer is yes.
World leaders voiced strong support for climate change mitigation strategies at the COP23 conference in Bonn this week, but a 12 year old boy from Fiji stole the show.
A new study has found that trying to revive the coal industry in Appalachia won’t work and may well lead to a slowing of job growth, according to new research based around focus groups and interviews in the region.
The United Auto Workers International Union has filed a complaint against the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla on behalf of the 400 some employees recently terminated as part of a performance review, according to recent reports.
The 2018 ZFEP finalists in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), Nonprofit categories, and Global High Schools categories have just been announced.
Following ongoing disputes at the newly acquired firm now named Tesla Grohmann Automation, disputes related to worker compensation, the works council at the division in western Germany has revealed that an agreement has been made with management that will result in a new pay structure. The new pay structure will increase workers’ pay by around 30%.
Hello, my name is Zach Shahan, and I have a problem. I’m a political nut. More seriously, I’ll admit that I’m strongly drawn to politics, follow policy & politics closely (some might say obsessively), and have sometimes struggled with how much time and emotion I invest into all of that.
We sometimes get carried away just covering what interests us, following our passions, and pursuing our obsessions. I think that’s often quite useful — the stuff that interests us often interests you. However, the core aim of the site and one of my core life goals has long been to help make the world a better place, or “help society help itself” as I often put it.
We started this episode talking about the LMX-161 e-motorcycle, then got into Shell EV charging stations, Big Oil, natural gas, ad-supported EV charging stations, and the benefits of low-energy-density renewables.
