A couple of years ago, there was a news story about a gas station in Texas or Arizona that was giving away $25 of free gasoline per customer for several hours one morning. The marketing tactic worked because there was something of a frenzy of drivers lined up to get … [continued]
The Texas-based solar manufacturer SEG Solar is among the firms continuing to push the solar power envelope despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy (cropped, courtesy of SEG).
The Texas-based solar manufacturer SEG Solar is among the firms continuing to push the solar power envelope despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.
In my recent article on trucks in China, the shift to electrification is increasingly prevalent and seems inevitable. Jake also recently posted on an autonomous freight startup in the US. However, electrified, autonomous logistics is becoming increasingly common in Chinese cities and is rapidly commercializing in long haul applications. Based … [continued]
It was only about a month ago it was announced that Copenhagen’s city buses are now 100 percent electric. Other European cities are electrifying their bus fleets too, as we see with a new announcement about 240 electric buses planned for Hamburg, Germany by 2031. The plan for 240 electric … [continued]
Rivian is now producing its new, more affordable (semi-affordable), more mass-market model, the R2. We now have a bit more news coming out about it to go along with this launch. The R2 has me both excited and nervous. It’s a potentially very popular model that could boost the EV … [continued]
In April 2026, 25,087 plugin vehicles were sold into the Australian market, out of 94,049 total vehicle sales. This represents almost 27% of the market. Battery electric vehicles achieved 15,459 units sold, and plugin hybrids 9,628. Month on month, BEV numbers appear to have stayed steady, while PHEVs have increased. … [continued]
Guangzhou, May 6, 2026 — XPENG (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868), a leading China-based high-tech company, previously released the X-World technical report and demonstrated the practical value of this technology in XPENG’s autonomous driving. Recently, XPENG once again announced advancements in world model technology, the X-Cache technical report. X-Cache leverages the continuity … [continued]
Europe finally has a robotaxi service, years after the first robotaxis launched in the US and China (in 2020 in both places). The new robotaxi service didn’t launch in one of Europe’s larger, more famous countries, but in the small country of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea (which, by the … [continued]
SEC Moves Toward Rescinding Climate Disclosure Rule, Retreating Further From Investor Protection WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted a proposed rule titled “Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules” to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, advancing the agency’s effort to formally rescind its 2024 climate disclosure … [continued]
Betting against China in space has become one of those comfortable Western assumptions that deserves to be retired. It sits beside earlier assumptions that Chinese solar would remain second tier, Chinese EVs would remain cheap copies, and Chinese batteries would never define global cost curves. The pattern is familiar. Analysts … [continued]
