It’s always interesting to figure out why irrational things occur. In the case of London’s foolish hydrogen buses, apparently Wrightbus going into administration aka bankruptcy proceedings led to well-connected people like Wrightbus owner Jo Bamford’s father, Lord Bamford, the man who inherited British firm JCB and was also knighted for … [continued]
The Rocky Mountain Institute is a respected organization that has done great work since its founding in 1982. Amory Lovins, its founder and long its leader, is a tremendous thought leader who was ahead of his time. He’s been proven right on many things. And he’s been proven wrong on … [continued]
The state of Maine recently has been actively promoting clean energy programs such as battery storage projects to lower the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. A few years ago it set a goal of installing 100,000 heat pumps in the state by 2025. With an assist from educational programs and certification … [continued]
You’ve probably been frustrated this week if you were waiting for 2024’s cash rebate program to buy a General Motors (GM) electric vehicle (EV) and then learned that your favorite model isn’t eligible for a federal tax credit after all. Don’t despair. General Motors announced this week it will provide … [continued]
The race to develop a flow battery electric car is heating up in the US, thanks in part to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Two electric car models powered by sodium ion batteries went into production in China in late December. It this the start of a trend?
Sales of hybrid cars is way up this year as people look for ways to lower their carbon footprint without needing to plug in.
In March 2014 my friend Steen Carlsen who is a power electronics engineer wrote a paper in which he wished to initiate the development of a portable and a stationary “Winding Tester” for electrical machines (motors, generators, and transformers). He had no knowledge of such a device being available, and … [continued]
When GM chief financial officer Paul Jacobson spoke to analysts at a Barclays conference on November 30, he acknowledged the company hadn’t found the pace it had expected to meet original electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing goals. Instead of dwelling on recent performance that included “some mixed headwinds from the higher … [continued]
Recent arrivals in Mexico and Colombia show Chinese EVs pose an ever-growing threat to mainstream automakers in Latin America. We’ve known for a while that China is the queen of affordable EVs, yet that mattered little when Chinese brands were mostly limited to the mainland and EVs represented only a … [continued]
