January saw plugin EVs take 25.0% share of the French auto market, an increase from 22.3% share, year on year. Full electric sales volume grew some 1.4x YoY, while plugin hybrid volume was flat. December’s overall auto volume was 122,284 units, up 9% YoY, but still far below 2017–2019 norms … [continued]
The US Navy has expressed interest in a new energy-efficient, water-saving carbon capture system with a potential electrofuels angle.
Access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa has improved tremendously over the last decade, reaching 49.4% of the population in 2022, up from 33% in 2010. Yet, while electricity access has grown, electricity consumption has not. While this would be considered a good thing in much of the world, for Africa, it is a discouraging indicator of … [continued]
ARK Invest believes that capitalizing on disruptive innovation and developing technologies is an essential and viable investment strategy. Yet such an investment approach that looks to displace older technologies or to create new markets may not, in fact, produce robust results. Risks of investing in innovation include acknowledging its rapid … [continued]
Over the past year or so, as the hydrogen for energy hype bubble has started to leak badly, a clear indicator of the end times for hydrogen energy proponents has started to emerge, anger and hostility. Why is this a clear indicator? Let’s cast our minds back eight years. Sometime … [continued]
A couple years ago, I was on the hunt for a Bolt EV. The local dealer’s website said they just got one in, and it had been listed as “in transit” the day before. So, I called to verify, and was told that they had just got it in. Awesome! … [continued]
For its 10th cohort, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) formed an all-demonstration group where each participant would scope and perform a demonstration of its technologies as part of the program. The IN2 startups will complete their demonstrations over the next year or two, helping them in their goal to see … [continued]
Fifty-two percent of all bike trips in 2022 were for social or recreational purposes. The next most common trip purpose was for church/school, followed by commuting from home to work. In total, there were about 2.2 billion bike trips taken in 2022. Source: Federal Highway Administration, 2022 NextGen National Household Travel Survey … [continued]
Applications as diverse as delivery drones, self-driving cars, industrial robots and extraplanetary rovers will depend on this emerging field Developers must overcome strict limits to size, power and model flexibility to enable on-device learning in real time, but new research and new design guidelines may help. Look up “lifelong learning” online, … [continued]
At 227 feet below sea level, California’s Salton Sea rests at one of the lowest points in the United States. Beneath the surrounding desert, however, is a natural resource that could lift our clean energy economy to unprecedented heights. DOE’s Jeff Marootian joins the groundbreaking ceremony for CTR’s “Hell’s Kitchen” … [continued]
