People Who Drive Trucks For A Living Really Like Driving Electric Trucks
Electric trucks are taking on more short haul delivery and drayage tasks in the United States and drivers couldn’t be happier.
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Why Are Major Credible Organizations Like ICCT, SBTi & IMO Getting Energy Demand Wrong?
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and others share a common affliction, a belief that some demand segments are going to increase as they have for the past 30 years. As a result, their analyses are skewed. Let’s … [continued]
Ballard Averaging $55 Million Annual Losses While Pushing Hydrogen Rock Uphill With Grants
There are three long running supporting cast members in stagings of the sad farce that is trials of hydrogen for fleets, FuelCell Energy, Plug Power and Ballard Power Systems. All of their market capitalizations peaked roughly 99% above their current stock valuations in 2000. They’ve all participated in innumerable hydrogen … [continued]
Trump’s Recent Tirade Lands Again On EV Supporters: “Rot In Hell”
The classy guy that he is, Trump used the holiday season to repeat his antagonism toward EV supporters. This time, the former US president used the unlikely occasion of Christmas — a time of giving, joy, and twinkling lights — to attack adherents of “Electric Car Lunacy.” His Christmas wish … [continued]
2019 Tesla Model 3 Maintenance Costs at 41,110 Miles, 4 Years & 4 Months
It’s been a few months since my last Tesla Model 3 cost of ownership update. Since then, I’ve had an air filter replaced and I got 4 new tires. Let’s dig in and see where I stand 4 years and 4 months after buying my Tesla Model 3 Standard Range … [continued]
ICCT’s Hydrogen For Aviation Perspective Is Deeply Wrong As Well
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is a US-headquartered think tank with offices globally. It’s been around since 2001. It was founded with noble ideals and funding from progressive and climate-focused foundations including the Hewlett and Packard family foundations and the Energy Foundation. Its mission and vision is to … [continued]
ICCT Thinks Green Hydrogen For Shipping Will Have More Energy Than Electricity Required To Make…
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 Lightning Electric Pickup Truck For $37,000
Anyone who follows EV news closely understands the mainstream media frequently gets electric vehicles wrong. The negative news stories are over-reported, exaggerated, or just incorrect. Maybe the current US news anti-EV bias is partly deliberate, maybe it’s just ignorance — it can be difficult to precisely decipher what the motivations … [continued]
Bavaria Enters Act 3 of Tragicomic Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet
The hydrogen chorus is again singing, discordantly and joyfully, as Bavaria continues along the tragicomic journey which inevitably leads to abandoning hydrogen after wasting much governmental money and delaying electrification. A tiny, two-car Siemens light-rail passenger train has completed trials this week and sometime in 2024 will go into service, … [continued]
Sterling Bank Strives To Catalyze Growth Of Renewable Energy & Electric Mobility In Nigeria
Sterling Bank is a commercial bank in Nigeria serving individuals, small businesses, and large corporations. The banks says it has a key focus on businesses within socially and environmentally conscious sectors, which it calls the H.E.A.R.T (Health, Education, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, and Transport) sectors. Under the Renewable Energy pillar, the … [continued]
