Consumer EV interest is at its beginning point, and initial infrastructure obstacles are being solved methodically. Yes, transportation electrification has a bit of a bumpy road ahead, but its future is, ultimately, bright.
In 2020, as the country responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, CO2 emissions from energy consumption in the United States fell to the lowest level since 1983. The 4.6 billion metric tons (Bmt) of CO2 emitted in 2020 was an 11% decrease from 2019, the largest annual decrease on record, according to our Monthly Energy … [continued]
The news that Tesla has reached its goal of producing 500,000 electric vehicles is not only great for investors (such as me, even though I have a tiny, tiny stake), but also for those who don’t even know anything about the company. It is good news for anyone and any animal that has a pair of lungs.
Why should we be more interested in transportation emissions? In short, transportation is the largest single contributor of US greenhouse gas emissions.
Hydrogen fuel cell systems may find a place in the transportation industry as a way to decarbonize heavy trucks and ocean going ships.
The emerging popularity of electric vehicles has helped to alleviate the burden of vehicular carbon dioxide emissions. Nevertheless, American states still have an outsized carbon footprint. With gas-powered vehicles responsible for troubling carbon dioxide emissions in the US, a small difference, such as driving with a coworker and/or driving electric, can help create change.
While Norway is setting new EV sales, the Chevy Bolt was down more than 40% last month. Could the Tesla Model 3 have anything to do with that drop?
Trump’s war on fuel economy standards will cost Americans $450 billion says Energy Innovation. If nothing else. it will keep flotillas of lawyers busy for years while car companies flounder in a sea of uncertainty.
Have you ever thought that the health benefits of reducing emitted carbon might pay for the costs associated with implementing clean air policies? A new study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change, has found that savings from health benefits dwarf the estimated $14 billion cost of a cap-and-trade … [continued]
President Obama dropped a clean tech bombshell yesterday when he renewed his call for Congress to create a new $2 billion Energy Security Trust to fund cutting edge clean energy research projects, but that wasn’t even the half of it. Yesterday the President also announced that he would deploy a … [continued]
