Tariffs Could Delay Renewables And Make The US Irrelevant
The storm over tariffs continues as the so-called president keeps talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time.
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BYD, NIO, XPENG, & Zeekr Could Get Big Boost from Trump’s Tariff Circus
Naturally, Trump’s massive tariffs on Chinese-produced goods is aimed at hurting China and helping the US. However, aside from the basic logic of the tariffs being in serious question, there are typically side effects to all of our actions that we didn’t initially consider, and even more so in complicated, … [continued]
In Hilarious Move, Trump Reverses Key Policy
Donald Trump has been talking about the US putting tariffs on allies for decades, since at least the 1980s. He’s been obsessed with this topic in recent years, but it’s been a top political target for him for about half of his life. He jacked up tariffs on some countries … [continued]
The Core Issue Between Elon Musk & Trump Tariff Leader Peter Navarro
According to Elon Musk, a top economic advisor and key “tariff whisperer” of Donald Trump, who he helped to elect, is “dumber than a sack of bricks.” A little bit of a rift has surfaced between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Donald Trump tariff leader Peter Navarro, aka Ron Vara … [continued]
Sane-Washing Trump’s Tariffs: The “Master” Plan Doesn’t Make Sense & Isn’t Being Followed
In 2025, amid a sea of tariffs, tweets, economic brinksmanship, and cries of “Drill, baby, drill,” one man’s name keeps surfacing as the supposed brains behind the Trump administration’s latest moves: Stephen Miran. He’s a Harvard-trained economist, former Treasury official, and newly appointed Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. … [continued]
China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements that don’t make headlines but without … [continued]
Tesla Challenges Lucid For EV Sales In…Saudi Arabia?
The US firm Lucid Group aims to ramp up EV sales in the US and Saudi Arabia, too, offering up more competition for Tesla in the luxury market.
The EU Must Stand Up To Trump On Cars
Caving in to Trump’s demands to recognise US car standards as equivalent to Europe would be a grave error. But it’s part of a pattern One of Donald Trump’s many obsessions is that Americans buy more cars from Europe than the other way round. To punish European carmakers the US … [continued]
Green Hydrogen Cross-Border Collaborations Persist Despite Trump’s Trade War
Trump’s misbegotten trade war against Canada notwithstanding, leading hydrogen stakeholders continue to move forward with green hydrogen projects.
Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang
The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]
