Scrolling through the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy from the Energy Institute this week, several things jumped out to me. If you’ve missed my previous coverage of the report, also see “Renewables, Led By Solar, Were Largest Source of Energy Supply Growth Globally in 2025” and “US … [continued]
BARCELONA, Spain — Wallbox (NYSE: WBX), a global provider of electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions, and Turning Point Energy, a leading EV infrastructure provider in Saudi Arabia, today announced that they have surpassed 10,000 EV chargers sold and installed across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the beginning … [continued]
I’ve long said that cities should do much more to electrify transport. They have resources and power, and they also typically suffer from air pollution issues that drastically hurt their residents. Delhi, India, is one of the most polluted cities in the world. It has tried for years to stimulate … [continued]
The GM Ultium platform is obsolete. The next Cadillac Optiq may ride on an advanced platform developed with SAIC in Shanghai.
After writing the other day about Tesla’s profit per vehicle dropping considerably in the last few years, a discussion ensued of course about the matter and about whether Tesla’s profit per vehicle is that bad or not, and on the uptrend or downtrend. One thing that came to mind for … [continued]
China moves dense short-haul travel to rail while building COMAC into the aircraft market that remains.
Boeing expects Chinese airlines to require 8,830 new commercial aircraft by 2043. That sounds like an enormous opportunity until the denominator is corrected. China is not starting with aircraft demand and asking which manufacturer should supply it. It is deciding how people should move, assigning dense corridors to electric rail, … [continued]
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Well, we don’t know exactly how much EU tariffs on EVs produced in Chinese hit different brands, but a new analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) sure provides some strong implications that made my eyes pop. Scrolling through the report, I saw this chart and found it fascinating: First of … [continued]
Oliver Blume’s grand plan to resuscitate Volkswagen Group suffered a setback last week at a company board meeting.
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