China’s electric-truck buildout targets the high-use freight diesel market oil forecasts still rely on.
Oil forecasts that still depend on sustained Chinese road-fuel growth now have a heavy-truck problem. Passenger electric vehicles have already weakened the gasoline story, but freight diesel is the more important system denominator. Commercial trucks operate for longer hours, carry heavier loads and burn far more fuel per vehicle than … [continued]
So, top of Google News today is that Donald Trump and crew are bombing Iran again. Then there’s the whole idea of the US controlling the Strait of Hormuz and charging a 20% toll. There’s a lot to unpack, including what this means for the electric vehicle market. First of … [continued]
What stories have caught the most reader attention in the past week? Here’s a weekly roundup of the top stories of the week. Interesting enough, it was a simple press release from the Sierra Club that topped the list — that was a surprise! For all of the stories, scroll … [continued]
Imports of Chinese batteries, which face virtually no tariffs, increased seven fold. The EU’s electric car tariffs succeeded in reducing the market share of EVs made in China, according to T&E analysis of the trade measures. But while the share of electric cars produced in China by western brands fell, imports … [continued]
XPENG has been developing self-driving tech in a very similar way as Tesla for several years. In fact, while pretty much everyone else has decided radar and/or lidar sensors are needed in addition to cameras, XPENG has stuck with Elon Musk’s argument that cameras are the only sensors needed. Our … [continued]
On February 31, 2014, twelve years and four months ago, I took the plunge and leased my first battery electric car, a 2014 Nissan Leaf. As you can see from the 100% electric sticker, I immediately became an EV evangelist. At $200/month, I figured that I would easily save that … [continued]
New Jersey is considering legislation that would require robotaxis to have three kinds of sensor technology and 3 years of testing.
A camouflaged XPENG MONA was recently seen testing its VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system in Munich ahead of its European launch this week. In context, the vehicle seems to fit well for European roads and attracted some attention. While XPENG said they would release their intelligent driving system shortly after … [continued]
I wrote about the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy a few days ago with some bad news, that the US accounted for 47% of the world’s CO2 emissions growth in 2025, due in part to completely fossil/pollution-biased Trump administration policies and due in part to the gigantic … [continued]
The UK has been better than most at adopting electric cars. Electric cars just recently outsold “normal” petrol cars for the first time, and in the first quarter of 2026 plugin cars accounted for 35% of all UK car sales, with full electrics (BEVs) accounting for 22%. It’s one of … [continued]
