by Phil Jackson | May 29, 2024
A year or so ago all you heard in the media was how adoption of EVs was skyrocketing, while in the present all you hear is that EV sales are cratering. The truth as always is somewhere in-between. As GM’s Mary Barra said recently about the US outlook for EVs: “I think...
by Phil Jackson | May 1, 2024
Producing a battery for an electric vehicle typically entails mining substantial quantities of difficult-to-access minerals. Conventional methods of extracting and refining these materials for battery production demand vast amounts of energy, resulting in a higher...
by Phil Jackson | Mar 18, 2024
Driving with an EV is way cheaper than driving with gasoline – that’s the finding on a recent article you can click over to: https://grist.org/energy/gasoline-is-cheap-right-now-but-charging-an-ev-is-still-cheaper/ What’s fascinating is that the article shows the cost...
by Phil Jackson | Jan 11, 2024
The annual CES/Consumer Electronics Show is always an interesting news source. One takeaway from this year’s show is the number of new products which are sustainable in design, but which don’t use sustainability as the primary driver of their sales pitches. For...
by Phil Jackson | Nov 2, 2023
In recent weeks, various automakers have expressed concerns about declining demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in the US. However, recent sales data from California presents a different narrative.According to the quarterly report released by the California New Car...
by Phil Jackson | Oct 18, 2023
For some time now, there has been a specious claim making the rounds that EVs are actually worse for the planet than internal combustion engines. The basic gist of the argument is that you use more energy to make the EV’s motors and battery packs than you would for a...
