US Is Losing The Solid-State EV Battery Race, Bigly

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:15:40 +0000

Trump or no Trump, the high performing, non-flammable solid state EV battery of the future is heading for gigascale production in the UK and elsewhere around the world.

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Coal & Nuclear Are Very Different Beasts In China, Per Expert

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:50:32 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with an expert in China’s energy transition, David Fishman of APAC-focused Lantau Group. In the first half of the conversation we talked coal, gas, and nuclear.   Michael Barnard [MB]: Hi, welcome back to Redefining Energy Tech. I’m your host, Michael Barnard. … [continued]

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Energy Companies & Investors Mobilize Lobbying Blitz on Clean Energy Tax Credits

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:50:04 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of energy groups and their member companies are joining forces to hold over 100 meetings with members of Congress and staff from both parties about the critical role of clean energy tax credits for supporting a robust American energy and manufacturing economy. Participating groups … [continued]

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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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Powerful New Offshore Wind Turbine Trumps The Trump “Energy Dominance” Plan

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:58:24 +0000

While Trump single-handedly bludgeons the US offshore wind industry into a state of paralysis, massive new offshore wind turbines are coming to markets elsewhere around the world.

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Beijing Buses 95% Electric, Hydrogen Buses Dwindling, Refueling Stations Closing

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:14:38 +0000

A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]

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Musk Plays President While Tesla Misses Electric Truck Boat

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:50 +0000

The Japanese firm ZO Motors is the latest of a growing list of electric truck makers to set up shop in the US zero-emission vehicle market, through its ZM Trucks branch.

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Canada’s Hydrogen Bus Trials Canceled Due To High Costs & Emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:16 +0000

For several months I’ve been digging through what’s going on with a Canadian transit ‘think’ tank, CUTRIC, and why it’s pushing hydrogen buses into city plans across the country. It keeps claiming hydrogen buses have been a success and are cheap, but cities keep canceling their plans for them as … [continued]

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News on Tesla’s New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 4 Million Cars a Year

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:36:18 +0000

One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to — dropping Tesla sales. He was concerned that we were no longer focused on covering cleantech (or “clean teck” as he put it). I … [continued]

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Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:00:55 +0000

A sign of a great city is that the rich take public transit. Well, not really. They take light rail and subways. But they don’t take buses. In many cities, light rail systems attract a more affluent ridership compared to buses, highlighting a persistent disparity in public transit usage. Studies … [continued]

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