Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 15:58:01 +0000
EV battery production gets a lot of attention, and largely because it’s the biggest challenge right now. As more and more EVs get sold, we’re going to have to come up with enough raw materials, refining capacity, and cell production lines–and that’s all before a manufacturer puts the cells in battery packs. But, that’s far […]
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:28:54 +0000
Audi’s line of EVs may soon be produced in the United States, as soon as 2023, thanks to the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA encourages electric vehicle manufacturers to build their vehicles in the USA. For BEVs and PHEVs to remain eligible for tax credits, the final assembly must happen in North […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:37:54 +0000
After listening to the Q3 Tesla earnings call, there was one thing I noticed that Elon repeated 3 times, and it was the first time I’ve heard him say it. It is that Tesla plans to make a 1,000 GWh of batteries a year, vertically integrated, domestically. Let’s break down what that means: Tesla just […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 02:31:11 +0000
The story these days is batteries, batteries, batteries. Scaling up electric vehicle production is all about scaling up batteries, and scaling up the mineral mining and refining essential to batteries. Scaling up renewable energy generation capacity is all about scaling up battery storage capacity to help with the fluctuations in supply. It’s all about the […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:00:51 +0000
Steel and cement both produce large amounts of carbon dioxide, but two new startups say they have a way to avoid most of it.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:00:14 +0000
Green steel needs to overcome an iron ore supply chain bottleneck, and the startup Electra has a solution.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:30:11 +0000
One of the biggest things people panned about the most recent iteration of US electric vehicle subsidies was that it wouldn’t subsidize dependence on China for battery minerals. Some argued that requiring battery materials to come from friendly countries (or, to be more accurate, not come from “foreign entities of concern”) would lead to slower […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:45:04 +0000
In a recent article, I lamented the competing pressures of efficiency and luxury in campers. I wanted something small, light, and efficient that my Bolt EUV could tow, because nothing spoils a fun trip like going into debt (both financial and to my kids for ruining the planet) to cover the fuel bill. But, living […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:00:52 +0000
There isn’t a lot in the realm of heating that’s remotely sexy and also practical, but a couple of things edge into the quadrant, including … hydrogen.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:00:48 +0000
Employers in clean energy fields can be especially optimistic now, as jobs in their sectors are poised to surge under the Inflation Reduction Act.