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Is Consumer Rejection of EVs behind the Lithium Crash?

Eric Worrall — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Lithium prices are down lately, and EV manufacturers, the major users of Lithium, have recently announced substantial cuts to production. So why are Lithium miners so optimistic?

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Oslo’s E-Bus Fleet Could Use Some Warming…City Paralyzed as Buses “Break Down” Due To Cold

Guest Blogger — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The buses were advertised to have a range of 250 km…but then reality hit!

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California’s Electric Truck Mandate Conundrums

Guest Blogger — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000

This EV truck mandate lacks conversations about the many conundrums associated with this mandate, i.e., the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about:

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California Aims to Force Adoption of Electric Trucks, But 19 States Sue to Block

Guest Blogger — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +0000

On November 3, 19 state attorneys general and several trucking organizations filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block ACF.

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Electric Vehicles: Unveiling the Hidden Costs

Charles Rotter — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0000

...a Texas think tank says the true cost is the equivalent of USD$17.33 per gallon — or CAD$6.32 per litre — over the life of the car, after factoring in subsidies and incentives.”

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New York City Zero Emission Vehicle Fleet Legislation

Guest Blogger — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0000

As far as I can tell this legislation only provides street cred for politician target constituencies and does nothing but get in the way of the people who are trying to get things done.

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New York City Goes Pedal to the Metal on Electric Vehicles.

Charles Rotter — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0000

...all heavy-duty vehicles purchased after 2028 to be zero emissions

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Electric Van Maker On Verge Of Bankruptcy

Guest Blogger — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Where have all the green jobs gone?

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EV Energy Rationing Lite – “Monetary incentives could guide charging behaviours”

Eric Worrall — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000

University of Melbourne explaining the velvet glove approach to EV charge time coercion.

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Ford Admits Their Risky EV Gamble Hinges on Government Coercion

Eric Worrall — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Who could possibly have predicted that the promises of politicians aren't worth the paper they are written on?

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Sydney Airport EV Fire Destroys 5 Vehicles

Eric Worrall — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Should Electric Vehicles be banned from airports and ferries?

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EV Charger RAGE: US Secretary of Energy Convoy Boxes Out a Young Family and Baby

Eric Worrall — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm's 4 day EV celebration road trip backfired, after the Sheriff was called by a young family desperate to get their baby home.

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Biden-backed electric vehicle company files for bankruptcy

Guest Blogger — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Bay Area-based electric bus and battery maker Proterra filed for Chapter 11, with CEO Gareth Joyce citing “various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to efficiently scale.”

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Cobalt Carnage, Child Labor and Ecological Destruction

Guest Blogger — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

They labor ten to twelve hours a day in sweltering heat and toxic mud, water and dust, in enormous pits hundreds of feet deep – hacking at rocky walls and in long, narrow tunnels that collapse with frightening frequency. Injured miners may get initial medical care; then nothing.

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UK Government Report: The Automobile Industry Does Not Know How to Repair EV Batteries

Eric Worrall — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:09:00 +0000

Even minor accidents often lead to a £14,200 - £29,500 battery write-off.

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Volkswagen: “Strong Customer Reluctance” in the Electric Vehicle Sector

Eric Worrall — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Volkswagen is scaling back electric vehicle production, laying off contractors, but internal combustion vehicle production remains unchanged.

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Electric Vehicles: Arthur Berman, Pedro Prieto, & Simon Michaux | Reality Roundtable #1

Charles Rotter — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Are current EV initiatives taking a science-based systems approach towards this massive economic, environmental, and cultural shift or are they rooted in energy blindness?

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CNN: E-Cruise Liners to Help Hit Net Zero

Eric Worrall — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Sail and wind in place of big diesel engines. What could possibly go wrong?

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Biden’s New Emissions Control Standards Prove EVs are a Tough Sell

Guest Blogger — Tue, 16 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Team Biden seems done with the carrot approach and is using a regulatory stick to force its all-EV future on Americans.

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Ferrari Rejects Green Pressure to Phase Out Internal Combustion Engines

Eric Worrall — Tue, 16 May 2023 01:00:00 +0000

“... I don’t want to be arrogant and impose a choice on our client ...”

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