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South Africa’s ICE Vehicle Exports Decline by 23% In 2024
Growing competition from EVs in key markets cited as one of the reasons for sharp decline. Six years ago, I wrote an article on how South Africa could miss out on the massive opportunities from the EV transition if the country did not act fast enough. That’s because the auto … [continued]
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A Better Way To Bring Canada & The US Together
No matter where you go for news and commentary, it’s hard to have missed some crazy commentary from President Elect Trump in recent days. Not only is he saying that he wants to buy Greenland (perhaps because it looks bigger than it is on Mercator maps), but he wants to … [continued]
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EVs At 29.6% Share In France — Renault 5 Poised For The Lead?
December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 29.6% share in France, down from 30.1% year on year. BEVs lost volume YoY, in a hold-back ahead of tougher emissions requirements in 2025. PHEVs and plugless HEVs both saw YoY growth. Overall auto volume was 183,661 units, up 1.5% YoY. The Tesla … [continued]
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US Focus On Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain Pushing Tesla to Move Supplies from China to US
The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such serious and impactful reshoring … [continued]
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Can Biden’s Ban On Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Withstand The Trump Administration?
The Biden Administration took another big step this week in securing its environmental legacy. A new decree will protect the East Coast, the West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from offshore oil and natural gas drilling. With the inclusion of coastline areas from Washington … [continued]
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