Category: Clean Technica
A Waymo Costs More, But People Love It
While Uber, Lyft, and Waymo have been major brands for app-based taxi service for years, we actually don’t get a lot of broad information or insight on pricing, thanks to flexible demand-based, location-based pricing that is constantly changing. However, an app named Obi that aggregates real-time pricing from different ride-hailing … [continued]
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No Wheels, No Deals: Why Aptera, Arcimoto & ElectraMeccanica Failed
The electric vehicle landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with major automakers and well-funded startups steadily scaling production, improving battery technologies, and expanding charging infrastructure. Yet, the three-wheeled segment of electric mobility consistently manages to disappoint. I’ve previously noted the unrealistic optimism and gushing hype surrounding companies like Aptera, Arcimoto, and … [continued]
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How Minor Metals Could Cause Major Electrification Bottlenecks
In the discourse around global electrification, much of the attention is mistakenly drawn to the purported shortages of primary metals such as lithium and cobalt. As I’ve argued extensively elsewhere, including in critiques of the flawed models by Michaux and Cathles, these scenarios vastly overstate scarcity due to extreme and … [continued]
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Texans Love Their Wind Power, Even If Trump Doesn’t
The Republicans have done the unthinkable. Wind power has resurrected many farms and ranches and their communities in Texas, but all-hail-the-king, Trump-kissing Texas lawmakers have supported bills in the Republican-held legislature that, if passed, would undo years of work that raised Texas to the level of clean energy stardom. There … [continued]
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Electrification Won’t Crash On Copper: Debunking Latest Claims
The April 2025 paper by Cathles and colleagues in SEG Discovery, Copper: Mining, Development, and Electrification, examining global copper supply constraints in the context of electrification and renewable energy, is rapidly becoming influential in industry and policy circles. It is important to closely scrutinize its assertions and underlying assumptions, as … [continued]
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