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High Stakes: How Much EV Investment Is At Risk Across Europe

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A new study examines the ‘industrial opportunity cost’ of proposals to weaken EU car CO2 targets. Spurred by the growing electric car market, much investment into EV production, batteries and components has been announced. But this is now at risk as the EU debates its car CO2 rules that will define … [continued]

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2026 Best Golf Cart Battery: Vatrer 48V 105Ah (UTV/ATV Compatible) — The Ultimate Power Upgrade

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UTVs tend to get used very differently depending on where they’re operated. In some cases, they’re weekend machines: short runs, light loads, and relatively easy terrain. In others, they’re used almost every day, hauling tools, climbing uneven ground, or covering longer distances across properties. In my experience, it’s really in … [continued]

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Hydrogen Transportation After HVS: Narrow Niches, Big Subsidies, Long Pilots

14 min read

HVS was not a fringe hydrogen truck company with a sketch and a slogan. It had a serious ambition, a real engineering team, public support, private funding, partnerships, prototypes, and a target market that sounded plausible enough: zero-emission heavy-duty freight. Hydrogen Vehicle Systems wanted to build fuel-cell trucks for a … [continued]

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Chinese EVs & The US Market — Where Is This Going?

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I’ve been covering the electric vehicle industry for 14 years. Different topics or themes tends to dominate the EV story for significant periods of time. You had the Nissan LEAF era, the social media buzz around the Tesla Model S, the booming Tesla Model 3 launch, the explosion in EV … [continued]

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Issues with Tesla’s Robotaxi “Rollout” in Texas

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Reuters has an article out titled “Tesla’s robotaxi rollout features Texas-sized wait times.” Youch — stinger. Of course, as I’ve reminded readers in the past, less than a year ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that Tesla robotaxis would probably be covering half of the US population by the end … [continued]

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