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The EV Reformation At The Dealership Door

The EV Reformation At The Dealership Door
9 min read

Seen through an Easter lens, the car dealership model looks a bit like the medieval Catholic church. It sat between ordinary people and the sacred object, translated doctrine, administered rituals, collected its dues, and reminded everyone that salvation could not be obtained directly. In the internal combustion car era, that … [continued]

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Two Options for the Strait of Hormuz in a Decarbonized World

Two Options for the Strait of Hormuz in a Decarbonized World
13 min read

The most useful way to think about the Strait of Hormuz in a decarbonized future is not as an oil story that fades away as the energy transition advances. It is a systems story about where risk sits in the architecture of the economy. In the fossil era, Hormuz matters … [continued]

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BrightDrop Died in America, While China Made Electric Vans Normal

BrightDrop Died in America, While China Made Electric Vans Normal
12 min read

I see BrightDrop vans regularly in Vancouver. That is one of the many small pleasures of living in a city that functions as a pocket of the future. Battery buses show up before they are common elsewhere. Heat pumps are ordinary. Public charging is part of the furniture. Electric delivery … [continued]

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