Tag: electric shipping
Electrified & Lightweight Semi Trailers Key To Battery-Powered Freight
Manufacturers in Germany are bringing new technology to maximize the efficiency of cargo trailers for the future.
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Hybrid Electric Ships and the Alcohol Fuel Convergence
In recent weeks I have published on the end game economics of maritime fuels, why decarbonizing maritime shipping won’t be inflationary, and why most battery electric shipping studies were already obsolete. Those pieces generated a steady stream of questions that were more specific than the original arguments, as well as … [continued]
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The End Game Economics of Maritime Fuels
In my recent article on America’s new maritime plan, I argued that it was competing for the wrong century by anchoring itself to legacy fuels and industrial logic that made sense when gasoline and diesel dominated global energy demand. A reader asked a question regarding the fuel cost variance for … [continued]
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US Electric Ship Innovator Aims For Global Impact
A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships.
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Why The Sudden Emergence Of Sodium-Ion Batteries?
There are many questions about what is happening with sodium-ion batteries today. For example, to most people, news that CATL expects to commercialize sodium-ion batteries for EVs in 2026 with 310 mile range comes as quite a surprise. Background There are several different sodium-ion battery cathodes, just as there are … [continued]
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