I published an article the other day on flaws in the robotaxi revolution dream. It was based on a reader comment that I wanted to highlight. However, there was another reader comment I had spotted to highlight as well, and it gets even a bit more granular. Here’s that comment, … [continued]
I recently read Steve Hanley’s excellent article on the woes of Tesla and found the closing insightful: “Tesla is like the boy who cried wolf. Every time it makes promises it doesn’t keep, its reputation suffers. Most major corporations care passionately about their reputation, but such things do not seem … [continued]
I was catching up on reader comments from the past several days earlier today, and as it goes, a few comments jumped out at me as interesting comments that could stand alone as individual articles — or at least inspire more. The comment below, graphs included, comes from Amos Batto. … [continued]
The transition to electric vehicles has certainly been filled with drama. Tesla and European sales both dropped in 2024, while the Chinese EV market saw a meteoric rise which triggered a fresh round of tariffs. This turbulence makes it difficult to look into the future. But a few short years … [continued]
Responding to an article yesterday about the potential effect of repealing the US EV tax credit, one of our readers provided a great, long comment on a topic I’ve been meaning to cover for months. The “fun with numbers” part is right at the end. Check out the comment below … [continued]
In the comment thread for our article “BYD Shocks — Is Winning the EV Revolution,” Larry Evans added some very interesting and useful perspective. Because of how things stood a few years ago, some people claim that BYD’s got a really low gross margin whereas Tesla has a very high … [continued]
A couple of weeks ago, Michael Barnard published a great article on Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, what he thought about it a decade ago, what’s happened since then, and whether Tesla can ever achieve robotaxi-level self-driving. There were a lot of great comments under the article. A few articles … [continued]
Clean energy isn’t just about power — it’s about people. The Ranch Sereno project shows how solar developers can navigate community opposition by designing projects to serve multiple local needs. As a solar developer, I’ve experienced firsthand how renewable energy projects can struggle to address community opposition, navigate complicated permitting … [continued]
I recently travelled to Europe to celebrate my birthday. While I was on the flight home, I thought about my past few decades on this planet. While we seem to be going backwards politically, that can largely be attributed to fear. That fear often comes from the disruptive change created … [continued]
Harnessing renewable energy is a crucial step in building sustainable communities, and as climate change accelerates, finding carbon-free energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and can handle changes in policy, extreme weather events, and rising demand is more important than ever. One often-overlooked solution? Our rivers. Small hydroelectric turbines (“Small … [continued]
