Monthly Archive: August 2023

Mercedes renews plans for its own EV fast-charging hubs

Mercedes high-power charging stationsMercedes-Benz has ambitious plans to create its own EV charging network, which it’s terming its High-Power Charging Network, on several continents. That will include more than 2,000 DC fast-charging connectors by the end of 2024, it says. This won’t be an aggregation of other networks’ stations. The company on Monday once again...

Did Hunting Mammoths To Extinction Kick Off Climate Change?

During a recent family YouTube binge, we came across something I didn’t expect: emerging evidence that humans caused sweeping climate change far earlier than I thought. For most people interested in climate change, it all started with the industrial revolution, but that’s only when it went into overdrive. Prior to that time, the rise of […]

We Need A Cash For Stinkers Program

Just like the Cash for Clunkers program during the financial crisis, a ‘Cash for Stinkers’ program is needed to battle the climate crisis. Cash for Clunkers was designed to increase new car sales and, in the meantime, put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road. Similarly, Cash for Stinkers’ goal would be to slow climate change, […]

Jaguar Land Rover Makes Sure Used EV Batteries Get Used Again

One of the big questions people ask (sometimes disingenuously) is what will be done with all of the batteries after the end of an EV’s life. If EVs don’t last very long, and then all those batteries end up in junkyards, then we’ll have a major environmental problem on our hands, right? But, things have […]