Category: eMobility

Appeals Court Derails Uinta Basin Oil Train Plan

There’s a lot of oil and gas beneath the state of Utah in the area east-southeast of Salt Lake City known as the Uinta Basin. Republicans want to extract it and get it to market because — you know — the Red Team never turns down campaign cash from fossil fuels companies. It’s what they […]

Batteries Available for Rapid EV Transition in USA Thanks to IRA

The Environmental Defense Fund has chronicled battery manufacturing announcements in the USA as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act. Earlier this year, I predicted that the majority of all vehicles produced globally would be battery electric by 2027, but there was doubt expressed at how this could occur due to battery supply constraints. However, […]

How Much My Tesla Model 3 Depreciated In 4 Years

We used to produce a lot of total cost of ownership analyses for the Tesla Model 3 and other electric vehicles, but especially the Tesla Model 3. Something I learned from that is that one of the biggest cost of ownership factors — or the biggest — is depreciation. Or on the flip side, you […]