It is summer time in Europe but the news has not slowed down. The post below on the IEA is disturbing and we can all hope that the US remains a member of the IEA in order to make a valuable contribution to our sustainable energy future. There is a good report from SciencesPo on … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025
Category: electric vehicles
Blog by Jane Marsh – Six Times the Minerals: How EVs and Gas Cars Stack Up in the Race for Resources
Electric vehicles (EVs) are synonymous with the green energy transition. However, despite lowering global transportation emissions, production demands a significantly greater amount of minerals than gas cars, raising concerns regarding their actual sustainability and overall environmental and social impact. Understanding how each vehicle type performs in resource extraction and processing is crucial to making informed … Continue reading Blog by Jane Marsh – Six Times the Minerals: How EVs and Gas Cars Stack Up in the Race for Resources
Energy in Demand News, June 29, 2025
The Washington Post reports on a new study from the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation, shedding light on which nations are driving the largest share of this planet-warming pollution — and which airports stand out. Globally, private jets emitted up to 19.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023. Aircraft departing from the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 29, 2025
Tracing the origins of China’s dominance in the electric vehicle market
Annabelle Liang & Nick Marsh write on the BBC news website about how China came to dominate the global EV market. How China made electric vehicles mainstream "I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor," says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou … Continue reading Tracing the origins of China’s dominance in the electric vehicle market
How to minimise environmental impact when scrapping e-bikes
Yvonne Ryan, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, University of Limerick writes on The Conversation website on the need to focus on making e-bikes last longer and use less resources. E-bikes are becoming e-waste – here’s how to reduce the environmental cost Electric e-bikes make cycling easier, faster and more accessible. They are already playing … Continue reading How to minimise environmental impact when scrapping e-bikes
While batteries have been around for decades, researchers are still trying to fully understand how these batteries behave
In an article on The Conversation website, Emmanuel Olugbade, Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology writes about the complexity of battery management, which is becoming increasingly important as we become more and more dependent on batteries. Why predicting battery performance is like forecasting traffic − and how researchers are … Continue reading While batteries have been around for decades, researchers are still trying to fully understand how these batteries behave
Motivations, preferences, and social values are shifting the mobility transition in Europe quickly
In an article on The Conversation website, Javier Turienzo, Lecturer in Business organization and marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela writes about the mobility transformation taking place in Europe. Social attitudes are driving Europe’s mobility transformation, not tech Mobility is evolving rapidly, especially in Europe, and this transformation is not only reflected in the … Continue reading Motivations, preferences, and social values are shifting the mobility transition in Europe quickly
Energy in Demand News, March 30, 2025
The latest Eurobarometer survey (the European Parliament Winter 2025 Survey), published this week, shows that Europeans “have high expectations from the EU in its role to protect them against global challenges and security risks. Large majorities are looking for an EU that protects them by focussing on security, defence, and the economy. There is wide … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 30, 2025
In Massachusetts, a new pilot project is now seeking households, businesses, schools, nonprofits, and municipal governments to test all of these ways that EVs can send power to the grid
A first-of-its-kind “vehicle-to-everything” pilot is giving out 100 free chargers to test how EVs can earn money for sending backup power to the grid. Jeff St. John discusses these developments in an article on the Canary Media website. How Massachusetts is trying to turn EVs into grid batteries The batteries inside electric vehicles can … Continue reading In Massachusetts, a new pilot project is now seeking households, businesses, schools, nonprofits, and municipal governments to test all of these ways that EVs can send power to the grid
Once upon a time electric vehicles were marketed as ‘women’s cars’
While electric vehicles are gaining market share now, in the early twentieth century, they had a large share of the market until cars powered by gasoline dominated the market. In an article on The Conversation website, Josef Taalbi, Associate Professor, Economic History, Lund University gives us an important history lesson. Electric cars were once … Continue reading Once upon a time electric vehicles were marketed as ‘women’s cars’
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