In the first four months of 2025, U.S. imports compared with the first four months of 2024 are:

California is solving this problem by installing a fleet of batteries that now provide the largest source of dispatchable power in the early evening hours caiso.com/todays-outlook…

There are - and have been from the beginning - a few relatively easy ways for US citizens to leave. But the US state department apparently does not know about them and had to date been unable to help US citizens.

One of the upsides of the rapid spread of EVs in some countries is that, which each passing month, more consumers are insulated from price shocks and disruptions in oil

Really interesting IEA Oil Report. Says oil consumption may peak in 2027. The upshot: China didn't have much oil. So it invested a ton in making vehicles that can run on a fuel it can produce - electricity. And then started exporting that technology.Voila!iea.org/reports/oil-20…

Namibia has about 500MW of electricity generating capacity. Here's one solar farm that will add 100MW pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/nam…

self-powering iron ore train makes 685 mile round trip without fuel. But it's impossible to decarbonize heavy industry electrek.co/2025/06/21/for…

"I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor." What's the future for the internal combustion engine outside the markets that are propping it up by insulating incumbents from competition? bbc.com/news/articles/…

BNEF forecasts that 1 in every 4 cars sold *in the world* this year will have a plug electrive.com/2025/06/24/bne…

texas and california have huge battery arrays. Not sure why the northeast is sitting on its hands

something strange going on in the U.S. Year to date, through April, electricity production up 4.5%. But electricity created with natural gas is *down* 4%. eia.gov/electricity/mo…

days after vetoing a bill that would have given developers the right to build density more aggressively in Connecticut, Gov. Lamont announced 500-unit mixed use towers at New Haven train station hartfordbusiness.com/article/develo…

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Trending news in Miami seems. . . . not great?

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The electric mobility transition is rolling on, just without the US A few headlines today: Berlin orders 270 electric buses Xiaomi new SUV gets 200,000 orders in minutes Volvo has 5,000 electric trucks on the road Joby starts piloted EVTOL flights in UAE electrek.co/2025/06/30/job…

great piece in WSJ on Cape Coral, FL real estate market. An illustration of procyclicality--amid massive glut and declining prices, why would anybody offer the asking price? wsj.com/real-estate/fl…

If this happens, who is going to buy all the $60,000 SUVs? wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-whi…

For 15 years, the U.S. goverment has begged U.S. automakers to make -- providing cheap credit and subsidies. With one exception, US automakers sat on their hands. Now the credit is gone, and US automakers are spectators as the world electrifies