Will batteries be the limiting factor for heavy-duty electrification?

What’s your guess – how much will the battery requirement increase relative to passenger cars if we electrify the heavy-duty sector? Taking the US as an example, we navigate this question.

A good review of lithium-ion battery cost reductions

This publication by Micah Ziegler and Jessika Trancik from MIT explores the correlation of the decline in price with improved technology (Moore’s Law), cumulative production (Wright’s Law), annual production (Goddard’s Law) and R&D activity as measured via patent filings.

Electrifying school buses in the US

If you have not heard of the term “Environmental Justice” or “EJ” as it is abbreviated, then it’s time to read up. Policy makers have to pay close attention to this topic in the quest for a rapid transition to greener energy and mobility.