Are EVs Inevitable?
There is a growing disconnect between the “inevitable” EV future many assume and the hard-nosed maneuvers currently playing out in Washington.
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Tammy Klein
February 2, 2026
Tag: EV
Ambition Meets Reality: ICE and EV Futures in 2025
This on-demand webinar and presentation sums up recent research on the global auto industry, the status of electrification and battery manufacturing, as well as EV charging.
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Tammy Klein
August 25, 2025
Hitting the Brakes: Automakers Recalibrate Their Powertrain Strategies
But 2025 has exposed a deeper truth: The EV transition is fragile and heavily dependent on policy scaffolding. As that scaffolding begins to wobble, particularly in the U.S. and Europe,
Tammy Klein
July 24, 2025
Global State of Play: The EV Charging Gap Widens
This report aims to separate actual progress from promise, identifying genuine successes and persistent shortcomings in EV infrastructure buildout.
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Tammy Klein
June 23, 2025
The Future of the IRA: Don’t Kill It. Fix It.
With a new administration in place and a sharp turn in climate and energy policy underway, some are eager to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—piece by piece, credit by
Tammy Klein
April 1, 2025
Powertrain Pivots: How Automakers Shifted and Adapted in 2024
In 2024, global automakers faced a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by increasingly stringent regulations, infrastructure challenges, and shifting consumer preferences. This post provides a brief summary of how this is
Tammy Klein
March 10, 2025
Electric Vehicle Prices Remain Higher than Traditional Cars Everywhere but China
Electric vehicle prices plunged below those of traditional, petrol-fueled cars in China over the past five years but remain higher than the price of traditional cars in the United
Cipher News
July 24, 2024
Automaker v. Oil Company Strategies for Decarbonization
This on-demand webinar summarizes and encapsulates research on automaker and oil company strategies for decarbonization.
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Tammy Klein
July 24, 2024
Kenya’s Electric Vehicle Market Is Raring to Go
Although producing EVs is not without environmental impacts given the effects of mining and processing lithium, nickel, cobalt and other necessary metals, when it comes to running them, Kenya is
China Dialogue
June 21, 2022
Infographic: Visualizing All the Metals for Renewable Tech
The energy transition will be mineral intensive and create massive demand for all the metals in renewable tech. Electricity from renewable technology grew at the fastest rate in two decades
Visual Capitalist
June 21, 2022
Is the Electric Vehicle the Latest Manifestation of High-Modernism?
Cars contribute 25% of transport GHG emissions in the EU, car pools do not change overnight, 15-20 years are necessary for a full turnover. Action is necessary now if road
Philippe Marchand
June 9, 2021
Automaker Strategies for EVs and ICEVs
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Tammy Klein
July 28, 2020
Tammy Klein
February 12, 2020
Can China Electrify All New Passenger Cars by 2030?
China’s electric vehicle industry is entering a new phase of accelerating development, President Xi Jinping wrote in a congratulatory message to participants of a new energy vehicle conference in early
China Dialogue
September 14, 2019
#41. Ben Leard: What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?
Recently, I talked to Ben Leard, a fellow at Resources for the Future, about the study, “What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?” which he recently commpleted with colleagues Shanjun Li
Tammy Klein
July 1, 2019
Top 5: The “Yellow Vests” Protest Higher Diesel Taxes in France
Hello friends! Here’s my monthly take on the five most interesting developments in future fuels and vehicles trends. Items I selected include: Diesel & the Yellow Vests: Nearly 300,000 workers
Tammy Klein
November 20, 2018
Visualizing the Rise of the Electric Vehicle
This infographic comes to us from Raconteur, and helps visualize anticipated growth in the EV market – a segment that readers know sits at 1-2% of total vehicle sales currently.
Tammy Klein
September 28, 2018
Top 5: Is Electrification the Answer to Diesel Emissions in the EU?
Hello friends! Here’s my monthly take on the five most interesting developments in future fuels and vehicles trends. Items I selected include: A MIT study finds that emissions from most
Tammy Klein
September 27, 2018
Third Quarterly Member Q&A Webinar Recording & Presentation
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Tammy Klein
September 20, 2018
#33. Sophie Shulman on Electrify America’s EV Infrastructure Investment Plan
Sophie Shulman, Manager of Partnerships and Development at Electrify America, joined the podcast to talk about the organization’s efforts to invest US$2 billion over the next 10 years in the
Tammy Klein
August 16, 2018
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