
EV Dreams Meet Hard Realities
After a decade of bold policies and promises, the auto industry is waking up to the limits of policy-driven electrification (or maybe anything). That’s not a bad thing.
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After a decade of bold policies and promises, the auto industry is waking up to the limits of policy-driven electrification (or maybe anything). That’s not a bad thing.
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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,

Global momentum toward banning internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) and advancing zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales targets remains strong on paper—but fractured in practice.
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In the EU mobility transition, 2035 has been circled in red on the calendar. In the original version of the Green Deal, a de facto sales ban of Internal Combustion

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

Hello friends! Here’s my monthly take on the five most interesting developments in future fuels and vehicles trends. Items I selected include: Shared Micromobility: In 2018, 84 million trips were

Gautam Kalghatgi, visiting professor at both Oxford and Imperial College and just retired from Saudi Aramco, joined the podcast to discuss the future of the internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV).

The best and most succinct roundup and summary of global vehicle emissions regulations, engine efficiency, and emission control and developments surrounding these issues comes to us on an annual basis,

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A report released recently by the Fuels Institute has found a strong disconnect between what potential car buyers say they will do and what they actually do when it comes

Diesel’s market share in the EU-15 fell from 50.2% to 46.3% of new car registrations in the first half of 2017, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). In
While car companies and even countries have recently pledged to go all-in on EVs, market conditions will make it difficult for them to gain 2% share of vehicles on the

KPMG recently published its 18th annual global automotive executive survey of 1,000 executives in more than 42 countries on the state of the industry. KPMG notes: “This year’s results demonstrate

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Per capita energy demand will peak before 2030, according to a World Energy Council (WEC) report launched late last week at the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul. WEC notes

Happy Thursday friends! Here’s my weekly take on the five most interesting developments in low carbon fuels and vehicles (LCFVs) trends over the last week: Is diesel cheating industrywide? A

Here’s my pick of the top five interesting issues in fuels this week with a little insight and analysis as well. Topics covered include air pollution, vehicle and oil demand