Dem-run blue states are driving up electricity rates by mandating costly wind and solar, then blaming everyone else as residents pay the price. Share this… Facebook Twitter Linkedin
The news headlines this morning celebrated the inauguration of New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. During his inaugural address the Democratic Socialist pledged to turn the city’s efforts to uplifting working people. That news of egalitarianism is at the opposite end of the spectrum from a recent SpaceX letter to … [continued] The post What […]
NIO didn’t have the strongest start to the year in 2025. But it finished with a bang. The last four or five months of the year were huge for NIO. In December, NIO scored 48,135 vehicle deliveries, a 54.6% increase over December 2024. That was also a 32.7% increase month … [continued] The post NIO […]
XPENG had a banging blockbuster year in 2025. It grew 126% from 190,068 vehicle deliveries in 2024 to 429,445 vehicle deliveries in 2025. Most of its growth was in China, but the company also had huge growth abroad. It sold 45,008 vehicles outside of China, representing 96% growth. It is … [continued] The post XPENG […]
It’s a mixed result for BYD at the end of the year. The big headline is that the company passed up Tesla in annual BEV (fully electric vehicle) sales. Overall, the company’s BEV sales grew 28% in 2025. However, that hides a significant drop in sales at the end of … [continued] The post BYD’s […]
Tesla has released its 4th quarter and 2025 vehicle delivery data. It was strange a few days ago that the company released consensus Wall Street analyst estimates of its coming 2025 delivery numbers. I questioned why Tesla would start doing so, and wondered if it was to try to get … [continued] The post Tesla […]
Oh Lordy, where to begin? On December 22, the Trump administration urgently dropped a stop-work order on not one but five offshore wind farms spanning five different states on the Atlantic Coast, citing an extremely dire national security emergency. Oh, really? How dire? Clear and present danger dire? Not that … [continued] The post The […]
Our eyes need to be on the environment in 2026. No longer will we accept individual guilt for climate degradation. Yes, changing behaviors is a starting place to protect the environment, but we can only achieve about one-tenth of the emissions-reduction potential that corporations need to adopt, says the World … [continued] The post Here […]
China recently placed a supercritical carbon dioxide power generator into commercial operation, and the announcement was widely framed as a technological breakthrough. The system, referred to as Chaotan One, is installed at a steel plant in Guizhou province in mountainous southwest China and is designed to recover industrial waste heat … [continued] The post China […]
Texas has emerged as a hotbed of green hydrogen activity in the US, supported in part by know-how borrowed from the oil and gas industry. Now another iconic fossil fuel state, Oklahoma, is jockeying for a piece of the action. A case in point is the Oklahoma City startup Tobe … [continued] The post A […]