Today’s article will be a bit nerdy and wonky — but fret not! The goal is to take on a complex topic — battery degradation — and make it digestible for a layman audience (including myself). Why do we care? First of all, why is understanding battery degradation important? The most obvious reason is…

“Our culture’s obsession with innovation and hype has led us to neglect maintenance and maintainers.” This is Lee Vinsel, assistant professor of science and technology studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology, speaking on the Freakonomics podcast episode “In Praise of Maintenance”. And today, as annual EV sales are poised…

“If you bought it, a truck brought it.” That’s the unofficial motto of the trucking industry, although apparently there’s actually a 73.7% chance a truck brought it, as the Department of Transportation estimates trucks moved $10 trillion of the country’s $13.6 trillion in freight in 2012. …

Okay! We’re venturing outside the realm of my expertise. In the coming episodes, the landlubber tries to swim and we talk with industry experts and startup founders to try to figure out how the shipping industry will decarbonize. …

This podcast wrap-up will be quite different. Usually, our episodes are about some technical topic where we can opine with some degree of confidence. However, it’s difficult to write something generalized about venture investing because it can be so qualitative and subjective, plus different VCs find success with a variety…

Hey, it’s been a while! Frankly, I stopped writing these podcast summaries when I got busier, plus I wasn’t sure how much value it was providing. But I recently heard from a new listener that they really appreciated the barebones structure of focusing only on the key insights and future-facing…

This post is part of a Climate Now podcast series on the intersection of transportation and energy. I encourage you to listen to the full episodes yourself, as well as Climate Now’s other content. It’s chock full of science and data and nitty gritty stuff that often gets glossed over. Re-imagining Heavy-Duty Trucking with Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Heavy-duty, long-haul trucks - known as Class 8 trucks - account for more than 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide…climatenow.com

This post is part of a Climate Now podcast series on the intersection of transportation and energy. I encourage you to listen to the full episodes yourself, as well as Climate Now’s other content. It’s chock full of science and data and nitty gritty stuff that often gets glossed over. The trucking industry needs to go green. Are electric trucks the answer? What technologies are available to decarbonize the trucking industry? Medium- and heavy-duty trucks accounted for 25%…climatenow.com

This post is part of a Climate Now podcast series on the intersection of transportation and energy. I encourage you to listen to the full episodes yourself, as well as Climate Now’s other content. It’s chock full of science and data and nitty gritty stuff that often gets glossed over. Why all ride-sharing should go electric. And autonomous, with Dave Rubin | Climate Now Ride-sharing services currently result in 69% more emissions, on average, than the trips they displace, according to a…climatenow.com