Japanese Car makers are catching up with Chinese and US brands, with recent announcements regarding their EV intentions. With new factories from Honda and Toyota, EV battery
production is forecast to grow by 430% from 95.3 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2020
to 410.5 GWh in 2024, according to GlobalData. Ford’s 3 new battery plants will enable 129 GWh a year of
production capacity. General Motors’ four new battery factories have annual
capacity of 140 GWh, while VW is aiming at six battery plants operating in Europe
by 2030 for a total of 240 GWh a year. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/honda-and-lg-chem-will-build-a-2444-billion-ev-battery-factory-in-the-us/ar-AA11euFg
A newly released Australia Institute report provides a clear pathway to an EV future: "Introducing fleet fuel efficiency standards would reduce transport emissions, save motorist money, increase availability of electric vehicle models, and reduce Australia’s reliance on imported oil".https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/P1269-Fuel-Efficiency-Standards-WEB.pdfReleased the same day as revelations of lobbying to slow our EV transition by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries:
A reconstruction of the Earth's beating heart over a billion years, illustrating the connection between deep-seated convection currents (just above the core-mantle boundary), tectonic plate movements, and the authors' cities in green (Sydney, Qingdao, Leeds, Austin). The mantle convection video below is based on a "mantle reference frame" that optimises the positions of the plates and their boundaries relative to the mantle, a necessity for understanding the connection between deep-seated mantle upwellings and surface volcanism - Dietmar Müller...Model data and additional videos > https://lnkd.in/gAGvhC3Y andOpen-access Solid Earth paper > https://lnkd.in/g94zcE_T
The Australian Government has voted in legislation that includes a 43% emission reduction target by 2030. This is a substantial breakthrough and reflects the views of a new make-up in Parliament - as well as the will of the people and their recent vote.Meanwhile in the US a Bill involving $369 Billion on environmental and energy initiatives looks set to pass, thanks to Senator Joe Manchin changing his mind.The Australian legislation comes after 10 years of climate inaction. However the US Bill will be a pacesetter for the rest of the world. http://www.afr.com/news/politics/national/albanese-stares-down-greens-on-climate-business-urges-libs-to-follow
Saul
Griffith’s The Big Switch – Australia’s electric future – is a far-sighted analysis
of why we should rapidly transition to a renewable-driven all-electric energy
future. Significant efficiencies are available in both the supply and demand of
energy. Also, Australia is very well placed to easily satisfy local energy
demand cheaply and export energy either directly or in value-added materials.
The other
big reason for rapid transition - It could save the planet.
The author is
founder of Rewiring America and now Rewiring Australia and will present in a
webinar from 6pm 2nd August via www.climateandpeace.com.au
