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‘A deluge of electric vehicles is coming’

‘A deluge of electric vehicles is coming’

BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, China (Image credit: STR / AFP via Getty Images) published 27 February 2024 ‘China’s electric vehicles are going to hit Detroit like a wrecking ball’ Robinson Meyer in The New York Times Subscribe to The Week The Week provides readers with a wide range of perspectives from 200 trusted news sources. Try 6 Free Issues Sign up for The Week’s...
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Cobalt-Free Future: MIT’s New Organic Battery Material Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

Cobalt-Free Future: MIT’s New Organic Battery Material Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

A new MIT battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. Instead of cobalt or nickel, the new lithium-ion battery includes a cathode based on organic materials. In this image, lithium molecules are shown in glowing pink. Credit: MIT Chemists at MIT have created a battery cathode from organic materials, which could reduce the electric vehicle industry’s dependence on rare metals. Many electric vehicles are powered by batteries that contain cobalt — a metal that ca...
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Executive order that modified tariff rates for electric vehicles up for review

Executive order that modified tariff rates for electric vehicles up for review

THE executive order that modified the tariff rates for Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be up for review next week, and stakeholders are hopeful that it will be expanded to include e-motorcycles in the list of vehicles to be given tax breaks. EO No. 12 was uploaded in the Official Gazette on January 19, 2023. It will be up for mandatory review beginning February 21, 2024, one year after it took effect. Already have an active account? Log in here. Continue reading with one of these options: Unlimited...
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With CNG-Powered Buses, Ogun Leads The Pack In Post-Subsidy Transport

With CNG-Powered Buses, Ogun Leads The Pack In Post-Subsidy Transport

By Kayode Akinmade A thinking leader is a planning leader. There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria, especially given the multifaceted challenges with which it currently has to contend, needs leaders with strategic foresight: a unique ability to identifying current and future trends and initiate sustainable plans to respond to them. Angela Miller, a scholar at the Department of Foresight, University of Houston, Stuttgart, Germany, notes that foresight is particularly helpful for planning and...
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