"Volkswagen–the brand, not the group–is now the new king." insideevs.com/news/766695/...

Automakers are pushing to repeal 🇨🇦’s EV sales requirements. @cleanenergycanada.org disagrees. Here’s an article describing why and what we’d like to see from government to deliver more affordable EV models to Canadian drivers. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Why would Ontario use its political clout to push a pipeline? So many other priorities the province and should be pursuing.

🏙️🔌 Creating a federal requirement for all new homes, especially multi-unit residential homes, to be built with #EV charging from the start is the ideal approach, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. “It’s three to four times cheaper to do it from the start than it is to retrofit." #nspoli #cdnpoli

🇨🇦 "Ultimately, the EV Availability Standard is a policy for consumers, not the auto sector... Any adjustments to the (policy) must be considered in (this) context," says Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. Read our full response👇 #cdnpoli

🍁🔌💰 Suburbs are currently "your best place to go electric" as residents tend to have fewer transit options and longer car commutes—but for those in denser urban areas also in need of a car, the lack of charging options locks them out of the #EV transition, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli

NEW POLLING out today from @cleanenergycanada.org & Abacus Data looking at 🇨🇦 attitudes towards EVs—purchase intent, interest in Chinese & European EVs, & desire to follow Trump's rollback of fuel economy standards. cleanenergycanada.org/poll-large-m...

🔋🚗💰 Canada’s walled-off, uncompetitive car market is keeping the best options from the many Canadians who do, in fact, want EVs, write Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. New op-ed in @thestar.com👇 #cdnpoli #uspoli #EV

🇨🇦🔋🚗📈 The sudden pause of Canada's federal EV rebate program, which helped grow domestic EV share from 3.1% in 2019 to over 11.7% in 2023, "represents a big oversight” for both the country's emergent EV industry and Canadians looking to save on transportation costs, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.

EU introduces secondary legislation for Net-Zero Industry Act #energysky -- via pv magazine global: www.pv-magazine.com/...

"They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing.” - @industriouslabs.bsky.social's @evangillespie.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/doe-c... via @emilypont.bsky.social 🔌💡

The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Friday it was implementing emergency permitting procedures to accelerate reviews of geothermal energy projects www.reuters.com/business/ene... 🔌💡

“Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, with companies pursuing various strategies to cope.” www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Somebody has *got* to tell Norway that EVs don't work in the cold ...

GM Is Bringing LFP Battery Production To America: Report - InsideEVs insideevs.com/news/760990/...

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“Barra has also said on multiple occasions that she's confident GM can top Tesla. She went so far as to say that GM will make it happen by mid-decade, so 2025.” insideevs.com/news/564301/... GM has overtaken Tesla in Canada, and is rising as Tesla falls. @teslatakedown.com

Rivian owners are about to have an even easier time on their upcoming road trips. insideevs.com/news/761224/...

EV could earn up to $1,000 per year supplying the grid! Eight states now have vehicles supplying the grid (VTG). California and Connecticut are launching state pilots. #energysky #greensky pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/08/f...

Manufacturing investment boomed with President Biden but is already declining with President Trump. Elections have consequences! Credit @michael-thomas.bsky.social #energysky

Trump's coal executive order is a combination of nationalizing and socializing uneconomic coal plants that sicken and kill people. It is a brutal attack on power markets and federalism that would make Lenin smile. This is now the US right. #energysky #greensky www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

In the short run, tariff uncertainty is bad for renewables, especially in the US. But this whole episode shows the hazards of relying on imported energy, and that could be good for global adoption of renewables. #energysky insideclimatenews.org/news/1004202...

How are tariffs going to impact the solar market in the US? At Cleanview we just published a new dataset and dashboard to help folks understand the potential impact of the latest tariffs. Here are a few takeaways from the data: cleanview.co/content/sola...

Texas will add more battery storage capacity in 2025 than any other state. Developers plan to build 7 GW of new capacity—as much as the entire US built in 2023.

We're tracking hundreds of planned clean energy projects and 400+ developer pipelines at Cleanview. More on our clean energy project tracker here: cleanview.co

Yes, tariffs bump up the price a bit. Interestingly, this only rewinds the price trajectory by ~12-18 months. US projects that were okay at $112 are still good. And LFP bulk prices will fall further still over the next year, regardless of what happens with tariffs. Projects in EU and Asia are 👍.

On a call now; latest quote for large scale purchases of LFP batteries from China is $50/KWh. #energysky

🇨🇦🔌🏡 To fill the gap, we need topical measures that help Canadians experience the benefits of the energy transition—like lower energy bills from EVs and heat pumps—firsthand, write Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social and @trevormelanson.bsky.social. New op-ed in @thestar.com👇 #cdnpoli

EV maker Polestar evidently wants to scoop up buyers who are over Tesla. Taken together, this deal should drastically drop the monthly cost of a Polestar 3 lease. insideevs.com/news/751665/...

Yes Canada and the U.S. auto sector are linked. But while Trump takes Americans on a costly detour when it comes to EVs, Canada should stay the course on our clean car future. 🇨🇦 drivers + our auto industry will be better off as a result. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

🇨🇦📈 "With global clean energy investment exceeding 2 trillion last year—over $750 billion of which went to electrified transport—the prize is too big to lose," writes Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. Read our new op-ed in @thestar.com👇 #cdnpoli #uspoli

"We live in a world built for cars. But as we sit in endless traffic, it's hard not to think they've become a victim of their own success. Enter e-bikes." - @thestar.com's Marco Chown Oved h/t @joannakyriazis.bsky.social @voilakevin.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

Quebec to suspend its EV rebate in February. Federal EV rebate to run out in March (since no new $ in the FES). Unless Ontario somehow steps up w an EV incentive program in #ONbudget2025, 🇨🇦 2025 EV sales could be in trouble. www.journaldequebec.com/2024/12/16/s...

🔌🚗🏠 "At first blush, targeting households may not equate to as many megatonnes reduced in a technical model, but in so many other ways, transformation begins at home," write Clean Energy Canada's @racheldoran.bsky.social and @trevormelanson.bsky.social. New op-ed👇 #cdnpoli

🍁"B.C.’s EV regulations are helping British Columbians get behind the wheel of more affordable cars. The last thing we should do is reverse measures that help families. Instead, we should set them up for success," write Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social and @kerimcnamara.bsky.social.

Encouraging: This just-released Torys #climate disclosure report finds that 45% of Canada's 220 largest public companies have set a public #netzero target, with three-quarters of them aiming to reach that goal by 2050. #cdnpoli

Apparently incentives work to spread EV technologies and reduce emissions (just as intended). It’s not enough, but it’s certainly progress. insideevs.com/news/742785/...

In Q3, about 1 in 6 new vehicles registered in Canada was an #EV of some kind (BEV or PHEV). Canada's 15.2% is close to the global average of 16.5%. The U.S. *may* hit 10 percent this year, which many would see as a positive sign. Once more, the U.S. lags, a lot. From @electricautonomy.bsky.social.

When TIME selected me for the Time 100 Climate list this year, they asked me: What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government (other than your own), needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda? Here was my reply... 🧵 🔌💡

Meta joins other tech firms by releasing a RFP for 1-4 GW of new nuclear energy starting in the early 2030’s. I talked to @willwwade.bsky.social @bloomberg.com about why tech firms are willing to accelerate their plans and take on more financial risk. 🔌💡 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Great reminder that we can solve and have solved environmental problems with good policies.

Air Quality Stripes have long-term trends of air pollution in many cities across the world. Here is London. Nice work @jimmcquaid.bsky.social & @kirstypringle.bsky.social. airqualitystripes.info/stripes/?con... h/t @edhawkins.org

🔋⚡️"You can zoom through traffic more quickly, you don't have to worry about finding or paying for parking, or not being allowed to get close to the school... And it's more convenient and affordable," says Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. Listen to the full podcast 👇

California could use revenue from its cap-and-trade program to replace the $7,500 federal EV tax credit if Trump eliminates it, Newsom says www.latimes.com/environment/...

Circa 2030, replacing an EV battery pack will cost no more than replacing an internal combustion engine insideevs.com/news/742022/...

Many signs of hope that Trump may not be able to derail the EV transition entirely and 🇺🇸 (& 🇨🇦) can stay on a steady course towards a clean car future. Here’s what I’m watching. 🧵

“Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants to keep them.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/c...

4 studies showing the energy transition = lower energy costs for households: cleanenergycanada.org/report/openi... via @cleanenergycanada.org, www.iea.org/reports/worl... via @iea.org, climatechoices.ca/reports/cana... via @climateinstitute.bsky.social, and transitionaccelerator.ca/reports/hous...