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This reports summarizes results from the first-ever public domain multi-variant study comparing benefits and impacts of conventional vehicles and HEVs (gasoline-only and dual-fuel). It provides evidence that grid-connected hybrid electric vehicles are technologically feasible and can offer significant benefits.
This report indicates that HEVs, including grid-connected (plug-in) models, can probably be designed for a wide variety of vehicle platforms meeting performance characteristics customers are familiar with. Plug-in hybrids provide significantly improved fuel economy over conventional vehicles, reductions in greenhouse and smog precursor emissions, and petroleum use. However, HEVs, especially plug-in HEVs with an all-electric capability, cost more than conventional vehicles. …
View Full ResourceCobalt is a critical mineral for the green energy transition. It is used in the rechargeable batteries in electric vehicles and is primarily found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which holds around 70% of the world’s reserves. It is mined as a by-product of copper, another critical mineral. DRC is the primary producer of cobalt and the third largest producer of copper. 88% of DRC’s cobalt is produced by industrial mines operated by some of the world’s largest mining companies; the remaining 12% is from artisanal miners.
In one of the first in-depth studies on the environmental impacts …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world realized that supply chains are fragile and can have significant national strategic implications, especially at a time when geopolitical competition is on the rise.
Recent attacks on shipping in the Red Sea further show that the pre-pandemic world, where supply chains were largely undisrupted and efficient, is unlikely to return. Today, the term “supply chain” is an all-encompassing catch phrase spanning international trade, logistics and manufacturing in the context of both corporate operations and national economic security.
This inaugural issue of Look Forward: Supply Chain taps into the knowledge of multiple specialists in areas …
The energy transition towards a more sustainable and renewable future is a pivotal global endeavor. Central to this shift for the United States is the critical role of domestically sourced lithium, a key mineral in the production of high-performance batteries essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems. This has driven the United States to invest heavily in a domestic supply chain for battery-grade lithium to enhance energy security, reduce supply chain vulnerabilities, and foster economic growth by tapping into local resources. The “Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area” in Imperial County, California has been identified as a potential …
View Full ResourceThe Breakthrough Agenda Report 2023 is an annual collaboration between the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the United Nations Climate Change High-Level Champions, focused on supporting stronger international collaboration to drive faster reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. This year’s report shows that current efforts on clean energy and sustainable solutions, while improving, are not yet delivering the levels of investment and deployment required to meet international climate goals. In response, it calls on governments to strengthen collaboration in key areas – such as standards and regulation, financial and technical assistance and market creation …
View Full ResourceSince September 2020, Atlas Public Policy (Atlas) has partnered with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) to publish the annual Transportation Electrification in the Southeast report. This report benchmarks progress on transportation electrification in six states in the Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This is the fourth annual report and provides an update on progress from July 2022 through June 2023. A transition to electric transportation is underway across the country and with good policy design and implementation, may deliver emissions reductions resulting in improved public health along with jobs and economic development opportunities. …
View Full ResourceBidirectional charging has significant potential in transforming how consumers view and use their electric vehicles (EVs). Bidirectional charging allows EVs to become a flexible resource for power systems. At high rates of adoption, EVs can have significant impacts on coincident- system and feeder-level peaks. To mitigate these load impacts, utilities and EV charging site hosts often utilize a variety of managed charging solutions to optimize EV charging. As part of the continuum of managed charging solutions, bidirectional charging creates an opportunity for EVs to be used as an energy resource and to discharge back to the grid. Bidirectional charging’s ability …
View Full ResourceThe second report of the X-change series was produced by RMI in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund and is a contribution to Systems Change Lab. These reports analyze the exponential growth of renewable energy technologies, demonstrating why and how major areas of the global energy system are achieving faster change than many realize.
In X-change: Cars, RMI shows that the rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) means that global oil demand for cars has already peaked and will be in freefall by 2030. The end of the internal combustible engine (ICE) age has begun.
There is a clear exponential …
View Full ResourceMinerals are integral to the functioning of modern society. They are found in alloys, magnets, batteries, catalysts, phosphors, and polishing compounds, which in turn are integrated into countless products such as aircraft, communication systems, electric vehicles (EV), lasers, naval vessels, and various types of consumer electronics and lighting. However, some of these minerals are in limited supply and techniques for their extraction incur high environmental and financial costs. Given their necessity in a plethora of technological applications, concern exists over whether supply can meet the needs of the economy in the future. Material criticality can be assessed in terms of …
View Full ResourceTo meet the energy needs of over 26 million electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030, U.S. utilities need to plan for hundreds of thousands DC fast charging (DCFC) ports. Many of these DCFC ports will be distributed among publicly available, retail charging stations, and utilities and site owners alike will benefit from modeling the utilization of these sites. However, predicting the load shape and peak demand at these multi-port charging stations is complicated, in large part due to the current, and predicted, diversity in charging characteristics among EVs.…
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