Utility Analytics Week 2023: Data-Enabled Magic

Nathan Phillips and Connor Barrett, Zondits guests, 1/3/2024 There is a first time for everything and spending Halloween with utility analytics professionals on the Universal Studios campus was just such a first. Utility Analytics Institute’s Utility Analytics Week 2023 was set against the backdrop of a towering rendition of Hogwarts, fueled not by magic but … Read more

“In this crucial period of EV execution, model roll-outs, distribution, marketing, with EV competition rising across the board, the timing could not be worse.”

Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, referring to the UAW strike: “In this crucial period of EV execution, model roll-outs, distribution, marketing, with EV competition rising across the board, the timing could not be worse.” Read the full article here: What the continued UAW strike means for EVs | TechCrunch

Plug-in Hybrid Reforms a Lead Foot

Kate Helm, Zondits guest, 10/3/2023 Not quite ready to take the plunge into electric vehicle (EV) ownership? Neither was I, truthfully, and I have worked my entire career in the environmental consulting and energy efficiency spaces. Whether it’s range anxiety or the unknowns of installing a charger at your home (owned or rented), there are … Read more

EV Maker Lucid Claims an Anxiety-Busting Range of Over 500 Miles

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 9/19/2023 Peter Rawlinson, the CEO of Arizona’s Lucid Motors, claims that its new model Lucid Air can travel over 500 miles on a single charge. The claim, backed by an EPA estimated range of 516 miles, is about double the range of most currently available EVs and will quell range anxiety … Read more

Considering Grid Impact as Electric Vehicle Adoption Explodes

GianGabriel Masoni Dobles, Zondits staff, 7/5/2023 Originally published for Utility Analytics Institute, Zondits received approval to repost the following article about grid impacts from electric vehicles. A group of analytics professionals and experts in electric vehicle adoption and grid integration pooled their insights on the best practices to overcome the challenging obstacles of electric vehicle … Read more

“We’ve very clearly said the conversion from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, it has to be a just transition.” 

UAW Vice President Mike Booth, who will lead negotiations with GM in contract talks that are tentatively scheduled to begin July 17, said the key to negotiations will be to make sure all workers have jobs in the transition to EVs. “We’ve very clearly said the conversion from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, it has … Read more

“There’s no question that clean manufacturing, involving EVs, battery storage for mobility and energy, is the leading new investment and job creator.”

Matt Kisber, who co-founded Nashville-based solar developer Silicon Ranch, said after leaving public office serving as the economic development lead for former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D): “There’s no question in Tennessee that clean manufacturing, involving EVs, battery storage for mobility and energy, is the leading new investment and job creator in the state and … Read more

Debt Limit Ceiling Bill Targets Biden’s Electric Vehicle Agenda

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 6/7/2023 Climate activists and clean energy advocates have widely applauded the investments in climate-related action promised in both the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure legislation. Those investments are now in jeopardy as House Republicans hold the debt ceiling hostage and propose to gut the administration’s clean energy portfolio.  Real Clear … Read more