Built on Coal, Powered by Sun: China’s New Future
Whenever I talk about China’s astonishing rise in solar and renewables, someone inevitably brings up their massive coal pipeline. Fair enough. China’s coal buildout headlines are hard to ignore. But when I point out that in 2024, 85% of new … Continued
LFP: The Chemistry That’s Ending EV Anxiety
Intro: Firing Up the Truth This article builds on two recent deep dives: If those laid the foundation, this one connects the dots and takes aim at the most persistent myths holding back the shift to safer, smarter batteries. Electric … Continued
The Lithium Effect: Powering a New World
In the annals of modern technology, few inventions have had as profound an impact as the lithium battery. What began as a fragile, experimental concept in university labs has evolved into the beating heart of the energy transition, electrifying our … Continued
Battery Fires: The Truth, The Risk, and The Hype
Electric vehicle EV battery fires are exceedingly rare (~0.00044% in 2022) compared to gas-powered vehicle fires (0.08%–0.1%). Safer lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and strict regulations like China’s GB38031-2025 are making EVs safer than ever. Don’t fall for the fear-mongering—facts … Continued
EV’s New World Order: China’s 7s Rewrite the Rules
The electric vehicle (EV) market in China is ablaze with innovation, and three tech-laden electric SUVs—the XPeng G7, Zeekr 7X, and Xiaomi YU7—are stealing the spotlight with their audacious challenge to Tesla’s dominance. These aren’t mere iterations of past models; … Continued
2028 Is the Year ICE Dies in China
By Chris / EV Curve Futurist It’s taken a bit of time to put this update together — not due to a lack of direction, but because the data flying around during the first half of 2025 has been anything … Continued
The Electric Underdog: Ethiopia’s Awesome Race to the Future
This article is a follow-up to a recent post I shared on BlueSky (link here) that sparked a wide conversation. The post highlighted Ethiopia’s 2024 ICE vehicle import ban and claimed over 100,000 EVs were entering the country monthly—a figure … Continued
Worshipped Lies, AI Justice, and the Post-Truth Reality Rift
These are fractured times. Not divided by ideology—but by reality itself. Two universes now run in parallel: one grounded in facts, the other powered by belief. And at the heart of this rupture stand two men: Donald Trump and Elon … Continued
Why Isn’t Renewable Energy Making My Power Cheaper?
This post builds on themes from my earlier blogs: The Energy Revolution Won’t Wait for Baseload’s Obituary and Nuclear vs Renewables: Australia’s Energy Future, which explore how outdated baseload thinking and nuclear distractions are holding back Australia’s clean energy progress. … Continued
The Energy Revolution Won’t Wait for Baseload’s Obituary
The term “baseload power” gets thrown around a lot in debates over the future of energy. But where did this concept come from, and does it still matter in an age defined by solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and smart … Continued