US Trucking Lobbyist Ignores Climate Change, Fights Electrification In Congress

Two pieces of news crossed my screen recently, one a great piece of news about the current reality of batteries for transportation, and the other a bravura performance by Andrew Boyle, first vice chair of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in front of Congress, where he spouted <a href="https://trucking.org/news-insights/heavy-dose-reality-electric-truck-mandates" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">remarkably inaccurate things about electric trucks</a> while apparently managing never to mention climate change in any way, shape, or form. The first piece of news invalidates 50% of Boyle’s statements, so let’s start there. CATL, a battery firm which owns about 34% of global market share, <a href="https://newatlas.com/energy/catl-500-wh-kg-condensed-battery/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">just announced</a> a 500 Watt-hour per kilogram (Wh/kg) battery for aviation use cases, and that it would be providing an automotive variant this year as well. For context, the Panasonic batteries that have dominated Teslas in the past few years are 269 Wh/kg, while the new, easier to manufacture and assemble 4680 batteries run at 244 Wh/kg. <a href="https://medium.com/the-future-is-electric/us-trucking-lobbyist-ignores-climate-change-fights-electrification-in-congress-402a90e501b4">Click Here</a>