04/04/23

šŸš† Are We Focussing on the Wrong Things? The Need to Rethink Transportation.

Breana Noble reporting for The Detroit News: ā€œStellantis CEO: There may not be enough raw materials to electrify globeā€

The CEO of the maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles says heā€™s not sure there will be enough raw materials to replace the existing fleet of fossil fuel-powered vehicles with all-electric vehicles. [ā€¦]

This might prove to be a real challenge (and at least a rough road ahead of us). Nobleā€™s article goes on to stress the importance of building out public infrastructure instead of trying to simply electrify the 1.3 billion cars on the road today ā€“ which indeed is the smarter way forward.