Vikas Mehta

Tesla admits it still needs drivers and remote operators — then argues that's better than Waymo Tesla filed new comments with the California Public Utilities Commission that amount to a quiet admission: its “Robotaxi” service still...

This regulatory spat between Tesla and Waymo is proving to be quite revealing.

This filing is the clearest illustration yet of the gap between Tesla’s “Robotaxi” marketing and its actual operations.

electrek.co/2026/02/19/t...

Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.

‘Well, look, if I’m going to import the cars anyway, then I’d rather import less oil. We may as well import the one that cleans up local air quality and is cheaper to buy.’

The Great Story of the Extraordinary EV boom in Ethiopia www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

ENERGY REPORTING IS BROKEN!

6 steps to reframe energy reporting in the Age of Electricity...

New analysis from @ember-energy.org Kingsmill Bond team and @mliebreich.bsky.social

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I've been cranking numbers. Full year 2025, it looks like nuclear power just about kept its nose ahead of wind and solar. But in H2 2025, while wind didn't quite overtake nuclear, solar did. In 2026 nuclear will drop to third place in the production of clean electricity.

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Central Indian state secures record-low price for solar-plus-storage power project The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has secured India’s lowest-ever price for buying solar power backed by battery storage in a clean energy auction, a top state official said, in a deal that c...

Well, in India it is already around 3 cents / kwh
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Another fantastic report from @carbontracker.bsky.social shows that the models policymakers rely on are systemically understating the economic risks of climate change.

How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time For years, many people have argued that the free market will be sufficient to address the climate crisis. But is that the case? In a study of five Australian companies over a 10-year period, researche...

We wrote a research article some years back on the facade of corporate climate commitments and the reasons why such commitments proved ultimately hollow: hbr.org/2017/11/how-...

How Bidirectional Charging Kept the Lights On Amid Cold and Blackouts The US now has more than 600,000 EVs that can feed power to houses during an emergency.

The US now has more than 600,000 EVs that can feed power to houses during an emergency.

A prayer for cricket to rise above the politics The 2026 T20 World Cup desperately needs the players to give us moments to cherish, a balm for the wounds in our beloved game

This is such a good piece. Geopolitics in South Asia had been the same for decades. It hardly impacted sports. The winds shifted in the past year.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-pray...

Watch this, it's astonishing.

Just sick of frigid temps. Enough already.

Graph showing: India's grid power mix: 25 December 2025

India's solar is making a solid contribution to daily generation, even in the middle of winter.
(In fact the insolation minimum is during the monsoon season.)

Good news from Australia: power generation from coal down 4.6% and from gas down 27% in Oct-Dec, with more than half of power generated from carbon-free sources. Power prices were fell by nearly 50%, as they do when you have a lot of zero marginal cost generation.

A 60% jump in EU LNG imports from the U.S. in 2025 managed to drive up greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the Atlantic - in the EU from the burning of the gas, and in the U.S. by prompting a shift to coal-fired generation as prices rose.

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Economic development is key to addressing climate change Development-driven adaptation is driving the bus on many, if not most, climate-sensitive outcomes. A summary of our new working paper.

If... "you screw up your economy trying to drastically reduce your emissions"

Ah, which country is doing that (or even trying to do that)?

Countries deploying wind, solar, EVs, etc, seem to be doing just fine to me. Modelling does not suggest that climate policy screws your economy either.

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Tesla is committing automotive suicide — Electrek Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call made one thing painfully clear: the company is no longer interested in being an automaker.

It already became a zombie in 2023.
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Musk actually *is* a genius in one respect--identifying businesses that will be heavily subsidized by the state--and this allows your tax dollars to underwrite his money-losing AI business.

This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future.

New from us: The average EU citizen spent EUR880 on fossil fuel imports in 2025, as gas imports increased and the U.S. became the largest supplier. Slow progress on electrifying transport and buildings as well as building wind power are harming the bloc's economy and energy security.

YouTube video by carwow 1,500hp for £50k! But can it beat a Ferrari SF90 XX?

A mobile phone company's electric car just smoked a legendary sports car. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGW8...

I stopped believing in this company long time ago.

a BONKERS end to the year for China🇨🇳 wind... in December alone they installed 37GW, almost as much as Texas has installed to date (44GW)🤯

“Take risk, act swiftly and seven other tips for deploying catalytic capital the right way”

impactalpha.com/getting-cata...

Why Power Outages Do More Economic Damage Than We Think Most estimates of losses from US blackouts don’t fully account for indirect and longer-term impacts, a new analysis finds.

Electricity is the backbone of every economy now. And we're undercounting how much a lack of reliable supply hurts the economy.

🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

India curtailed 2.3 TWh of solar power in May-December 2025 to ensure grid stability: Ember A new report by Ember reveals that India curtailed 2.3 TWh of solar power between May and December 2025 to maintain grid stability, leading to significant economic and environmental impacts. The curta...

Transmission infrastructure is not the next, but the current big opportunity for electrification led economic development.
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/renewa...

My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it

A story worth reading and sharing. Good luck @stevescherer.bsky.social.
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...

A great team doing some really cool work developing *actionable* research and tools to serve policymakers, advocates, and more.

India’s electrotech fast-track: where China built on coal, India is building on sun | Ember Cheap electrotech is enabling India to industrialise without the long fossil detour taken by China and the West.

Full report here: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...