Charging: the disconnect to EV adoption
To empower the EV rollout, John Denslinger suggests switching the focus from car sales to the number of charging stations brought on-line. EV sales have stalled. Dealer lots are full of unsold EV inventory. Automakers have scaled back EV production and expansion investments. Demand has noticeably shifted to hybrids. What on green earth has happened? The Federal government threw billions of dollars in subsidies at the auto industry, battery makers and leading-edge technology companies. It offered generous financial inducements to states and municipalities for charging infrastructure. Tax credits were offered to consumers. It enacted provisions for upstream needs such as…
Trucking needs technology boost
This month, John Denslinger highlights new standards impacting the design, manufacture and operation of heavy-duty trucks, then explores six areas of opportunity. The EPA recently finalized stronger national greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles specifically targeting freight trucks and Each contributes to lower fuel consumption. These standards apply to upcoming model years 2027 to 2032. Manufacturers tasked with balancing sustainability requirements and the quest for greater fuel efficiency have more visibility now, but the larger question might be: will truck manufacturers have sufficient time to apply optimizing technology that satisfies both worlds given the design window for model years 2027-2029 is likely…
Data centers, AI’s lifeline
In this article, John Denslinger argues that good or bad, AI is fast becoming inseparable to human activity and AI’s lifeline is definitely the data center. For the past year, much has been written about the explosive growth of AI. The enablers are savvy hardware and software companies, often called the darlings of Wall Street. You know the names. They top the NASDAQ leader board almost daily. While these component companies garner headlines, data centers are the real AI lifeline. Each and every online action lives on in data centers making it indispensable in the age of digitalization. But not…
GenAI workplace trends
In this article, John Denslinger acknowledges that GenAI is still at trial phase, but the trend is clear—every organization, every employee can elevate performance. ‘Knowledge is power’—Sir Francis Bacon, Philosopher and Statesman (1597). Quite certain, Sir Francis never foresaw the degree of human achievement made possible with GenAI. With a few keystroke prompts, GenAI has given ordinary people easy access to massive data accumulations. Maybe the quote should be updated to say: ‘Knowledge is power, GenAI powers knowledge’. OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, was groundbreaking. It influenced untold investments in a wide range of AI developments transforming approaches…
EV vs H2 : Winning the zero-emissions race
This month John Denslinger explores the competing technologies in the zero- emissions race and argues that only when the advantages are truly clear will consumers pick the winner. For all the attention and seemingly endless funding, one would think the decisive winning technology in America’s race to zero-emitting vehicles is a battery solution. It’s a reasonable assumption considering companies have collectively announced somewhere north of $200B in new EV and battery investments. Not to be outdone, the Fed also chipped in another $245B with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law further supplementing the same…
Was EV over-hyped?
In this article, John Denslinger explores the scale of investment required to match the US’ electrification goals and deadlines with the power transmission infrastructure itself. According to nearly 4,000 car dealers across the nation, EV sales have slumped noticeably. They point to a growing inventory of unsold vehicles on their lots visibly exposing a serious divide between supply and actual demand. Their assessment: mass market consumers are not buying EVs despite price cuts, incentives and tax credits. Investors and manufacturers have taken notice too. As financial losses mount, auto makers are publicly retracting nearly $100B of previously announced EV and…