David reports on and coordinates coverage of the intersection of transportation and the electric grid. He has written extensively on the trends and personalities that drive technologies like energy storage and solar power. He has also posted dispatches from India, Russia, Cuba and Puerto Rico, where he led coverage of the epic hurricane and blackout. Earlier he served as an editor and columnist at Sierra and has freelanced for many publications including Popular Science and The New York Times.
A secretive British startup has won a $110 million investment from Korea's automakers to partner on electric delivery vehicles, made in "microfactories" and at prices competitive with diesel trucks.
EVgo, one of America's few nationwide electric vehicle charging networks, has been acquired by a low-profile energy infrastructure company called LS Power.
Volvo announced this week it will build a battery assembly plant at its factory in South Carolina, the latest sign of growing electric-vehicle production in the southeastern United States.
Conventional wisdom dictates that it's only a matter of time before electric vehicles dominate the market. But whether that's true, and how fast it can happen, hinges on several critical questions that don't have complete answers.
Electric-vehicle charging stations are slow and expensive to build, and it's the "soft costs" — permits and paperwork — that are the toughest culprit, according to a new study.