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.
One of the Department of Energy's key goals under the Obama administration was the SunShot Initiative, which sought to spur the adoption of solar by making it as cheap as other forms of electricity by 2020. Did it work?
It seemed straightforward for California to build electric vehicle charging stations at highway rest stops — until a federal law made them a lot more expensive.
The city is trying to turn electric vehicles — often derided as playthings of the rich — into transportation for the masses. Will it work?
Chelsea Sexton gained fame as one of the main characters in the blockbuster 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Last month, E&E News caught up with her in Los Angeles, where she opined that, despite their big new promises, the automakers could kill the electric car again.
After two crazy months, we're done. The reporters of E&E News have completed the Electric Road Trip, an 8,000-mile journey in an electric car and an investigation into how electric transportation will change America. What did we learn?