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The Charging Station - Issue No. 1

Kevin Stevens

29 Sep 2019 — 1 min read

Hi friends,

The weekend is halfway over - or just beginning depending on your disposition. Let’s get to this week’s most interesting energy news.

Data-Driven

1 - The first gas station in the U.S. that has been completely transitioned from a petroleum station to exclusively charging EVs opened Thursday in Maryland. (It felt highly appropriate to start Issue 1 with the number 1)

100,000- Amazon announced last week that the company will order 100,000 electric delivery trucks from Rivian.

2,300,000 - According to the 2019 Energy Efficiency Jobs in America (US Green Building Council) report, which shows that for the second year in a row, U.S. energy efficiency businesses led the nation’s energy economy in creating jobs in America.

Our Latest Post

Energy’s Innovation Funding Gap - Given the $4.3T market size, it’s particularly odd that the venture capital industry has largely remained on the sidelines when it comes to investing in the next wave of energy technologies.

Our past three posts: A New Threat, What A Modern Energy Grid Means for Consumers

Deep Dives

Only 2 countries are meeting their climate pledges (PBS) - 10 countries account for approximately 70 percent of the world’s emissions, and all except one — India — are not on pace to meet the climate goals needed to prevent 2 degrees Celsius of warming.

The Next Mortgage Crisis (Financial Times) - A recent Principles for Responsible Investment report warns that “financial markets today have not adequately priced-in the likely near-term policy response to climate change.”

Switched Off

This week’s non-energy related long read:

Lessons from Uber and Softbank’s Vision Fund - The opposite of an old-world company is not necessarily a tech company. It is something we haven’t quite seen before, and applying either old-world rules or tech rules is a mistake writes Ben Thompson of Stratechery.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

The Charging Station Team

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