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Observations on the current happenings in the world of transportation from Transportation Energy Institute Executive Director, John Eichberger.

Life Cycle Carbon Emissions of Electric and Combustion Vehicles

John Eichberger | December 1, 2021 As the world pursues a vision of a decarbonized transportation market, the contribution of battery electric vehicles (BEV) will be ...

Should I Stay or Should I Go

John Eichberger | October 2021 Global leaders have made it clear that they want to transition away from hydrocarbons to address their concerns about climate change, ...

There’s Only One Way to Rock

John Eichberger | August 2021 If you pay attention only to the headlines, it would be very easy to believe that there is only one path ...

Money (That’s What I Want)

John Eichberger | June 2021 While the primary focus of discussion these days is how to decarbonize transportation and the pace of market expansion for electric ...

Hybrid Theory

John Eichberger | May 7, 2021 The first hybrid vehicle introduced to the United States debuted 22 years ago – the Honda Insight. The following year, ...

On the Road Again

John Eichberger | March 15, 2021 If the global priority with regards to the transportation sector is to reduce carbon emissions, then putting all our eggs ...

Life is a Highway

John Eichberger | February 3, 2021 On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order committing the United States to accept the provisions of ...

EV Ownership – What Challenges Exist? | Consumer Avenue

January 15, 2021 The idea of maintenance-free vehicle ownership sounds too good to be true. However, there is a perception that owning an EV is ...

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

John Eichberger | December 9, 2020 In general, the developed economies of the world are uniting in their pursuit of a lower carbon/carbon neutral/net zero carbon ...

When It’s Love

John Eichberger | November 5, 2020 “The road is calling and I must go.” Those are the words on the framed poster above my desk, hovering ...

Walking on the Moon

John Eichberger | October 5, 2020 In 1961, President Kennedy announced that the U.S. would land a man on the Moon before the end of the ...

Fall Back Down

John Eichberger | September 8, 2020 The COVID economic shut down had a significant impact on all industries, but especially the vehicle market. Since everything began, ...

Runnin’ Down a Dream

John Eichberger | August 6, 2020 A popular vision for the future of transportation has been assigned a variety of acronyms, but the one I seem ...

I’ll Be Around

John Eichberger | July 9, 2020 Lost among the excitement and hype associated with vehicle electrification is the fact that 98% of vehicles sold in the ...

Crazy Train

John Eichberger | June 3, 2020 As the world begins to reopen following the coronavirus pandemic, there are so many unanswerable questions about the future of ...