Blog

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

I Can See Clearly Now

John Eichberger | April 30, 2020 Growing up in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s, I experienced first-hand the impact of air pollution and smog. ...

Things Will be Different (And Together We’ll Push On)

John Eichberger | April 6, 2020 There is nothing normal about what is happening throughout the world right now – a worldwide pandemic, oil price wars ...

Ring of Fire

John Eichberger | March 2, 2020 So much attention is paid to alternative fuels and vehicles, including by us at the Transportation Energy Institute, but the ...

The More Things Change

John Eichberger | January 29, 2020 As we begin a new decade, I will predict that the transportation market at the end of 2029 will look ...

Counting Blue Cars

John Eichberger | December 23, 2019 Powertrain. Performance. Safety. Efficiency. Price. These are the things we most often discuss when we try to unravel why people ...

Electric Avenue

John Eichberger | November 25, 2019 I have been holding off using this song for this column for nearly two years, because it always seemed so ...

Been Caught Stealing

John Eichberger | October 22, 2019 Not all good ideas have to be unique or original. In fact, some of the best ideas I have ever ...

You Might Think

John Eichberger | September 25, 2019 There are so many story lines affecting the transportation energy sector, and so many diverse opinions about where the market ...

Don’t You (Forget About Me)

John Eichberger | September 10, 2019 At a time when it seems all attention is being directed towards electrification of the transportation market, it is important ...

Mama Said Knock You Out

John Eichberger | August 2, 2019 Headlines coming across the pond from Europe could lead one to believe that the future for diesel engines and fuel ...

Photograph

John Eichberger | July 22, 2019 There is a sharp difference between what we want to see and what we actually see, especially when we are ...

Rock the Casbah

John Eichberger | May 1, 2019 Whenever we think about what the future of transportation energy might be, we must consider the influence of the oil ...

Movin’ Right Along

John Eichberger | June 18, 2019 In 1979 the beloved Muppets released their first full length motion picture, “The Muppet Movie,” which followed the characters on ...

Head Like a Hole

John Eichberger | April 1, 2019 There are some issues that so entrench stakeholders into their own camps, that it is difficult to weigh in to ...

Just Can’t Get Enough

John Eichberger | March 26, 2019 I am a child of the 80s, a decade that has been described as one of excess. And yeah, Depeche ...