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Alternative Power Report, February 2025
Download PDFRead about changes in the Japanese EV industry in the February issue of the Alternative Power Report produced by Power Systems Research. The report also contains several articles on EV battery development trends. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast and Technology Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
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BYD Controversy In Brazil — What Is Going On?
Guy Youngs Reports came out in late December that workers building a BYD factory in Brazil were working in “slavery” conditions and were potentially victims of human trafficking. Without a doubt, something horrible was going on. How much BYD knew or didn’t know, we don’t know, but the company has now terminated its subcontractor, Jinjiang Construction Brazil.
“Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to ‘slavery’,” BBC reported. “More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, according to a statement from the Public Labor Prosecutor’s Office (MPT).
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Alternative Power Report, January 2025
Download PDFThe January 2025 issue of the Alternative Power Report published by Power Systems Research includes articles on Chinese EV activities in Europe and Brazil, EV sales in Europe, battery development and Chinese hybrids. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast and Technology Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
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Alternative Power Report, December 2024
Download PDFThe December 2024 issue of the Alternative Power Report published by Power Systems Research includes articles the successful trends in Chinese EV production, Mercedes’ solar paint product for EVs, new research on sodium-ion batteries and the development of rotary engines powered by hydrogen. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast and Technology Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
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World Moving On Without USA, As Priorities Change
ALTERNATIVE POWER REPORT
Guy Youngs The recent USA presidential elections suggest that the USA will embrace its status as the world’s leading gasoline state, while previous gasoline states like Saudi Arabia plough vast sums into the energy of the future, renewables.
The USA ceded manufacturing of the technologies required for fighting climate change — solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, transformers, and more — to other countries, mostly China, over the past 40 ye…
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