92. Elon Musk is the Rockefeller of Clean Energy

<p>Toyota announces 30 EVs, Tesla Semi begins limited production, Ontario picks a nuclear reactor to waste taxpayer money on. Tesla's Elon Musk is Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2021. Does he deserve it?</p> <p>Brian takes a trip in a gas car and regrets everything about it. Canadian fast EV chargers aren't always in the needed places, they go where the green-washing companies want them. We leave Facebook over ethical concerns but Brian reneges on his personal account. Why is Trump building his own right wing social media platform? Isn't that what Facebook is now?</p> <p>Do electric vehicles cost more to insure? No, not where we live, anyway.</p> <p>Battery cost curves are on fire. Lookout! GM: “We’re not anywhere close to the bottom [of the battery cell cost curve].”</p> <p>Recycling batteries needed to make more batteries because there's crazy demand. But where will they come from?</p> <p>EPA figures are in for the Hyundai Ioniq5 and the Kia EV6 and only the Tesla Model Y beats them for efficiency.</p> <p>Ontario picks a loser, I mean winner for their new nuclear reactor. Coulda bought 6 million solar panels.</p> <p>Rivian wins Motor Trend Truck of the Year to the surprise of few.</p> <p>Toyota announces 30 EVs by 2030. But by 2030 it'll be all over and they'll be bankrupt.</p> <p>New Tesla feature sense tire tread depth.</p> <p>VW confirms plans for ID California electric camper van and GM confirms Chevy Silverado electric pickup production starts in ‘early 2023.’</p> <p>Sydney Seaplanes is now partnering with aircraft engine-maker magniX to make electric flight commercially viable. MagniX has already electrified seaplanes in Canada.</p> <p>Australia will launch the world’s first all-electric, zero emissions airline. “We believe there will be a revolution in aviation and we want to be at the forefront,” Aaron Shaw, chief executive of Sydney Seaplanes, said. “This is the way of the future.”</p> <p>Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire to become first publicly traded electric motorcycle company.</p> <p>Australia’s coal