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Daniel Cohan

@dscohan.bsky.social
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Professor of environmental engineering at Rice University; author of Confronting Climate Gridlock; cohan.rice.edu

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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
To see just how fast emerging car markets can pivot to electric vehicles, check out Vietnam's jump from zero to 54% in this report by CSIS's Ilaria Mazzocco www.csis.org/analysis/ele...
EV sales share by country
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Electric vehicles, circa 1980
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I just wish we had more low-cost EV options jabberwocking.com/wp-content/u...
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Of course, charging infrastructure matters too, such as this university parking garage where every spot has a charger.
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
5-star safety ratings for the equivalent car in Europe. Leather seats. $15 without any tax credits. BYD has gotten subsidies from the Chinese government over the years, but I’m not sure how they compare to what US manufacturers get from federal and state governments.
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
If we could buy this for $15k we wouldn’t need tax credits
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Electric vehicle sales are growing fast enough to begin pushing down gasoline demand in China. Details from EIA www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Vehicle sales in ChinaGasoline demand in China
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Here’s WSJ on why we can’t have $25k EVs in the US: www.wsj.com/business/aut... And here’s what $15k buys for an EV in China
All electric SUV at BYD in Shenzhen
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Daniel Cohan @dscohan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Here's how I show it, marked up from a Climate Action Tracker slide. I can't find a more recent version from them plotted this way.
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