Decarbonizing Last-mile Logistics: A quick summary
Recently I gave a short lecture over Zoom to a group of students at NYU on my thoughts of decarbonizing the last-mile in supply chains. The one-sentence summary? The...
EVs with 500+mile range? Maybe a hybrid with a large battery and small engine is better for the market
Photo: Milan, Città metropolitana di Milano, Italy, June 2023. I used to think that EVs do not really need a long range of, say, 300 miles, for the simple reason that we...
Vacation is a state of mind
Photo: Ritz-Carlton, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2023. It is winter here in New England, and we have been talking about where to go for the upcoming spring break. I am...
You just have to hustle
Photo: TD Garden, Boston, Feb 2024. I am reading the book “Don’t Trust your Gut” by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. I highly recommend it. There are so many great...
Why should we improve public transit?
Photo: Luxembourg Station. Recently a reported asked me: “How do you make a case that we should spend money on public transportation?” What a great question. It...
Why do we need to fix the T?
Photo: Longwood Station, Brookline, 2023. Recently I was asked if I have any opinions on the announcement that MBTA was shutting down the Green Line in order to fix the...
Should I Buy or Lease a Tesla Part 6: The Saga Continues
Photo: A rainy day in Cambridge, MA, Summer 2022. Last year, I wrote a series of articles about the uncertainty around the decision of buying vs leasing a Tesla model Y. In...
India has the potential to overtake China as the world’s manufacturing hub, even though it may take a while
Photo: Building material in Home Depot, 2022. It was reported in the WSJ today that “China Finally Has a Rival as the World’s Factory Floor“. While some of the...
How has the work-from-home world affected the environment?
Photo: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, summer 2022. The net impact of work-from-home on the environment is actually quite complex, and depends on a...