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Norway, the EV canary in the coalmine

Norway, the EV canary in the coalmine

A few years ago, Norway decided that of the new 8,000 cars sold yearly, not a single one should be using fossil fuel by 2025. They might make it so. EV Sales Hit Record in Norway With Fossil Engines Soon GoneElectric car sales hit a new monthly record in

Will EU ban bitcoin? (maybe)

Will EU ban bitcoin? (maybe)

Fascinating move from the EU parliament that is trying to set up a regulatory framework for crypto money. The critical piece of legislation would be constraints so that these coins... > ... shall be subject to minimum environmental sustainability standards and set up and maintain a phased rollout plan to ensure

Curbivore, mapping food-delivery innovation

Curbivore, mapping food-delivery innovation

These last years I haven't been shy about my growing disinterest in innovation conferences and tradeshows. That being said, I was a bit titillated by CURBIVORE in Los Angeles, which is about restaurant business model and retail innovation, last-mile delivery, mobility, and civic tech. What I like here

Energy innovation is not dead

Energy innovation is not dead

While China is (for now) winning the tech race on commercial nuclear fusion reactor [https://www.newsweek.com/china-artificial-sun-breaks-record-120-million-farenheit-nuclear-fusion-1666265] s, Europe is still pushing energy innovation on many fronts. One of them is off-shore renewable electricity production. Denmark is, for instance, funding the first artificial island project [https://www.windisland.

VW short-termism culture

VW short-termism culture

The long string of short-sighted moves from automotive incumbents that painted themselves in a corner, refusing to take on the electric vehicle, is just starting. In that regard, VW's announcement of a future Porsche IPO is certainly up there. Volkswagen Plans IPO of Porsche to Ignite EV Shift

Internet 3.0 is about geopolitics

Internet 3.0 is about geopolitics

In January, Ben Thompson wrote a prescient article about how the Internet was now maturing from a pure economic scale machine leveraging network effects (Internet 2.0) to politics, or more accurately, geopolitics (Internet 3.0). > It turns out that when it comes to Information Technology, very little is