Abdirashid Dahir

@abdirashid.bsky.social

Advanced mobility and energy technology researcher https://abdirashiddahir.github.io

China couldnt compete w/the West in producing internal combustion vehicles, so it made a huge bet c. 2009: invest in EVs & help Chinese automakers leapfrog incumbents from the West. That gamble has clearly paid off with declining oil imports & expanding auto exports www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/c... 🔌🚗 🔌💡

China made a bet decades ago because it couldn’t compete with the US on cars. That bet is paying off big | CNN

By any measure, China’s EV growth has been extraordinary — more than half of new cars sold last year were electric. The global implications could be staggering.

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Interesting new report on transit costs. The data make clear the crisis of construction cost inflation in the Anglosphere. One problem: A higher level of project soft costs, such as professional services, due to lack of in-house expertise. Another problem: Overbuilding due to high risk aversion.

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Jedwin Mok@jedwinmok.com · 2y ago

NEW PUBLICATION: “Understanding the Drivers of Transit Construction Costs in Canada” The first from me, Balthazar Crane, @chittimarco.bsky.social, and Amer Shalaby. So why are transit projects so expensive in Canada? Here’s what we found: 1/🧵 stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/041224...