Electrifying AI: Your next greatest investment

While the electric utility industry is undergoing a fundamental shift, so are its customers. How they use (or in some cases produce) energy, their expectations and their preferences are all changing … quickly! Nowhere is that more evident than with the adoption of electric vehicles. At the same time, global carbon emissions have dropped more than 8% during the coronavirus pandemic. So, is a world of clean energy transportation — accelerated by COVID-19 – just around the corner? In this episode, Simon Hughes and Sal Gill discuss shifting consumer attitudes and behaviors as well as how the electric utility industry is responding to this new landscape.  Join us in two weeks for the final episode of our inaugural season, The Holy Grail. We’ll examine how the electric utility industry will look when the dust from this current transformation settles and we’ll discuss the possibilities on the horizon.  Here’s a list of links to references for the topics we covered in this episode: GM is increasing spending to $27 billion to make 40% of its cars electric by 2025 California governor wants all new cars sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035 United States greenhouse gas emissions sources by sector 101 companies committed to reducing their carbon footprint The countries and states leading the phase out of fossil fuel cars California’s Zero Emission Vehicle program The true cost of powering an electric car Plugging into Amazon’s fleet electrification strategy A growing segment of eco-friendly work vehicles Real-time pricing could help keep electric vehicles from burdening the grid Electric vehicle market hits its tipping point All presentations represent the opinions of the presenter and do not represent the position or the opinion of SAS.