"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
Published for the first time by the AES, this tool dedicated to the security of the electricity supply paints a potentially critical picture of the country's situation within a quarter of a century.
A long-standing pioneer in electrifying its mobility, the City of Zurich presented at the beginning of the summer a plan of 13 measures to further accelerate its transition.
Abandoned by Tesla a decade earlier, battery swapping has not yet said its last word. The system is making a comeback in the West through Chinese manufacturers like Nio or the battery king, the giant CATL.
If the 'right to a socket' motion is perceived positively, "we must not cry victory too soon, because it still has to be promulgated, and above all its implementation will have to be pragmatic and coordinated," believes Geoffrey Orlando, head of French-speaking Switzerland for Swiss eMobility.
The electrification of vehicles does not only constitute a revolution in the field of mobility, but could also profoundly transform the electrical system.
The railway network can play an important role at a time when electrical grids must be strengthened to achieve the objectives of the 2050 Energy Strategy.
More and more trucks are crisscrossing North American and European roads despite two underlying problems: their price and the lack of charging infrastructure.
