Anish Kumar Sinha
@a-niche-guy.bsky.social
I write about batteries, EVs, and climate tech | Associate Researcher at @theicct.bsky.social | On Deck Climate Tech Cohort 1 (#ODCT1) | #Energy Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_niche_guy | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishkum
This model already works in health insurance & fleet management.
Applied to EVs, it could slash premiums before adoption alone can do it.
If you could save hundreds a year on EV insurance by using a certified repair network, would you opt in?
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Applied to EVs, it could slash premiums before adoption alone can do it.
If you could save hundreds a year on EV insurance by using a certified repair network, would you opt in?
5/5
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This model already works in health insurance & fleet management.
Applied to EVs, it could slash premiums before adoption alone can do it.
If you could save hundreds a year on EV insurance by using a certified repair network, would you opt in?
5/5
Applied to EVs, it could slash premiums before adoption alone can do it.
If you could save hundreds a year on EV insurance by using a certified repair network, would you opt in?
5/5
💡 The overlooked lever:
Pair telematics-based insurance with preferred EV repair networks.
Insurers partner directly with certified EV repair shops + battery refurbishers to:
Negotiate lower repair rates
Speed up turnaround times
Offer instant premium discounts to safe drivers
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Pair telematics-based insurance with preferred EV repair networks.
Insurers partner directly with certified EV repair shops + battery refurbishers to:
Negotiate lower repair rates
Speed up turnaround times
Offer instant premium discounts to safe drivers
4/5
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
💡 The overlooked lever:
Pair telematics-based insurance with preferred EV repair networks.
Insurers partner directly with certified EV repair shops + battery refurbishers to:
Negotiate lower repair rates
Speed up turnaround times
Offer instant premium discounts to safe drivers
4/5
Pair telematics-based insurance with preferred EV repair networks.
Insurers partner directly with certified EV repair shops + battery refurbishers to:
Negotiate lower repair rates
Speed up turnaround times
Offer instant premium discounts to safe drivers
4/5
The industry’s current playbook?
✅ Wait for EV adoption to rise
✅ Expand repair networks
✅ Hope costs drop over time
But that’s too slow.
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✅ Wait for EV adoption to rise
✅ Expand repair networks
✅ Hope costs drop over time
But that’s too slow.
3/5
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The industry’s current playbook?
✅ Wait for EV adoption to rise
✅ Expand repair networks
✅ Hope costs drop over time
But that’s too slow.
3/5
✅ Wait for EV adoption to rise
✅ Expand repair networks
✅ Hope costs drop over time
But that’s too slow.
3/5
According to @insurify.bsky.social’s report:
⚙️Repair costs for EVs are higher (esp. batteries + ADAS tech)
🧑🏽🔧Fewer specialized mechanics = longer, pricier repairs
📉Low adoption in many states keeps premiums high
🌡️Regional risks (weather, theft) add to costs
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⚙️Repair costs for EVs are higher (esp. batteries + ADAS tech)
🧑🏽🔧Fewer specialized mechanics = longer, pricier repairs
📉Low adoption in many states keeps premiums high
🌡️Regional risks (weather, theft) add to costs
2/5
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
According to @insurify.bsky.social’s report:
⚙️Repair costs for EVs are higher (esp. batteries + ADAS tech)
🧑🏽🔧Fewer specialized mechanics = longer, pricier repairs
📉Low adoption in many states keeps premiums high
🌡️Regional risks (weather, theft) add to costs
2/5
⚙️Repair costs for EVs are higher (esp. batteries + ADAS tech)
🧑🏽🔧Fewer specialized mechanics = longer, pricier repairs
📉Low adoption in many states keeps premiums high
🌡️Regional risks (weather, theft) add to costs
2/5
Oh yeah it's definitely not completely new to the industry. China has been doing it and Tesla also to some extent with giga casting. Legacy OEMs are just taking their time to learn these new technologies.
August 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Oh yeah it's definitely not completely new to the industry. China has been doing it and Tesla also to some extent with giga casting. Legacy OEMs are just taking their time to learn these new technologies.
With federal EV tax credits phasing out soon, affordability will be the deciding factor for many consumers.
👉 If Ford delivers on this promise, this platform could be a blueprint for the EV market as a whole.
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👉 If Ford delivers on this promise, this platform could be a blueprint for the EV market as a whole.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With federal EV tax credits phasing out soon, affordability will be the deciding factor for many consumers.
👉 If Ford delivers on this promise, this platform could be a blueprint for the EV market as a whole.
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👉 If Ford delivers on this promise, this platform could be a blueprint for the EV market as a whole.
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⚙️Rethinking manufacturing: A new “assembly tree” replaces the traditional line, creating three separate sub-assemblies joined at the end, making it 40% faster.
💵Affordability vision: The first four-door electric pickup is slated for 2027, with a target starting price of around $30,000.
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💵Affordability vision: The first four-door electric pickup is slated for 2027, with a target starting price of around $30,000.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
⚙️Rethinking manufacturing: A new “assembly tree” replaces the traditional line, creating three separate sub-assemblies joined at the end, making it 40% faster.
💵Affordability vision: The first four-door electric pickup is slated for 2027, with a target starting price of around $30,000.
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💵Affordability vision: The first four-door electric pickup is slated for 2027, with a target starting price of around $30,000.
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🔑 Key highlights from Ford’s approach:
💵Cost efficiency: 20% fewer components, 25% fewer fasteners, and 40% fewer workstations.
🔋Battery innovation: Using LFP batteries for greater durability, cost savings, and space optimization.
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💵Cost efficiency: 20% fewer components, 25% fewer fasteners, and 40% fewer workstations.
🔋Battery innovation: Using LFP batteries for greater durability, cost savings, and space optimization.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🔑 Key highlights from Ford’s approach:
💵Cost efficiency: 20% fewer components, 25% fewer fasteners, and 40% fewer workstations.
🔋Battery innovation: Using LFP batteries for greater durability, cost savings, and space optimization.
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💵Cost efficiency: 20% fewer components, 25% fewer fasteners, and 40% fewer workstations.
🔋Battery innovation: Using LFP batteries for greater durability, cost savings, and space optimization.
2/4
That's what we will be doing in our second paper where we analyze the technical feasibility of electrifying these routes and the third paper where we compare the total cost of ownership for electric vs diesel trucks on these routes.
Read the first paper in full here - theicct.org/publicat...
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Read the first paper in full here - theicct.org/publicat...
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Preparing for electric drayage trucks: Analysis of real-world operations in the Seattle-Tacoma port region - International Council on Clean Transportation
This study analyzes a population of drayage truck operations, driver surveys, and terminal gate data from ports in the Seattle-Tacoma region to provide insights for fleet electrification planning.
theicct.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That's what we will be doing in our second paper where we analyze the technical feasibility of electrifying these routes and the third paper where we compare the total cost of ownership for electric vs diesel trucks on these routes.
Read the first paper in full here - theicct.org/publicat...
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Read the first paper in full here - theicct.org/publicat...
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These patterns reveal that drayage trucks are not a monolith and are quite flexible in their operations. But with the right strategy of battery-electric range and charging locations, they can all be electrified.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These patterns reveal that drayage trucks are not a monolith and are quite flexible in their operations. But with the right strategy of battery-electric range and charging locations, they can all be electrified.
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These trucks travel in 3 distinct routes - local (~63%), short-haul (~35%), and regional (~2%).
80% of all daily distances traveled are below 200 miles
Only 26% of the truck loads are full payload of 80,000 lbs
Around 65% of drivers are independent owner-operators
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80% of all daily distances traveled are below 200 miles
Only 26% of the truck loads are full payload of 80,000 lbs
Around 65% of drivers are independent owner-operators
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July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These trucks travel in 3 distinct routes - local (~63%), short-haul (~35%), and regional (~2%).
80% of all daily distances traveled are below 200 miles
Only 26% of the truck loads are full payload of 80,000 lbs
Around 65% of drivers are independent owner-operators
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80% of all daily distances traveled are below 200 miles
Only 26% of the truck loads are full payload of 80,000 lbs
Around 65% of drivers are independent owner-operators
4/6
We combined telematics data from 10 drayage trucks with driver surveys from the African Chamber of Commerce and RFID gate data from 5 major terminal gates collected by the Northwest Seaport Alliance to reveal some interesting patterns that would guide the path to electrifying these trucks.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We combined telematics data from 10 drayage trucks with driver surveys from the African Chamber of Commerce and RFID gate data from 5 major terminal gates collected by the Northwest Seaport Alliance to reveal some interesting patterns that would guide the path to electrifying these trucks.
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This is the first of a 3-paper series to understand the electrification potential of drayage trucks in the Seattle-Tacoma port region.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is the first of a 3-paper series to understand the electrification potential of drayage trucks in the Seattle-Tacoma port region.
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It's in the thread, in the 3rd post
July 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's in the thread, in the 3rd post
This new study proves that gasoline and diesel vehicles are the worst for our health. Even a hybrid or plug-in hybrid vehicle is 20%-30% better.
The faster we get rid of these polluting vehicles, the better for all of our health and lives.
Read the full report here - theicct.org/publicat...
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The faster we get rid of these polluting vehicles, the better for all of our health and lives.
Read the full report here - theicct.org/publicat...
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Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars in the European Union: A 2025 update and key factors to consider - International Council on Clean Transportation
The study presents a life-cycle analysis of passenger cars in all major powertrains in Europe.
theicct.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This new study proves that gasoline and diesel vehicles are the worst for our health. Even a hybrid or plug-in hybrid vehicle is 20%-30% better.
The faster we get rid of these polluting vehicles, the better for all of our health and lives.
Read the full report here - theicct.org/publicat...
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The faster we get rid of these polluting vehicles, the better for all of our health and lives.
Read the full report here - theicct.org/publicat...
3/3
Not accounting for the changes in electricity mix over time for the 20-year lifetime of vehicles inflates the emissions for battery electric cars.
Also, not taking into account the difference between real-world and test fuel consumption rates benefits combustion engine vehicles.
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Also, not taking into account the difference between real-world and test fuel consumption rates benefits combustion engine vehicles.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Not accounting for the changes in electricity mix over time for the 20-year lifetime of vehicles inflates the emissions for battery electric cars.
Also, not taking into account the difference between real-world and test fuel consumption rates benefits combustion engine vehicles.
2/3
Also, not taking into account the difference between real-world and test fuel consumption rates benefits combustion engine vehicles.
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With the federal government not particularly favoring cleaner vehicles and revoking existing policies, it is now states' responsibility to devise newer innovative policies. This policy idea hopes to fulfill that gap.
Read the full blog here - theicct.org/a-clean-...
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Read the full blog here - theicct.org/a-clean-...
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A clean commercial vehicle sales incentive that costs nothing - International Council on Clean Transportation
A revenue- and technology-neutral manufacturing incentive program in California could encourage cleaner internal combustion engine vehicle sales while providing the largest incentives for zero-emission vehicles.
theicct.org
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
With the federal government not particularly favoring cleaner vehicles and revoking existing policies, it is now states' responsibility to devise newer innovative policies. This policy idea hopes to fulfill that gap.
Read the full blog here - theicct.org/a-clean-...
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Read the full blog here - theicct.org/a-clean-...
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Manufacturers would pay or receive a fee based on how far or close their vehicles' pollution level are to the benchmark.
This new policy is revenue and technology neutral that encourages cleaner internal combustion engines and also providing largest incentive for zero-emission vehicles.
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This new policy is revenue and technology neutral that encourages cleaner internal combustion engines and also providing largest incentive for zero-emission vehicles.
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July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Manufacturers would pay or receive a fee based on how far or close their vehicles' pollution level are to the benchmark.
This new policy is revenue and technology neutral that encourages cleaner internal combustion engines and also providing largest incentive for zero-emission vehicles.
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This new policy is revenue and technology neutral that encourages cleaner internal combustion engines and also providing largest incentive for zero-emission vehicles.
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Read our report here - energyinnovation.org...
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Delivering Affordability: The Emerging Cost Advantages Of Battery Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks And U.S. Policy Strategies To Unlock Their Full Potential • Energy Innovation
Battery electric heavy-duty trucks should be cheaper than diesel counterparts across major vehicle types by 2030 in most states.
energyinnovation.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Read our report here - energyinnovation.org...
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Several other studies, including our own with Energy Innovation for the US, produce similar results.
Both the market and policy incentives need to start practices that accelerate this because this has immediate health benefits.
Read the full report here - www.pembina.org/pub/...
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Both the market and policy incentives need to start practices that accelerate this because this has immediate health benefits.
Read the full report here - www.pembina.org/pub/...
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Electrifying Fleet Trucks | Pembina Institute
Electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) — trucks and vans — in Ontario offers a major opportunity to save businesses money on fuel and maintenance, cut pollution and re-energize the province’s automotive sector. If Ontario develops supportive policies and makes the right investments, it can unlock these benefits and position itself as a leader in zero-emission freight.
www.pembina.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Several other studies, including our own with Energy Innovation for the US, produce similar results.
Both the market and policy incentives need to start practices that accelerate this because this has immediate health benefits.
Read the full report here - www.pembina.org/pub/...
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Both the market and policy incentives need to start practices that accelerate this because this has immediate health benefits.
Read the full report here - www.pembina.org/pub/...
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