Axios

Hyundai, Kia and Genesis are the latest automakers to adopt Tesla's charging interface, marking the latest dominoes to fall in the widespread acceptance of the tech for North American electric vehicles.

Driving the news: The Korean automakers join others including Ford and General Motors in adopting the North American Charging Standard. Newly built vehicles starting in late 2024 will have that port, while the companies also plan to make adapters available for existing cars.

What to make of oil prices plummeting this week? Goldman Sachs analysts, for one, say it's "transitory."

Catch up fast: Prices continued their slide Thursday, with Brent falling under $83, a double-digit drop over the last week.

Two boldface names in wonk circles say electric vehicle growth won't inevitably require the U.S. to be overwhelmingly reliant on China.

Driving the news: A new essay by Brian Deese, ex-head of President Joe Biden's National Economic Council, and Columbia University's Jason Bordoff lays out why EVs and other climate-friendly tech don't simply replace oil reliance with a new form of resource insecurity.

The race is on to find the chonkiest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

Driving the news: Fat Bear Week, an annual March Madness-style bracket contest, kicked off yesterday — and the internet loves it.

Changing faces atop Capitol Hill GOP leadership and the top ranks of the Interior Department could bring shifts in posture.

Driving the news: Tommy Beaudreau is stepping down from the number 2 role at Interior, which regulates energy development on huge swaths of public lands and waters.

Global carbon emissions from power production essentially plateaued in the first half of 2023.

Driving the news: New analysis from the non-governmental organization Ember says 2023 may mark a turning point, with the sector's emissions having risen just 0.2% during H123. "[T]he world is nearing the point of falling power sector emissions," the NGO wrote.