Daimler Breaks Ground On Tesla-Like Battery Gigafactory In Europe
• http://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneDaimler presented its emerging second battery factory in Kamenz, Germany with a big splash, accompanied by chancellor Angela Merkel no less.
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Consumer Reports Runs The Numbers On Tesla's Solar Roof
• http://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneConsumer Reports, which six months ago was skeptical about the viability of Tesla's Solar Roof product, has once again "done the math" using newly announced pricing estimations.
Impressive DIY Tesla Solar Roof Tile Built On YouTube
• http://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneWhile Tesla itself still needs to figure out how to produce and prepare the production line for it Solar Roof products (a pilot validation line will be established at the company's Fremont facility in June before moving to volume production at the
Elon Musk's Cousin & SolarCity Founder Lyndon Rive To Part Ways With Tesla, Inc.
• http://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneElon Musk's Cousin & SolarCity Founder Lyndon Rive To Part Ways With Tesla, Inc. In June
US Energy Dept. Wants You To Use Electricity Like Facebook, Or Something
• https://cleantechnica.comHow much damage can one image do? We may find out soon enough. US President Trump's own Department of Energy is circulating an infographic that wipes the floor with the President's pro-coal message, pitches wind and solar, and makes mincemeat out
LG Chem Launches Residential Energy Storage Systems In U.S.
• http://insideevs.com, by Mark KaneIf you make the cells themselves, why not make the energy storage system to go around them?
TankTwo String Batteries
• youtube.comFranco Gonzales of IDTechEx interviews Bert Holtappels of TankTwo about their battery packs for electric cars at the IDTechEx Show! In Berlin. TankTwo's system is comprised of multiple individual intelligent cells made from same material as traditi
New Tesla Patent Lists Method For Charging Lithium-Air Battery
• insideevs.com by Eric LovedayTesla has filed an updated patent related to metal-air batteries.
New Materials - More Energy from the Battery of the Future | Tomorrow Today
• youtube.comHopes are riding on electric motors to power the cars of the future. Their Achilles heel is the batteries. They're too heavy, too short-lived and take too long to re-charge.Now
The future of rechargeable batteries
• youtube.comResearchers at Argonne National Laboratory are developing car and smartphone batteries that can hold 50 percent more energy.
Tesla Solar Roof Smooth And Textured To Go On Sale Today
• insideevs.com by Eric LovedayToday is the day when two variants of Tesla's solar roof will launch.
This Vancouver Startup Is Chasing the Dream of Clean, Limitless Energy Forever
• https://motherboard.vice.com, BRYSON MASSENuclear fusion is always "50 years away." But now it could finally, almost be here.
Lockheed compact fusion reactor design about 100 times larger than first plans
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThere is updated technical information on the Lockheed compact fusion reactor project.
Indonesia continues preliminary work towards fission testing...
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangIndonesia continues preliminary work towards fission testing of Thorcon thorium molten salt reactors in 2020
Two Tesla Solar Roof Options To Be Offered This Year, Other Two Delayed
• insideevs.com by Mark KaneTesla's solar glass roof, introduced six months ago, are scheduled for production in 2017 but – as it turns out – only two out of four types will be ready this year.
The UK Just Switched on an Ambitious Fusion Reactor - and It Works
• http://www.sciencealert.com, FIONA MACDONALDFirst plasma has been achieved.
Ford Debuts World's First Hybrid Police Car
• True ActivistThe new vehicle will first be introduced in Los Angeles and New York. By the summer of 2018, it is estimated that the eco-friendly police cars will be delivered nationwide.
Beyond "grid down" - Solar flares can also disrupt railway signaling systems
• Natural Newsand underground conduit pipes. Solar flares may negatively impact the planet's power grids, railway systems, and underground pipelines through a phenomenon called geomagnetically induced currents (GICs), a recent study found
Tesla's Solar Roof To Cost Less Than A Regular Roof – Even Before Energy Production, Says Elon M
• True ActivistSolar energy is already competitive in several markets and while the price of the solar roof could be more expensive than a regular roof as an upfront investment, those electricity savings would quickly add up and made the product competitive with no
Elon Musk: 100 Tesla Gigafactories Could Power The Entire World
• http://www.trueactivist.comLeonardo DiCaprio and Elon Musk convened in his Gigafactory to talk lithium ion batteries, climate change, and the future of alternative energy sources.
Let's Do the Shocking Physics of Why Power Lines Sag
• https://www.wired.comYou might look at an overhead power line and see an engineering problem. After all, those transmission towers are impressively huge. But if you've ever seen those cables, you probably noticed they seem to hang fairly low. Why they hang low is a gre
3 Off-grid ways to save money on your electric bill
• naturalnews.com by: JD HeyesIn our topsy-turvy world, it's hard to predict from one week to the next what will happen.
Al Gore's New Group Demands $15 Trillion To Fight Global Warming
• http://dailycaller.com, Michael BastaschA group of executives who want to fight global warming has published a new report calling for countries to spend up to $600 billion a year over the next two decades to boost green energy deployment and energy efficiency equipment.
Not a Russian cyberattack just criminally incompetent PG & E, Con Ed and ineffective government
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangMajor power outages caused chaos on mass transit systems in both New York and San Francisco Friday, with parts of both cities' systems still suffering ongoing outages or delays into the pre-weekend afternoon commute. Los Angeles also had a major po
Can the Electric Grid Handle Self-Driving Electric Trucks?
• mishtalk.com by MishIn response to some of my recent posts on self-driving and electric vehicles, several readers asked if the electric grid could handle the increase.
"Total Chaos" - Cyber Attack Feared As Multiple Cities Hit With Simultaneous Power Grid Fa
• Zero HedgeThe U.S. power grid appears to have been hit with multiple power outages affecting San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
Imploding Liner Fusion Propulsion System
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangIt is an innovative modification to magneto-inertial fusion is proposed in which the pulsed, high current magnetic field coil and stationary central fuel target are replaced with a fast moving fusion fuel target fired axially into a static, high grad
New process for manufacturing PV cells means cheaper solar power
• https://phys.org,A major roadblock to the mass use of solar energy are photovoltaic (PV) solar cells.
Gas explorer teams up with Lockheed Martin on helium-fuelled airships
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, Jon YeomansGiant helium-fuelled airships could soon be plying the skies - and a Tanzania-based gas explorer hopes to be joining them for the ride.
Rumours the US Military Is Testing an EM Drive on the X-37B Space Plane Just Won't Die
• http://www.sciencealert.com, FIONA MACDONALDEveryone chill.
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