Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Audi to Cut 10% of Workers to Fund Shift to Electric Vehicles
November 26th, 2019Via: Reuters: Volkswagen’s luxury car unit Audi on Tuesday said it would cut one in ten jobs, freeing up billions of euros to fund its shift toward electric vehicle production.
Ford Challenged Tesla to an ‘Apples to Apples’ Tug-of-War Between Pickup Trucks – Musk Says ‘Bring It On’
November 26th, 2019Update: Ford Chickens Out Via: Electrek: Ford now says that it is not participating in the Tesla Cybertruck vs. F-150 tug-of-war rematch as it calls the first one “absurd.” As we reported earlier today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to redo the Cybertruck vs. Ford F-150 tug-of-war challenge after claims the first one wasn’t fair. […]
Was Bolivian Coup About Lithium?
November 26th, 2019Via: Counterpunch: Over the course of the past few years, Bolivia has struggled to raise investment to develop the lithium reserves in a way that brings the wealth back into the country for its people. Morales’ Vice President Álvaro García Linera had said that lithium is the “fuel that will feed the world.” Bolivia was […]
California Faces Decade of ‘Unique’ Wildfire Blackouts
November 22nd, 2019Via: Reuters: California utility PG&E Corp has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires and said they will continue for a decade. PG&E initially said outages would happen only a couple of times a year, but millions of Californians were hit by four massive shutdowns in October […]
Tesla Unveils Cybertruck: Electric Pickup with Range Up to 500 Miles, Stainless Steel Body, Starting Price of $39,900
November 21st, 2019Update: Tesla Already Received 146,000 Cybertruck Pre-Orders Worth Over $8 Billion — Update: Tesla Cybertruck Will Have Solar Roof Option to Add 15 Miles of Range Per Day — Will people ignore how weird it looks in order to get specs that no other truck has? Probably. Via: Electrek: After months of hype, Tesla has […]
GM Announces Electric Pickup, Hours Ahead of Tesla’s Pickup Announcement
November 21st, 2019Via: Electrek: Speaking at an investor conference today, GM CEO Mary Barra said that the company’s first electric pickup truck will “go on sale” in “the fall of 2021.” She said that she sees demand for electric pickup trucks: “General Motors understands truck buyers and… people who are new coming into the truck market,” The […]
Heliogen Achieves Breakthrough Temperatures from Concentrated Sunlight for Industrial Processes
November 19th, 2019The Heliogen website says, “Can be scaled from sizes as low as 1 MW to several gigawatts.” Several gigawatts??? “I see broken heliostats. Lots of broken heliostats.” Anyway, if there is some “secret sauce” here, I can’t tell what it is. Although this gets above 1000C, you have all of the problems with concentrated solar, […]
Japan: Wind and Solar Power Plants Will Be Built on Fukushima Farmland Polluted by Fallout from 2011 Disaster
November 18th, 2019Via: Daily Mail: Farmland in Fukushima that was rendered unusable after the disastrous 2011 nuclear meltdown is getting a second chance at productivity. A group of Japanese investors has created a new plan to use the abandoned land to build wind and solar power plants, to be used to send electricity to Tokyo. The plan […]
Ford Will Unveil Electric Mustang on November 17 in Los Angeles
November 14th, 2019Update: Leaked — Via: Electrek: Ford’s all-new, all-electric SUV will don the iconic pony badge and the name Mustang Mach-E when reservations for the vehicle open after it is revealed this Sunday. The all-electric Mustang Mach-E will make its debut Nov. 17 at an event in Los Angeles that will be streamed on YouTube, Facebook, […]
Tesla Will Build Gigafactory 4 in Berlin Area
November 12th, 2019Via: TechCrunch: Elon Musk said Tuesday during an awards ceremony in Germany that Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in the Berlin area. Musk was on stage to receive a Golden Steering Wheel Award given by BILD. “There’s not enough time tonight to tell all the details,” Musk said during an on stage interview with […]
