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The Reason Tesla Spent $218 Million On Maxwell Technologies
WHY DID TESLA ACQUIRE MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES?
Tesla Acquires Maxwell Technologies for Battery Breakthrough
Tesla welcomes Maxwell into their house with $218M acquisition for battery technology and battery expertise.
TALOS Exoskeleton Program Fails But Silent Electric Dirt Bikes Could Work Out
Patrick Tucker at Defense One has reported that James Smith, SOCOM's acquisition executive has stated that the Special Ops Exoskeleton is nowhere near ready for use in combat.
Nikola Announces All-Electric Semi Truck: Up To 1,000-kWh Battery
Nikola recognizes the advantages of BEVs. Will skip FCVs at some point?
Ford F-150 Electric Pickup Truck Spied For First Time
Electric truck sighting confirmed.
Tesla Buys Maxwell to Eventually Nearly Triple Battery Energy Density
Maxwell Technologies has breakthrough dry battery electrode technology and ultracapacitors. Tesla has announced the purchase of Maxwell Technologies for $218 million in an all-stock deal.
Scientists Invent Ingenious Emission-Free System to Bottle Solar Energy in the Summer to ...
Save for Winter...This ground-breaking new solar-powered battery is giving the fossil fuel industry reason for concern.
After decades of research, prototypes, and trials, the first sustainable solar-powered storage system is underway and it is poi
Watch New Harley Concept Electric Bike In Action
This as-yet unnamed Harley-Davidson concept bike seems somewhere between a dirtbike and a motorized mountain bike in function and weight.
Electric Heavy Equipment is Good for Underground Cities and Space Colonies
A Norwegian distributor of CAT heavy machinery has converted a CAT excavator to electric power using 3.4 tons of batteries. This was 300 kWh of batteries.
This Will Be the Biggest Winner of the EV Revolution
Volkswagen is taking matters into its own hands.
On Friday, the German auto giant said it's going to spend €870 million (about $995 million) by 2020 to develop electric vehicle (EV) components.
Tesla Pickup Truck With 500-Mile Range To Be Unveiled This Summer?
The Tesla product path is pretty exciting. With the Model 3 finally hitting its near-term production and delivery stride, we're ready for more details about what's coming. Last night's financial call with analysts was pretty revealing on this f
Future Electric Pickup Trucks Worth Waiting For
From the Rivian R1T to the promised Tesla pickup, these are the electric pickup trucks to start saving up for.
Railguns Stabiliize ITER Nuclear Fusion Plasma Three Times Faster than Gas Guns
The projectile, called a "sabot," releases a payload of material into the center of the plasma that radiates, or spreads out, the energy stored in the plasma, reducing its impact on the interior of the tokamak.
"Project Dilithium": US Military Eyes Mini Nuclear Reactors For Remote Deployments
The US military's Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has put out a request for contractors to submit proposals for small nuclear reactors that could be deployed to remote locations that are difficult or dangerous to transport fuel, reports Defense O
Scientists Create Super-Thin 'Sheet' That Could Charge Our Phones By Harvesting Wifi From th
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from WiFi
Technology extracts at least 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere at a cost of less...
than 2 cents per liter....Jim Mason was first profiled in Reason in 2008 when his early attempts at homemade power generation ran afoul of regulators in his hometown of Berkeley, California. He fought through and created a business, All Power Labs,
Railguns Stabiliize ITER Nuclear Fusion Plasma Three Times Faster than Gas Guns
One of the problems preventing the Multi-billion dollar ITER nuclear fusion project from scaling to provide commercial energy are disruptions of the plasma. Disruptions are sudden events that can halt fusion reactions and damage the tokamaks.
Electricity-free air con:
Thermoacoustic device turns waste heat into cold using no additional power
Tuning Graphene Superconductivity
A Columbia University-led team has developed a new method to finely tune adjacent layers of graphene--lacy, honeycomb-like sheets of carbon atoms--to induce superconductivity.
Watch: New Video Surfaces Of Aston Martin's All-Electric Supercar, Production Starts In Months
Aston Martin has been manufacturing and racing petrol sportscars for well over a century. It was not until 2017 at the 2018 Frankfurt Motor Show, the British automaker revealed the Rapide E, an all-electric version of the Rapide sports sedan, would h
Kirk Sorensen - A Global Alternative (thorium energy via LFTR) @ TEAC4
Kirk Sorensen for harnessing the power of the atom using Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR). LFTR offers greater efficiency and . Lectures from TEAC4 (Thorium Energy Alliance Conference.
CTO of General Fusion Forecasts Ten Years to Commercial Fusion
CBC News has a new article which reports that Mike Delage, chief technology officer at General Fusion thinks commercial fusion could be as little as a decade away.
Russia Will Test a New Sodium Fast Reactor and Reprocessing to Handle All Nuclear Waste
The MBIR is a sodium-cooled fast reactor with 150 megawatts of thermal power and will have a design life of up to 50 years.
If TAE Technologies Succeeds With Commercial Fusion Then a Fusion Rocket...
If TAE Technologies Succeeds With Commercial Fusion Then a Fusion Rocket Will Follow
Porsche Is Doubling Production Of Its "Tesla Killer" Taycan On Soaring Demand
The Porsche Taycan is widely considered to be the "mainstream" luxury automobile market's most potent threat to the Tesla Model S. The specs for the vehicle look to be extremely impressive, not just from an EV standpoint, but from any type of "street
Let's Look At CATL's Numerous Battery Deals
Mega-player in the battery biz.
Tesla Move to Bigger Battery Packs and 2170 Batteries for S and X Cars
Tesla is discontinuing the 75 kWh battery pack versions of the Model S and X cars.
Cadillac to lead GM's electrification efforts.
General Motors announced today that Cadillac will be GM's lead electric vehicle brand. The company is currently developing an all-new EV platform, which at first will be utilized in an upcoming all-electric Cadillac.
Atlis XT Electric Pickup Truck Revealed: 500-Mile Range, Tows 35,000 Pounds
Might there be a competitor for the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck?
Tesla and China Could Complete Gigafactory 3 by March, 2019
How fast can Tesla and China complete Gigafactory 3?
This Lone Rivian R1T Electric Truck Video Shows All
We can't get enough of this incredible electric truck. Build it now!
Tesla's Secret Weapon: Intense Focus On Batteries
INSIDE TESLA'S SECRET, INTENSE FOCUS ON BATTERIES
By now, regular readers of this column are well aware that we (along with most other writers who focus on electric vehicles) consider the threat of the "Tesla killer" to be no threat at all.
The Battery Revolution. End of Gasoline?
Representing the battery breakthrough that is ready to commercialize and promises much more battery capacity for our smartphones and electric vehicles and extremely fast charging. So, the price of electric vehicles will be very close and even lower t
This most innovative battery designs of the year
Access to energy wherever and whenever we need it is fundamental to much of modern society, keeping us warm in the winter, cool in the summer, entertained all year round, and making sure our food is safe to eat.
Impressive solar-powered island resort opens in the Maldives
New York-based architectural firm Yuji Yamazaki Architecture (YYA) is behind the design of the Kudadoo Maldives Private Island that opened recently in Lhaviani Atoll, Maldives.
China Starts Operating Most Powerful Single Nuclear Reactor
China has completed and is now operating an advanced french designed EPR nuclear reactor with 1750 MW of power. This is the most energy from a single nuclear reactor.
Swedish research multiplies the life of rechargeable NiMH batteries
Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method to multiply the lifespan of nickel-metal hydride batteries.
A long-awaited battery that would cut electric-vehicle costs may finally be close
24M is reducing manufacturing costs by stripping out extraneous materials--and just got $22 million to begin building its first commercial factory.
U.S. Just Finalized the Largest Offshore Wind Sale in the Nation's History
In an exciting new display of America's shift towards sustainability, the government has just leased out 390,000 acres of federally-owned waters for offshore wind farming.
Student-Designed Electric Car Breaks World Record by Crossing Australia in 6 Days...
Using Only $50 of Power...A team of 14 college students have just set a Guinness world record with a solar-powered car that drove across Australia in 6 days using only $50 worth of energy.
Ambri Utility Scale Liquid Metal Batteries Arriving in 2020
Ambri will be commercializing a utility-scale liquid metal battery within three years.
Russian firm wants to build electric Mustang with 840 hp and all-wheel drive
Called the Aviar R67, it's designed to look like a 1967 Fastback
Running a 5000btu air conditioner on Harbor Freight solar panels?
in this video I test out a 5000 BTU air conditioner with 150 watts of Harbor Freight solar panels, 352 amp hours of deep cycle batteries, and a power inverter to demonstrate how well you can run a 5000 BTU air conditioner on this equipment. Off Grid
Tesla's Record-Breaking Mega Battery, Installed on a Bet, Saves Australia $40 ...
Million in Its First Year...It has been one year since the world's largest lithium ion battery was switched on in South Australia to combat costly statewide power outages - and this new report shows that it has performed astonishingly well.
Oil Analyst Makes Case for Electric Cars and Picks Copper as Way to Play Battery Future
Marin Katusa of Katusa Research is an oil and uranium analyst. He gave his take last year on oil and uranium prices. Oil will remain range bound and Uranium prices will recover but in 2 to 5 years from last year. This means in 2020 to 2023.
Expensive Batteries vs Cheap Batteries!
Today I compare two teams of batteries: Expensive vs Cheap, tested over four rounds to see which is the longest lasting and which is the most cost-efficient.
Twenty Month Payback for Tesla 100-MW Utility Scale Battery Storage System
Australia has determined that Tesla 100MW battery system saved $40 million and the system had cost only $66 million. This is a 20-month payback on the investment.
Tesla Model Y Will Have Three Rows of Seats by End of 2020
Leaked documents show Tesla plans to build small Model Y SUV at Gigafactory 1 by the end of 2020 and another production line in the China Gigafactory a few months later. It will have a third-row seat. The timeline is outdated. It seems that the actua
Water-stabilized hydrogen fuel promises twice the range of gasoline at half the price
with zero tailpipe emissions...Israeli-Australian company Electriq Global's new technology stabilizes hydrogen in a recyclable liquid that can be pumped and transported just like gasoline. That's huge news, because it enables long-range electric dri