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Tesla Megapack Keynote LIVE - TESLA is Making Transformers !!

Methylene chloride (CH2Cl?) and acetone (C?H?O) create a powerful paint remover...

Engineer Builds His Own X-Ray After Hospital Charges Him $69K

Researchers create 2D nanomaterials with up to nine metals for extreme conditions

The Evolution of Electric Motors: From Bulky to Lightweight, Efficient Powerhouses

3D-Printing 'Glue Gun' Can Repair Bone Fractures During Surgery Filling-in the Gaps Around..

Kevlar-like EV battery material dissolves after use to recycle itself

Laser connects plane and satellite in breakthrough air-to-space link

Lucid Motors' World-Leading Electric Powertrain Breakdown with Emad Dlala and Eric Bach

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Energy

Energy independence turns the gears of the visionary’s imagination, and grants us individual control of our modern lives. No meaningful alternative to the Crown’s system can be achieved without exploring decentralized energy production and storage.

Musk Says German Tesla Model Y Will Be 'Radical Redesign Of Building A Car'

He said that in an improvised press conference at the Giga Berlin site.

Volta Trucks reveals electric truck built for inner city cargo hauling

Back in July, Volta Trucks released some specs and rendered images of its upcoming Zero electric truck. Now the start-up has revealed the first prototype, with trials due to start next year ahead of full production in 2022.

Tesla Battery Day Is Coming: Solid Predictions Of What To Expect

It seems Tesla fans are eager to forecast the future. Only good things can come from Battery Day, right?

Prototype gravity-based energy storage system begins construction

A Scottish company called Gravitricity has now broken ground on a demonstrator facility for a creative new system that stores energy in the form of "gravity" by lifting and dropping huge weights.

VW ID. Buggy To Be Reinvented As Affordable Off-Road EV

It'll debut in a few years.

Silicon "sandwiches" make for lightweight, high-capacity batteries

The pursuit of better batteries means the exploration of alternative materials, and one that scientists see a lot of promise in is silicon.

Prototype gravity-based energy storage system begins construction

As renewable energy generation grows, so does the need for new storage methods that can be used at times when the Sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing.

Elon Musk Hints At Electric Jet Battery

It has been the bane of the electric vehicle revolution's hopes--insufficient battery life. But now, Elon Musk has hinted that he might just have a solution to the thing that has dogged EVs for years.

Robot Boats Leave Autonomous Cars in Their Wake

Driverless ships don't have to worry about crowded roads. And they don't need bunks--or toilets.

Super-dense lithium-sulfur battery gives electric plane a 230-mile range

British company Oxis says it's developed safe, high-density lithium-sulfur battery chemistry and will supply Texas Aircraft Manufacturing with a 90-kWh, next-gen battery pack to power the eColt, an electric aircraft with a two hour, 230-mile range.

Watch Lucid Air Race Tesla Model S: A Glimpse Of A Major Rivalry To Come

We can't wait for all the details on this epic event.

Bringing ENERGY TO OUR YURT | EATING free OFF THE LAND | This BATTERY is a GAME CHANGER - Ep. 102

Jake and Nicole are nearly living off the grid 100%.

Researchers Turn Red Bricks Into Supercapacitor Battery

Red bricks, one of the world's most abundant and cheapest building materials, can be converted into batteries that can be charged to hold electricity, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Longest Range Electric Car is 517 Mile Lucid Air

The Lucid Air electric car has been independently tested with an estimated EPA range of 517 miles on a single charge. This range appears to be for a 175 or 205 kWh from two battery packs for an extended range vehicle that costs over $100,000.

Will A Viable Nuclear Plasma Energy Generation Technology Be Strangled In Its Crib?

What if everything you've been told about the nature of the sun, from elementary school, to universities, to Wikipedia, is wrong?

Tesla Battery Partner Jeff Dahn Approaches Incredible New Battery Cell

The new battery cell chemistry would have game-changing density and an extended life span.

Watch Tesla Model Y Drag Race This Wickedly Fast Electric Bike

This is an unlikely matchup. Does the Tesla win yet again?

Do We Have to Destroy the Earth to Save It?

Do wind turbines and solar farms hold the keys to saving the environment?

Scientists create the brightest fluorescent materials in existence

By overcoming some highly technical and longstanding roadblocks, a team of scientists has managed to produce what are described as the brightest fluorescent materials in existence.

New catalyst rearranges carbon dioxide and water into ethanol fuel

Researchers at the US Dept of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, working with Northern Illinois University, have discovered a new catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol...

This Tesla-Based, All-Electric Mustang Concept Isn't From America

A prototype is already underway – with 840 electrified horses.

Tesla Can Win With Breakthroughs in Batteries, Factories or Self-Driving

In mid-2019, Nextbigfuture predicted that 2020 would be year that Tesla would begin dominating the world with dry battery technology.

Quick Look At Cadillac LYRIQ Specs And Battery

The specs are pretty decent for the purpose, but the timeline...

This 3-in-1 speaker is a game-changer for people on the go

Are you someone that loves being outdoors and is always on the go? This gadget may be for you.

New Zealand's wireless power transmission: Your questions answered

Yesterday we covered the news that New Zealand's second-largest electricity distributor has signed a deal with startup Emrod to trial long-range wireless power transmission.

US Closer To Developing Small Nuclear Reactors That Sustain Life On The Moon & Mars

The US Department of Energy issued an unusual statement on Friday calling for private sector help in its years-long project to develop technology that would sustain future civilizations on the moon as well as Mars.

Who says electric cars are dull?

Ford unveils a track-only version of its Mustang Mach-E SUV with SEVEN motors that produce a tyre-killing 1400bhp

Ford reveals an electric Mustang Mach-E SUV with 1,400 horsepower

Looking to explore how far it can push the limits of electric vehicle performance, Ford has created a version of its Mustang Mach-E SUV with seven electric motors that can produce a total of up to 1,400 horsepower.

Lasers Hold a Few Hundred Atoms to Create the Smallest Optical Mirror

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have made an optical mirror using only a few hundred identical atoms.

New Cobalt-Free Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery that reduces the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways.

First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater. A new kind of boat and technology.

First boat to make its own hydrogen fuel from seawater. A new kind of boat and technology.

Hybrid solar converter harvests both sunlight and heat at 85% efficiency

Engineers have developed a new type of hybrid solar energy converter, which uses energy from the Sun to create both electricity and steam.

Sila Nanotechnologies Biggest Battery Breakthrough in Last Ten Years

Hyperchange has a conversation with Sean Mehta, a battery scientist at Sila Nanotechnologies, about the potential of transition metal-free Cathodes. This has the potential to disrupt the battery materials supply chain.

Progress to All Polymer Battery

Hideaki Horie's innovation is to replace the battery's basic components, which are metal-lined electrodes and liquid electrolytes, with a resin construction.

LiFePO4 Off-grid Solar Battery .2C Capacity Test and Price Comparison: USA vs China, DIY or Buy?

LiFePO4 Off-grid Solar Battery .2C Capacity Test and Price Comparison: USA vs China, DIY or Buy?

Fortune LiFePO4 Battery Cells: I love them!

Fortune LiFePO4 Battery Cells: I love them!

Electric Battery Domination – 100% Electric Cars before 2030

The science and technology of vastly better batteries can be very confusing. Lithium Metal and hybrid lithium batteries and many other battery chemistries.

How Many More Gigafactories Can Tesla Make With Profit and Stock?

Tesla is trading at a valuation of over $250 billion.

Montreal Researchers on Track to 3 Petawatt Laser Pulses

Canadian researchers at the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) facility at INRS, generated 300 terawatt laser pulses (3 joules for a 10-femtosecond pulse).

Racing to Exawatt Class Lasers and Beyond

Peak laser intensity demonstrations have occurred on specific Nd:glass-based lasers:

"Graphene armor" protects perovskite solar cells from damage

Perovskite is emerging as a promising material for solar cells, but it has some durability problems. Now, engineers have developed a new electrode that could make them more stable, using a protective layer of "graphene armor."

Tesla Semi's Latest Makeshift Megacharger Suggests Major Battery Upgrade

Perhaps this is a forecast of the work of Tesla's 'Roadrunner Project' and million-mile battery tech?

Pre-loaded silicon anodes boost lithium battery density by 25 percent

The pursuit of next-generation battery architectures have scientists exploring all kinds of alternative materials, and one that has been seen as a great candidate for some time is silicon.

Dash of graphene leads to "toughest" solid battery electrolyte to date

A solid-state battery, where the liquid electrolyte that carries the charge is swapped out for a solid alternative, promises a number of performance benefits over today's solutions, but there are a few problems to solve first.

Low-cost solar-to-hydrogen cell achieves breakthrough 17.6% efficiency

Hydrogen's impressive energy density offers some compelling advantages that could see it make a huge difference in the electric aviation and eVTOL sectors, as well as in renewable energy, where it's a lightweight and transportable

Tesla And Panasonic Enter 3-Year Battery Pricing Agreement

The deal concerns lithium-ion batteries manufactured at the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada (the cylindrical 2170-type).

Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles...

Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles in breakthrough that could transform electric vehicle market

MIT and DOE Work on Lower Cost Nuclear Reactors Using AI

The US Department of Energy is working on advanced nuclear reactors that have lower manufacturing and operating costs.

HyPoint's "turbo fuel cells" promise huge range and power for eVTOLs

A California company says its new "turbo air-cooled" fuel cell design can deliver three times the power and four times the lifespan of a regular fuel cell, opening the door for high-speed, long-range, hydrogen-powered electric VTOL aircraft.

Extra salty sodium battery performs on par with lithium

Batteries that use a sodium-ion chemistry rather than the commonplace lithium-ion could offer a number of advantages, owing to the cheap and abundant nature of the element.
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