Ford And DTE Energy Announce Largest Renewable Energy Purchase In US history
by Peter Johnson: Ford and DTE Energy are taking a massive step in the fight against climate change. […]
Tesla Semi Electric Truck Starts Shipping This Year
by Fred Lambert: Elon Musk announced that the Tesla Semi electric truck with 500 miles of range is going to start shipping this year… […]
Smartphones Might Actually Be Improving Your Memory
by Kristin Houser: The phenomenon of “digital dementia” might not be real after all… […]
Good News: Most People Don’t Want To Be Billionaires
The majority of people do not aspire to be billionaires, which is good for the planet… […]
Everything You Need To Know About The Tesla Cybertruck
The Tesla Cybertruck may look like the ugliest pick-up truck you’ve ever seen, but that hasn’t stopped an estimated 1,250,000 potential buyers from pre-ordering the vehicle… […]
$200B CRISPR Cure for Heart Disease – Peter Diamandis
by Peter Diamandis: What if we had a permanent fix for one of the leading contributors to heart disease, the world’s single biggest killer? […]
US Postal Service Caves Under Pressure To Electrify More Of Its Fleet
by Jennifer Runyon: On July 20, the United States announced a “change of scope” of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)… […]
What’s in the Democrats’ Climate and Energy Legislation
The bill, dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” would spend nearly $370 billion […]
Electric Vehicles 101: Everything You Need to Know
by Bridget Reed Morawski: If you think electric cars are a new concept, you’re not alone. Until recently, EV’s drew interest mainly from a niche group of enthusiasts… […]
All Robot Dogs Go To The Cloud
by Rosalind Adams: In Japan’s companion robots, AI and algorithms reflect back our worst fears and highest hopes — of death and for love… […]
More Electricity From Wind & Solar Than Nuclear For 1st Time In USA
During the first four months of 2022, electrical generation by renewable energy sources accounted for over 25% of the nation’s electricity. In April alone, renewables accounted for 29.3% — an all-time high… […]
US Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption
by Tom Randall: Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg analysis of the 19 countries that have made the EV pivot… […]
NASA Shows Off Early Release Photos From James Webb Space Telescope
by William Harwood: After a presidential reveal Monday, NASA unveiled more spectacular “first light” pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday… […]
Meta’s Going After a Universal Translator. Its AI Now Works for 200 Languages
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: As the pandemic at long last winds down, international travel is picking up, with millions looking to make up for lost time… […]
Solar Powered Cars Are Coming To Market
by Connor Long: With the COP26 climate summit coming to a close just over a month ago, industry leaders from around the globe have doubled down on the lofty environmental goals set at the Paris [...]
This Luxury Solar Electric Car Could Go 7 Months Without Recharging
by Kristen Houser: Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022… […]
SpaceX moves a massive rocket with 33 engines to its launch pad for tests
by Eric Berger: No rocket with this many engines has ever successfully launched… […]
The World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Will Make Its Debut In Scotland
by Michelle Lewis: Spanish-German wind giant Siemens Gamesa has been awarded a firm order for 60 of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines, which will be installed at the 882-MW Moray West offshore wind [...]
Alquist Says It Will 3D Print 200 Houses in a Small Virginia Town
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: In late 2021, a 3D printed house went up in Williamsburg, Virginia. The printed portion of the three-bed two-bath home—that is, the exterior walls—took just 22 hours to complete… […]
Bitcoin’s Intensive Energy Demands Are Sparking a Crypto Backlash
by Judith Lewis Mernit: The enormous energy demands of Bitcoin mining are prompting some U.S. municipalities to impose moratoriums or outright bans on cryptocurrency facilities… […]
Delfast TOP 3.0i Ebike Comes With Unrivaled Power And 321 Km Range
by Amit Malewar: The U.S.-based ebike manufacturing company, Delfast, has announced TOP 3.0i, the industry’s smartest e-bike with unrivaled power and record-breaking range… […]
Satellites Zoom In On Cities’ Hottest Neighborhoods
by Daniel P. Johnson: The satellites can help combat the urban heat island effect… […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Vetoes Controversial Solar Energy Policy Overhaul
by John Engel: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is receiving praise from solar industry advocates after he vetoed a bill that would have phased down rooftop solar credits and allowed utilities to impose uncapped fees… [...]
How The Amish Use Technology
by Linsey Ems: Community members’ relationships to smartphones or the internet reflect local values and nuances of group identity… […]
Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness ‘Limitless’ Energy
by Mike Mcgrae: Deep beneath the waves there’s a source of power quite unlike any other… […]
No More Dealer Markups: Ford Wants To Move To Online-Only Sales For EVs
by Jonathan Gitlin: Ford thinks its distribution model costs $2,000 more per car than Tesla’s… […]
Geothermal Plants Could Solve America’s Lithium Supply – Boost the EV Battery Industry
bt Bryant Jones, Michael McKibben: Geothermal energy has long been the forgotten member of the clean energy family, […]
Social Media Break Improves Mental Health, Study Suggests
Asking people to stop using social media for just one week could lead to significant improvements in their wellbeing, depression and anxiety and could, in the future… […]
Wickedly Fast Frontier Supercomputer Officially Ushers in the Next Era of Computing
by Jason Dorrier: Today, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Frontier supercomputer was crowned fastest on the planet in the semiannual Top500 list… […]
Ireland’s ‘Hydrogen Valley’ Adds to European Clean Energy Achievements
by Jemma King: Another week, another step forward for European renewables dominance. […]
Tesla Rival Says it Will Build $30K Electric SUV in Ohio
by Veronika Bondarenko: Now that a star-crossed deal has closed, new plans are being rolled out to compete with the sector’s king… […]
Lunar Soil Has The Potential To Generate Oxygen And Fuel
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report May 5 in the journal Joule… […]
Tesla’s Recycled Batteries: Almost 92% Reuse Of Raw Materials
by Johnna Crider: Tesla’s recycled batteries have provided almost 92% of their original raw materials back to Tesla for future use, according to new information in Tesla’s 2021 Impact Report… […]
These Upcoming Cancer Vaccines May Prevent Tumors Before They Appear
by B. David Zarley: A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials. […]
Rivian Wins $1.5 Billion Incentive Package For Georgia Plant
Electric-pickup maker Rivian Automotive Inc. will receive $1.5 billion in state and local incentives to build a massive plant near Atlanta, bolstering the company’s production efforts despite local resistance to the project… […]
Bye, Be, Biopsy? Handheld Device Could Painlessly Identify Skin Cancers
Skin biopsies are no fun: doctors carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, […]
VanMoof’s New Ebikes Are Part Of A Masterplan To Become The Tesla Of Two-Wheelers
by Collum Booth: The S5 and A5 are the company’s newest electric bikes… […]
Mercedes Opens Battery Plant for Alabama-Made Electric SUVs
Mercedes-Benz Group AG opened a battery factory in Alabama months before the luxury-car maker starts assembling electric SUVs […]
Colorado Encourages Residents To Drive Electric
by Elizabeth Elkins: Drive Electric Colorado is a new initiative designed to educate residents about the positive reasons to make the switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV)… […]
Electric Vehicles, Not Luxury Cars, Dominate the New York Auto Show
The auto show, expected after two years of lockdowns to drive off into an irrelevant sunset, isn’t dead yet… […]
Nissan and NASA Are Teaming Up to Make a Metal-Free Solid-State Battery
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: The slow but steady transition to renewable energy was already underway when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, […]
Scientists Used Cellular Rejuvenation Therapy to Rewind Aging in Mice
by Shelly Fan: At roughly 70 years human age, the mice looked elderly and unremarkable… […]
Aquas, A Flying Ship That Moves Passengers And Cargo At Speed Up To 200 km/h
by Ashwini Sakharkar: RDC Aqualines announced its future plan to move the design and manufacture of its Aquas ekranoplan to the Basque Country, Spain… […]
The Tesla Model 2 Is Coming – Here’s What to Expect
by Josh Ko: With the Tesla Model 2, electric car ownership looks set to become more affordable. But what else can be expected from this upcoming electric vehicle? […]
The UK May Build a £16 Billion Solar Power Station in Space.
by Jovana Radulovic: The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space… […]