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Solid-State Batteries Are Finally Making Their Way Out Of The Lab

07 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"Over the past 200 years, scientists have constantly innovated on batteries by building them with different materials, but the basic design hasn't changed...Solid-state batteries have been the major exception...the new CeraCharge battery can hold vastly more power than its predecessor

"As long as this innovation continues, we seem destined for a future in which solid-state batteries..."

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Taking The Climate Killers To Court

07 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"As deaths mount from extreme heat and other climate disasters, legal and scientific experts are joining forces on a bold new tactic: Charging polluters with homicide."

"While dozens of civil cases have already been filed against fossil fuel companies, some believe that to capture the true scale of climate crimes - and their growing death toll - companies should also be tried for homicide."

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On The Politics Of Electric Vehicles, Flip-Flopping Felon Trump Says The Quiet Part Loud: He Is For Sale

07 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

Donald Trump has been unsubtle in his condemnations of electric vehicles...the Republican added EVs to his party's list of culture war villains after leaving the White House...Republican nominee 'has made bashing EVs a cornerstone of his campaign.'

That is, until he decided they're 'incredible.' Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people..."

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The Near Impossible Hurdles Hydrogen Has To Overcome To Be A Viable BEV Alternative

05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"Unlike traditional batteries, hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, producing only water and heat as byproducts.

"As awareness of the environmental advantages of hydrogen technology increases, along with improvements in refueling infrastructure, consumer interest is likely to grow. However, the high costs and limited availability of refueling stations remain significant barriers."

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So You've Built A Robotaxi, Now Where's Your Infrastructure?

05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"...they have to build a safe and reliable self-driving service that can go for 30,000 trips without a mistake. Few have done that, but it turns out there's a lot more than needs to be done to build a service

"Most of the attention goes on that self-driving system. It’s the big innovation, and for most companies the unsolved problem. The infrastructure details seem less like rocket science, but they’re still a lot of work and require innovation."

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The Lost History Of What Americans Knew About Climate Change In The 1960s

05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated."

Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes "has found more than 100 examples of congressional hearings that examined CO2 and the greenhouse effect prior to the adoption of the Clean Air Act...The research adds weight to arguments that Congress intended to give the EPA a broad authority to regulate pollution."

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Samsung's New Battery Tech For EVs With 600-Mile Range Is Here: All You Need To Know

05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"...the standout feature of Samsung's new battery is its 20-year lifespan and the ability to hold around 500 kW per kilogram of energy density - almost double what current EV batteries offer.

"Samsung claims its new batteries can charge fully in just 9 minutes, but this requires advanced infrastructure with charging speeds between 480 kW and 600 kW..The first [2027] models to feature this tech could come from Toyota’s luxury sub-brand, Lexus.

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How This EV Startup's Cheap Cars All Wound Up In A Huge Pile In Arizona Scrapyard

05 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

ElectraMeccanica...sold 428 vehicles in total, which is probably nothing to write home about...It was all going well until it all went wrong. In 2022, one of the customers got in touch with the company and told them their vehicle had suddenly lost propulsion for no apparent reason...the worst came after because the only thing worse than an issue affecting (nearly) every single one of the products you sold is having an issue that you can't fix.

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How A $100 Bike Changed One Person's Life

03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"I ended up buying a used craigslist bike from some guy in Tigard for like $100 just because people riding bikes around my neighborhood looked like they were having a pretty good time..

"The ebike has taken my radius of what I can accomplish – including commuting to and from work – and expanded it by several times...It really has replaced about 99% of my car trips."

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E-Bikes Are Half the Bicycle Traffic in Maine National Park

03 Aug 2024 | Synopsis

"Acadia National Park had no electric bicycles on its carriage roads as recently as five years ago. Today, that's a different story. Fully half of the bicycles rolling along its scenic roads today are e-bikes.

"In 2019...the park decided to lower the carriage road speed limit for all cyclists from 25 to 20 mph and to allow only Class 1 e-bikes on them... two higher classes of e-bike are only allowed on the park's paved roads."

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