This could affect all models. The heavy power could have caused a negative voltage spike that mimics a pressed accelerator. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sudden-Tesla-acceleration-attributed-to-voltage-spikes-that-may-have-tricked-NHTSA-into-ruling-it-driver-error.732407.0.html
2023-07-04 Western Australia Battery Storage To Replace Coal Power Station
Western Australia is going to shut down its cold fire power plant in a few years. They’re building several battery energy storage systems to soak up solar energy from rooftop solar systems during the daytime. Western Australia is unique in that their grid is independent from the rest of Australia. What I think is so
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2023-07-02 Humid Air Battery, Free Energy
This ‘free energy’ type of battery uses humid air to generate electricity. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/02/it-was-an-accident-the-scientists-who-have-turned-humid-air-into-renewable-power
2023-06-24 Tesla Cyber Rodeo, 9000 Ton Gigapress, Etc.
This is a short tour of the gigafactory Texas during the Cyber Rodeo public event, 15 thousand visitors. Shows robotic arms on the assembly lines. QR codes in a stripe on the floor to guide the autonomous transporters. A few seconds of Arc Attack’s presentation. Very up close shots of the 9000 long tonne Gigapress.
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2023-06-18 DLE – Direct Lithium Extraction
A Reuters article about a different way of extracting lithium. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/inside-race-remake-lithium-extraction-ev-batteries-2023-06-16/
2023-06-16 Aluminum-ion and Aluminum-sulfur Batteries
This Cleantechnica article about research and development advancements on batteries using aluminum-ion and aluminum-sulfur chemistries. German Universities; Lyten company announcing opening a pilot battery factory for lithium-sulfur cells. Quote: “”Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust and its recycling is easy. Its high volumetric capacity of 8040 mA-h/cm−3 as a negative electrode
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2023-05-03 Range Energy Electric Powered Trailers
Range Energy thinks it has the best answer, and it doesn’t require any retrofitting of tractors or engines, just a new trailer. Range figured that so many people have thought about electrifying the semi-truck tractor, but nobody has really focused on the trailer. This makes sense considering the trailer is just dead weight on most
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2023-01-17 Batteries Better Than Lithium Batteries
https://www.fastcompany.com/90761039 /these-rechargeable-batteries-are-more -sustainable-and-safer-than-lithium-and-half-the-cost Since lithium-ion batteries were first sold 30 years ago, they’ve dropped in cost by 97%. But they’re still too expensive for making electric cars that can compete in cost with fossil-fueled cars without subsidies, or to economically store wind and solar power on the grid. That’s why one Boston-area startup is developing
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2022-07-02 Enough EV Batteries For All EVs By 2035?
The EU is going to prohibit new gas cars by 2035. But they question whether there will be enough batteries for EVs in 2035. They mentioned Lithium iron phosphate and sodium ion batteries. But they failed to state the obvious! The law doesn’t say everyone must buy a battery EV. They failed to even mention
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2022-06-18 MIT: Storage Can Deliver Carbon-free US Grid
An MIT Technology Energy Initiative study finds that storage can deliver carbon-free US grid. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/06/14/storage-can-deliver-carbon-free-u-s-grid-mit-study-finds




