They will be assembling up to 200 MWh of batteries and will be scaling up for mass production. Factorial Energy opens solid-state battery plant, the largest assembly line of its kind in US
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2023-10-23 Can California’s Grid Handle Electric Vehicles?
Yes, California’s grid will be able to handle more EVs. Race to zero: Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?
2023-10-18 Rivian EDV -Amazon Gets 10000
Amazon has taken delivery of 10000 Rivian EDV electric delivery vans. https://insideevs.com/news/692018/amazon-has-doubled-size-its-rivian-edv-fleet-10000-units/
2023-10-16 Newsom Signs Powering Up Californians Act Into Law
Helping electrify California by reducing time. Sounds like it’s supposed to smooth over the bureaucratic red tape. Powering Up Californians Act Is Signed into Law
2023-10-15 Cybertruck Meets DeLorean
Both have a stainless steel body. It’s a shame that DeLorean didn’t last. Tesla Cybertruck pictured next to DeLorean DMC-12
2023-10-13 California To Phase Out Gas Cars Over 12 Years
California is going to phase out gasoline cars over the next 12 years. Good read, but critical of some things I don’t think are necessary. Quote from article: “”Automakers will have to gradually electrify their fleet of new vehicles, beginning with 35% of 2026 models sold, increasing to 68% in 2030 and 100% for 2035
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2023-10-03 Perseverance Mars Rover Hi Res Image
Mars 2020 Rover AKA Perseverance in High Resolution and detailed. Full Resolution link ( No Facebook Compress ) below https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/jpegPIA23312.jpg Excellent closeup image. It looks like 10 or mor kg of Kapton tape wrapped around the cables. But the worker is putting in red and blue cables that are not covered in Kapton. So it
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2023-10-01 Parking Lots Becoming As Important As Cars In Climate Change Efforts
That’s what I was saying to the guys at our computer Club meeting today. The cities and educational institutions should be putting canopies covered with solar panels over their parking spaces, and solar panels on their roofs. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/03/parking-lots-becoming-as-important-as-cars-in-climate-change-efforts.html
2023-09-28 40 Stall Charging Station Coming To Santa Ana!
OMG! I used to work down the road and we used to go to lunch at that buffet/all-you-can-eat restaurant! It’s been closed since the pandemic. So it’s good to see that there’s going to be something in there soon. McDonald’s is across the street, and a lot of other restaurants nearby. It’s on 17th St.
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2023-09-27 Some States Will Lag Far Behind Others On EV Adoption
J.D. Power Report Indicates Some US States Will Lag Far Behind Others On EV Adoption My reply to a comment: FTE said, “The transition is non-optional. You can’t buy what they won’t sell. This problem fixes itself.” We (the US) tried that BS with Cuba, and their used cars from the fifties are *still* on
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