“”Tesla is going to integrate Elon Musk’s newly launched Grok AI assistant in its electric vehicles, according to the CEO.”” We could surmise that Tesla would have to keep up with the Alexas and Siris, and come out with their own version of a voice response system. This will help remove the distraction of fiddling
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2023-11-08 Federal Mandates EV Batteries Last 8 Years Or 100,000 Miles “”While the federal government mandates EV battery warranties last for at least 8 years or 100,000 miles, cell phone batteries do not have any mandated or informal longevity requirements.”” https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/why-do-ev-batteries-last-so-much-longer-than-cell-phone-batteries
In a 9 to 3 jury trial. Tesla prevails in first Autopilot wrongful-death suit
Inlyte Energy acquired Beta Research which has patents and a pilot production line to already make iron salt batteries. They say “competitive densities” but I don’t think they’re anywhere near to Li-Ion cells. But they’re much lower cost. They call them ‘sodium metal halide’ batteries. Advancing iron and salt batteries with $8 million in seed
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Article Quote: “”The $99 million in Series C funding for Seurat is a good indication that the auto industry is bullish on 3D-printed car parts. Also referred to as additive manufacturing, 3D printing offers the potential to save energy, reduce waste, trim manufacturing timelines, increase throughput, and pump more flexibility into design and materials (check
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The search question was “where did the money to buy twitter come from?” The answer is in the wiki on Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk#:~:text=The%20funding%20included%20%247%20billion,billion%20in%20equity%20from%2019
What Happens If EVs Fail In The United States? After reading this article I came away with a case of acute depression – it’s so “what are we going to do??” Then there’s so much doom and gloom about the political aspects – that can’t be helped by technology. The financial aspects recently brought up
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This HPWH made by Rheem requires only a 120VAC wall outlet. It requires a plastic condensate drain tube. It uses about 350 to 450 Watts. Theirs drew 65 kWh for the month of August. Their electric resistance water heater used 290 kWh average per month. The water heater cost $2533.00 from Home Depot. This article
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This chart shows the 9 Planetary Boundaries and how they have been breached. Some don’t look that alarming but *anything* past the green is bad. The Novel Entities is especially troubling. https://www.iasparliament.com/current-affairs/daily-news/breach-of-planetary-boundaries
A quick Google search for “US meat subsidies” turned up this:$38B/year in meat and dairy subsidies, $17M/year for fruits and vegetables. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26872805:nIE https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26872805%3AnIEsjCg05Ef7QCY7oVPiSJ1IQR4&cuid=469956 —————————- Direct corn ethanol subsidies are lower, around $100M. But indirectly, the renewable portfolio standard forces fuel companies to subsidize ethanol by mandating it. https://www.taxpayer.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TCS-Biofuels-Subsidies-Report.pdf Perennial grass ethanol has not advanced as
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