After less than 2 years in operation, the chosen distributor of Xpeng vehicles in Australia, True EV, has gone into administration. Currently, only one Xpeng model is available — the G6. There is a lot of “he said, she said” in the media, and the matter is before the courts … [continued]
The National Laboratory of the Rockies has published a first-of-its-kind “capability maturity matrix” to help the aviation sector assess its readiness to support and deploy advanced air mobility. Photo from Joby Aviation.
Airports, Governments, Communities, and Aviation Sector Can Chart Their Readiness for Next-Generation Air Mobility Advanced air mobility (AAM) is rapidly moving from concept to reality. Flying taxis are no longer a figment of “Jetsons”–style science fiction—they are preparing to cross American skies, joined by planes that can take off and … [continued]
Puget Sound Energy’s proposal seeks major rate increases and costly new gas infrastructure. SEATTLE — Climate, environmental, and social justice organizations filed testimony today urging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to reduce the proposed rate hike from Washington’s largest utility and hold it accountable to meet the state’s … [continued]
Indiana — Governor Braun has released an executive order to extend Indiana coal plants as Big Tech continues to propose new AI data center projects to the state. Braun’s executive order directs the state’s Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources to look for opportunities to reopen retired coal plants or prevent … [continued]
First Authorized Data Center on Public Lands Would Harm Environment, Local Community LAS VEGAS — The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter today filed an administrative appeal challenging federal approval of the Townsite Data Center in Boulder City, Nevada. The 167-megawatt data center, proposed by Skylar Capital Management, was … [continued]
Buick is coming out with an awesome new electric vehicle, the Electra 7. It comes with more than 700 km (435 miles) of range, and it can recharge 450 km (280 miles) in 10 minutes. Forget about range anxiety. Forget about charging anxiety. This can run for days and can … [continued]
I’m traveling around Cape Cod, Massachusetts this week. It’s part of a quest to learn how other communities outside my permanent Florida residence are looking ahead to a clean energy and nature-based future. Cape Cod is geographically rare. It is a constantly changing peninsula, altered by winds, ocean currents, climate, … [continued]
The US energy storage startup Viridi is among the US stakeholders deploying advanced technologies that improve resiliency while adding more distributed energy resources — namely, wind and solar power — to the nation’s grid.
Much of the economic concern around artificial intelligence (AI) is from the expectation that AI will lead to millions upon millions of job losses. Professional drivers, writers, lower-level software engineers, and even young lawyers are expected to lose their jobs en masse — or already are. But what about massively … [continued]
We are clearly in “the year of AI,” with this probably being the #1 topic on people’s lists, at conferences, in commercials, appearing in new company directives and rules, etc. There are some issues that are surfacing from the norms of AI and the widespread use of AI, however, that … [continued]
