class 8 truck Tesla Semi The Tesla Semi Class 8 truck is shaping up to be another success story for the automaker, though Tesla CEO Elon Musk failed to appear in person at last week's official launch of the Semi factory in Nevada (screenshot via Tesla livestream).

Elon Musk A No-Show At Tesla Semi Event Because …

6 hours Tina Casey 0 Comments

The Tesla Semi Class 8 truck is shaping up to be another success story, though Tesla CEO Elon Musk failed to appear in person at last week’s official launch of the Semi factory in Nevada.

OceanX twin-rotor floating wind turbine in severe seas beneath the headline “The Typhoon Isn’t The Interesting Part,” highlighting its downwind rotors, stayed supports and rotating floating platform. OceanX survived severe Yagi wind and waves with little reported nacelle inclination, but its stayed, weather-vaning architecture is the more interesting result.

OceanX Made Downwind Floating Wind Worth Another Look

13 hours Michael Barnard 0 Comments

OceanX gave me two immediate reasons to be skeptical. It puts two turbines on one floating platform, and it puts the rotors downwind of their supports rather than in front of them. I had looked at both ideas years ago and found good reasons why the wind industry had largely … [continued]

My 2026 Tesla Base Model Y with a mountain ebike on back. Pine Isle, Medicine Lake, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. August 10, 2026. Fritz Hasler photo.

Tesla Full Self Driving Unsupervised Soon? And Further Conversations with Ara (the Grok AI Bot)

17 hours Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler 0 Comments

First, a disclaimer: I find Musk’s recent rants about remigration (sending all US immigrants with skin color at least slightly darker than his back to their country of origin) despicable. Apparently, his upbringing in Apartheid South Africa continues to color his world view. That’s very ironic because remigration in South … [continued]

Nissan Pixo is for the European market. (Photo from Nissan)

Nissan Releases Pixo for Europe, Not Yet for Japan

17 hours Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

NISSAN Motor Corporation announced on September 23, 2026, its strategic return to the European A-segment with the unveiling of the all-new Nissan Pixo electric city car. Built under the company’s “Mobility Intelligence for Everyday Life” roadmap, the Pixo represents Nissan’s push to lower entry barriers for urban electric mobility through … [continued]

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds small-group exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office after a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, Sept. 24, 2026. Trump held a welcome ceremony for Xi, who is on a state visit to the United States, at the White House on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Op-Ed: How America Is Ceding the Clean Tech Century to China

18 hours Raymond Tribdino 0 Comments

THE HIGH-STAKES state visit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House highlights a stark industrial contrast between the two global powers. Beneath the diplomatic pageantry and White House state dinners lies a sobering reality: the world’s two largest economies are sprinting in opposite … [continued]