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Tesla Cofounder Ian Wright: How Tesla Made Cars Into Computers

December 27, 20205 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

While researching my book, Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, I was fortunate to be able to interview two of the Tesla founders, Marc Tarpenning and Ian Wright. Wright offered some keen insights about Tesla’s systems approach to its software, which was the opposite of the way the legacy automakers were (and mostly still are) doing things, and this turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the book.

Record Electric Vehicle Sales in China

December 27, 20205 years ago José Pontes 0 Comments

While the overall Chinese auto market is slowly picking up (+12% year over year in November), plugin vehicles are already on the fast lane, growing by 138% year over year (YoY) to a record 198,000 units.

Is Exxon Trying To Downplay Bloomberg Article By Promoting Tweets Claiming The Opposite?

December 27, 20205 years ago Johnna Crider 0 Comments

A Bloomberg story revealing that Exxon knew about its carbon future and intentionally kept that data from view has been all over Twitter for me. Akshat Rathi, who wrote the article, shared a thread that noted that newly leaked documents showed Exxon’s future emissions for dozens of projects in its pipeline.

7-Year-Old Elon Musk Fan Has Flown A Cessna 172 As A Trainee — 3 Times

December 27, 20205 years ago Johnna Crider 0 Comments

Here’s a heartwarming story that came across my feed. Reuters reports that Graham Shema, who is 7 and from Uganda, has become a legend in his country. Shema has a wealth of aircraft knowledge and budding flying skills — at only 7!

Bright Spots On Climate To End A Dark Year

December 27, 20205 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

2020 is coming to a close, and it can’t end fast enough. But as the year winds down, I am buoyed by two big climate victories on the same day, perched atop a clear change in direction mandated by the election.

Combating Climate Change Through High-Performance Districts

December 26, 20205 years ago RMI 0 Comments

If we are going to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C, we need to fix our buildings. They are the largest end-users of energy, generating nearly 40 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. However, addressing energy efficiency and renewable energy one building at a time will not be enough. To make real change, we must also work at a district level.

Manmade Microplastics Found In Human Placenta For First Time

December 26, 20205 years ago Johnna Crider 0 Comments

This is incredibly disturbing and should come with a trigger warning.

Plasticenta, as the study called it, is the first evidence of microplastics in the human placenta.

The Revolutionary Tesla Roadster

December 26, 20205 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

The five co-founders of Tesla — Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, Elon Musk, JB Straubel, and Ian Wright — were certainly greenies, and the environmental value of EVs was one of their prime motivators. However, they were also rocket scientists and sports car connoisseurs, and they were well aware of another exciting advantage of electric powertrains.

Docked, Dockless, & Hybrid — Exploring The Different Models of Shared Micromobility

December 26, 20205 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

In the fall of 2020, Lyft, working with the City of Portland, dramatically expanded and upgraded Portland, Oregon’s bikeshare system, called Biketown. The expansion included adding an additional 13-square mile area for the city and the introduction of an entirely electric fleet, solidifying Biketown’s unique relevance among bikeshare systems…

Again, Electric Cars Do Not Emit More Particulate Matter Than Gasoline Cars

December 26, 20205 years ago Johnna Crider 0 Comments

In a recent Twitter thread, Neon Research’s Auke Hoekstra, who is well known for debunking misinformation regarding electric vehicles, once again came in to save the day.