Lower Priced Tesla “Model 2” Production To Begin In 2025
Autocar claims the Tesla Model 2 is well along and will enter production next year. Are the rumors true this time?
EV Charging Has Changed A LOT in The Last 5–7 Years
Looking through some old photos recently, I came across the one at the top of this article. The occasion? The opening of Electrify America’s station in El Paso. This was back in 2019, and it was the first non-Tesla EV charging station in the whole region. When I bought the … [continued]
Using Machine Learning & Neural Networks to Maximize Solar Energy Globally
Scientists are always on the lookout for ways to make our world a better place, and one area they’re focusing on is solar energy. One idea in this area is to make solar cells more efficient by concentrating more solar light onto them. While investigating this recently, a group of … [continued]
Battery Train Sets Distance Record — The Beginning Of Beautiful Fast Charging
Our childhood memories of trains are romantic: black metal monsters heaving themselves down the track, huge white billows of smoke trailing behind. “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,” Paul Simon mused. “Everybody thinks it’s true.” What’s true about trains today, though, is that we need to … [continued]
Tesla Cybertruck’s Real-World Towing Capabilities Are Getting Really Good Tests
From different experiments I’ve seen on X/Twitter and YouTube, it’s pretty clear that the Cybertruck has decent range and charging speeds. It’s also going to get even better when more 800-volt stations open to it. But one thing I hadn’t come across yet were Cybertruck towing tests. Like most EVs, … [continued]
U.S. Virgin Islands National Park Gets Much Needed Solar Power
When someone talks about national parks, the mental image that forms in your head is probably something like Yosemite, Yellowstone, or maybe the Great Smoky Mountains. The Caribbean generally doesn’t come to mind first. But one of the United States’ most beautiful parks is out there east of Puerto Rico, … [continued]
Floating Solar Array Is Designed To Take The Rough Stuff
An experienced maritime firm is developing a fossil-killing floating solar concept for offshore deployment in rough seas.
A Rational Approach For Installing Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Hubs
Heavy-duty trucks are only 5 percent of all the vehicles on the road in the US but are responsible for 25 percent of vehicle emissions. Since emissions from cars and trucks are the single greatest source of the nation’s emissions, it is clear that having a larger electric truck fleet … [continued]
U.S. EIA Increases Oil Price Forecast Following OPEC+ Production Cut Extension
We increased our forecast prices for crude oil and petroleum products for the remainder of 2024 in our March Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) following the announcement that OPEC+ will extend the existing voluntary production cuts through the second quarter of 2024. We now forecast significantly less global oil production than world oil consumption through the first … [continued]
U.S. DOE Announces $18 Million Towards Clean Energy & Economic Development in 30 Historically Disadvantaged…
Building on the Successful Communities LEAP Pilot, More Localities Can Now Leverage Support to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Clean Energy and Economic Empowerment WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced the second cohort of communities selected as part of the Communities Local Energy Action … [continued]
