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Refilling Lake Chad With Water From The Congo River Using Solar Power

5 years ago zarembka 0 Comments

Decades ago, when I was in high school, I read Willy Ley’s book Engineer’s Dreams: Great Projects that Could Come True. I vividly remember one of these gigantic, pie-in-the-sky dream projects. If the Congo River were dammed at the right spot, a large lake would form. It would then overflow into a river feeding into Lake Chad. Lake Chad would fill up to its prehistoric level and would then overflow into an ancient river that once flowed through Algeria and Morocco into the Mediterranean Sea.

Our New Tesla Myths Page

5 years ago vijay 0 Comments

As part of my efforts to fight untrue Tesla myths, I recently engaged the Tesla community to create a Tesla Myth Busters FAQ page. I sent out a call to “assemble a full-fledged myth-busting campaign,” and people responded. We simply want to set the record straight regarding various Tesla myths. Thanks to the Tesla community who heeded my call, this first draft was produced in just four days, which is astonishing and wonderful when you think about it.

Tesla Myths & FAQ

Context & The Objective of This Page Tesla myths are widely spread across the TV, print media, social media, and the real world. There are various reasons for this. There are two types of myths: Malicious Myths — False and misleading information that is intentionally spread with the goal of misinforming … [continued]

Our Interview With Tesla President Jerome Guillen, Part Deux

5 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

If you missed it, the first half of our interview with Tesla President of Automotive Jerome Guillen is here: “Jerome — The Man, The Myth, The Tesla Super-Engineer — #CleanTechnica Interview.”

In the second half, we covered topics such as Model 3 design, manufacturing lessons from the Model 3, Tesla’s continuous vehicle upgrades and production improvements, the Tesla Semi, and much more. Read on for the details.

Toyota Corolla vs. Tesla Model 3 — Cost Comparisons Over 5 Years

5 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Let’s start out by being very clear — in no universe should a Tesla Model 3 be competing with a Toyota Corolla on cost. The Model 3 is, objectively, a vastly superior vehicle. It is far safer, tremendously quicker, has much higher tech, is larger, and is considerably more prestigious. The only reason we’re running this comparison is because, shockingly, the Tesla Model 3 does compete with the Toyota Corolla on cost.