Below, I will look at what Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) is currently very good at, what it’s bad at, what it’s very bad at, where I have to intervene even though I don’t have to, and the future of FSD. I have several updates throughout the piece, but let’s … [continued]
Keep an eye out for electric vehicles that look like ordinary freight cars, testing soon on railways in the US.
A new study from MarketWatch suggests that Tesla’s pioneering use of advanced telematics in assigning insurance risk may disrupt the insurance industry as much as the company has already disrupted global automotive markets. While many traditional insurance companies are raising rates for Tesla car owners or refusing to cover Tesla … [continued]
NREL Research Reveals Importance of Simultaneous Conditions To Determine Problem Areas
We estimate that the United States added 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of small-scale solar capacity in 2022, the most ever in a single year. Small-scale solar—also called distributed solar or rooftop solar—refers to solar-power systems with 1 megawatt (MW) of capacity or less. Rooftop solar panels installed on homes make up … [continued]
In U.S. homes with electric vehicles (EVs), annual household electricity consumption for EV charging averaged 2,363 kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2020, which is less than several other household appliances. According to recently released estimates from the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, water heating consumed 2,706 kWh of electricity on average in … [continued]
People experience fear in different ways. When it comes to the climate crisis, some people are alarmed to see extreme weather damage as a norm. For others, however, climate misinformation has exacerbated NIMBY attitudes and stymied mitigation endeavors.
A recent electric car road trip by Energy Secretary Janet Granholm exposed some of the concerns Americans have with EV charging.
NIH researchers combined historical air quality data with breast cancer data from large U.S. study
Empire Wind, LLC, proposes to construct two offshore wind projects, known as Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2, in its lease area located about 12 nautical miles (nm) south of Long Island, New York, and about 16.9 nm east of Long Branch, New Jersey.
