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Frozen fruit sold at H-E-B, Costco, Walmart recalled for potential Hepatitis A contamination
Select packages of frozen fruit sold at H-E-B, Costco and Walmart in Texas are being recalled due to a potential risk of Hepatitis A contamination.
Willamette Valley Fruit Co. is recalling bags of frozen fruit that contain strawberries grown in Mexico.
The recall affects Great Value Sliced Strawberries, Great Value Mixed Fruit, Great Value Antioxidant Blend, Rader Farms Organic Fresh Start Smoothie Blend, and Rader Farms Organic Berry Trio distributed by H-E-B, Costco, and Walmart.
The amazing long history (1826 — 2022) of ELECTRIC CARS!
A great video on the history of electric cars. I love the AI voice. Also notice Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. The company’s name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer. Elon Musk was an investor.
While electric vehicles (EV) have only recently begun to challenge the internal combustion engine (ICE) for the future of our roads, EVs have been around for over a century. The long history of EVs has been one of many twists and turns.
In this video, you can get a clear idea about the birth, the downfall, rebirth and the rise of electric cars around the world.
Due to this rise of electric mobility, many vehicle manufacturers have stated their intentions to stop IC Engine car sales in certain locations and go electric. For example, GM plans to stop making gasoline passenger cars, vans, and SUVs by 2035. Cadillac, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes, Mini, Volvo, and Volkswagen have all made similar commitments.
Whilst we may not know exactly what the future holds, together these factors point to a bright future for electric mobility.
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Stratoplanes: The aircraft that will fly at the edge of space
It is June 2022, and a flying machine that looks like a cross between a prehistoric beast and a spaceship is about to take off. Named the Zephyr S, it has long spindly wings the length of an airliner’s. Together with its small, thin body and head, these make it resemble a pterodactyl. Its shimmering tinfoil-like solar panels and lightweight skeletal frame are more like something you’d see on a craft meant for space.
Its mission for the US Army is a secret, but clearly on its manufacturer’s mind is the desire to shatter a few records, particularly that for the longest flight duration for any type of airplane, which has stood for 63 years. In 1959 two men flew a four-seat Cessna light aircraft for 64 days, 22 hours and 19 minutes, refuelling in-flight from a truck.
British aviation pioneer Chris Kelleher designed the first Zephyr in 2002. His vision was of an uncrewed aircraft capable of “eternal flight” in the stratosphere. He foresaw that solar power and lightweight materials would lead to aircraft capable of staying aloft for months, or even years. The Zephyr S is the first production model.
The stratosphere is the second layer of our atmosphere. It begins around 33,000ft (10,000m) and ends at around 160,000ft (48,800m). If an aircraft can fly above 50,000ft (15,150m), it can fly above the turbulent weather that we experience closer to the ground, in the troposphere. The problem is that that high the air is very thin, making flying – and breathing – a challenge.
Self-driving truck company Einride expands into Norway
COPENHAGEN, June 14 (Reuters) — Swedish electric self-driving truck company Einride expects to reduce CO2 emissions in Norway by 2,100 tonnes over the coming three years as it partners up with Scandinavia’s leading postal service, PostNord, the company said on Wednesday.
Norway has the world’s highest number of electric vehicles per head of population and aims for all heavy vehicles to be zero-emission by 2040, potentially cutting CO2 emissions by 4.4 million tonnes or nearly 9% of the country’s annual emissions.
“Given Norway’s pioneering work in electrifying passenger vehicles, it’s only logical that they should take a leading role in the electrification of heavy-duty freight as well,” Einride CEO Robert Falck said.
First ever beaming of orbital solar power
The transition to renewable energy, critical for the world’s future, is limited today by energy storage and transmission challenges. Beaming solar power from space is an elegant solution that […] promises a remarkable payoff for humanity: a world powered by uninterruptible renewable energy.
The California Institute of Technology reports the first successful beaming of solar energy from space down to a receiver on the ground, via the MAPLE instrument on its SSPD-1 spacecraft.
Space-based solar power. Credit: Caltech.
In recent years, space-based solar power has attracted growing interest from both governments and businesses. Driven by advances in satellite technology, materials science, and energy transmission methods, experts increasingly view it as a feasible option for clean energy that is likely to be a commercial reality within the next two decades.
Heat transport in energy materials: Study clarifies fundamental microscopic mechanisms
The NOMAD Laboratory researchers have recently shed light on fundamental microscopic mechanisms that can help with tailoring materials for heat insulation. This development advances the ongoing efforts to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability.
The role of heat transport is crucial in various scientific and industrial applications, such as catalysis, turbine technologies, and thermoelectric heat converters that convert waste heat into electricity.
Particularly in the context of energy conservation and the development of sustainable technologies, materials with high thermal insulation capabilities are of utmost importance. These materials make it possible to retain and utilize heat that would otherwise go to waste. Therefore, improving the design of highly insulating materials is a key research objective in enabling more energy-efficient applications.
Tesla Giga Shanghai Production Speed 38 Seconds, Changes Everything!
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Tesla’s Giga Shanghai is a trump card for the EV revolution of Tesla.
Recently, Elon Musk revealed how fast Giga Shanghai could produce a car in just 38 seconds.
So how did that change everything?
The first video includes a ten-minute and five-minute segment of the Model Y leaving the workshop.
And during the 10-minute segment, 16 new cars were completed, which would be 38 seconds per car on average.
7 cars were completed in the following 5-minute segment, translating to an average of 44 seconds per car.
We will not count it to double-check, but the peak rate may be amazingly high. Of course, not necessarily constant and simultaneous for both models.
Based on production and statistics, we can completely believe in the super-fast production speed of Giga Shanghai.
This is the carmaker’s first Gigafactory outside the United States, with an industrial chain localization rate of more than 95 percent and 99.99 percent of the employees being Chinese.
Especially, Giga Shanghai’s production and sales volume reached a new record.
This $2 billion US factory produced nearly 300,000 cars in the first half of this year.
Tesla delivered a record high of 77,938 vehicles in China in June, up 177 percent yearly.
It’s a big step for Tesla though it has faced unprecedented delays in vehicle production due to pandemic-related supply chain disruptions. Giga Shanghai was shut down for over three weeks in April, and no vehicles were exported to other territories.
Tesla says its Giga Shanghai is now the most productive EV factory in the world. It saw a projected annual capacity increase from just 450,000 vehicles to a whopping 750,000 from Q1 to Q2 2022.