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Jan 29, 2018
Why Elon Musk is selling flamethrowers
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Elon Musk’s latest product is the next in a long line of PR stunts for companies like Tesla, The Boring Company and more.
Jan 29, 2018
Owning An Electric Car Is Twice As Cheap As Owning A Gas Vehicle
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
Jan 27, 2018
Tesla Powerwalls will power 50 homes in a community, ‘it’s like putting around $50,000 in your pocket’, says contractor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability
Home builders are starting to see the advantage of incorporating solar and energy storage products directly as part of their offerings. One home builder in Australia decided to make solar arrays and Tesla Powerwalls standard in 50 “knockdown rebuild homes” and claims that ‘it’s like putting around $50,000 in your pocket’. Earlier this week, we reported on how Tesla’s giant Powerpack system in Australia made around $1 million in just a few days through the country’s wholesale electricity market. Homeowners can do the same on a smaller scale if they have a home solar array and a Powerwall, Te…
Jan 26, 2018
Gen-next smart solar windows could produce electricity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: solar power, sustainability
Washington: Scientists have discovered a new material for next-generation smart windows that not only darken automatically when the Sun is too bright but also convert solar energy into electricity.
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in the US found a form of perovskite that works well as a stable and photoactive semiconductor material that can reversibly switch between transparent and non-transparent state, without degrading its electronic properties.
The scientists made the discovery while investigating the phase transition of the material, an inorganic perovskite.
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Jan 19, 2018
BMW now says that its Tesla Model 3 competitor iNext will have an insane 435-mile range
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
BMW is promising a series of new all-electric cars starting next with the first all-electric Mini, but the most anticipated one is the 2021 iNext electric vehicle, which the German automaker has been positioning as a Tesla Model 3 competitor.
They are now hinting at a major range increase for the upcoming vehicle.
Jan 11, 2018
Tesla has finally begun manufacturing solar roof tiles
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: habitats, sustainability
Tesla has apparently begun manufacturing its solar roof tiles at its Buffalo, New York, factory, according to Reuters. The company is also starting the process of surveying the homes of people who placed a deposit on the tiles last year for installation purposes. We’ve reached out to Tesla for confirmation.
Preorders for the solar roof tiles began back in May; customers paid $1,000 as a deposit on the product, and US installation was supposed to start in the summer of 2017. However, unsurprisingly, the process was delayed. But now, it looks as though most of the kinks have been worked out, and Reuters reports that the roofs will be installed in coming months.
Tesla claims that the solar roof tiles will cost less than a typical roof, around $21.85 per square foot instead of $24.50. The tiles are a solid option if you’re planning on replacing your roof in the next few years, or if you’re considering solar panels. The tiles look like regular shingles; in fact, not every shingle installed is solar, though you can’t distinguish between the two. You can customize what percentage of your roof tiles are solar in their online tool; the max is 70 percent. Obviously, the more solar panels you install, the more expensive your roof is. The company is still taking preorders with $1,000 deposits. You can sign up at their website if you’re so inclined.
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Jan 10, 2018
Tesla Powers Up New York Gigafactory Solar Roof Assembly Line
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Tesla Inc. has kicked off production of its long-awaited electricity-producing shingles that Elon Musk says will transform the rooftop solar industry.
Jan 9, 2018
A Fully Solar-Powered Car May Be Hitting The Road by 2019
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: climatology, sustainability
Lightyear One, a car whose ability to use solar power has been thought of as an impossible feat, just won a Climate Change Innovator Award.
Designed by the Dutch startup Lightyear, the “car that charges itself” can supposedly drive for months without charging and has a 400–800 km range. But is a solar-powered car feasible?
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Jan 8, 2018
Using Technology to Reverse Extinction
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, existential risks, sustainability
The extinction of various species has led to a segregation of human activity and natural activity, says Stewart Brand of The Long Now Foundation, which focuses on long-term strategies for the next 10,000 years. The organization develops biotechnology to allow humans to better co-exist with nature. In this interview filmed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, Brand discusses how biotechnology can be used to bring back the passenger pigeon from extinction and mitigate climate change at last.