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Dec 11, 2020

Tesla Silicon Anode Will Be the Key to Next-Level Fast Charging

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

During Battery Day, Tesla unveiled a number of advances that will further enhance the company’s electric vehicles, lower their cost, and dramatically improve the ownership experience. One very important improvement is silicon, which the company will use in the anode of the battery cell. Tesla silicon opens the door to.

Dec 11, 2020

Elon Musk on Tesla, SpaceX and Why He Left Silicon Valley | WSJ

Posted by in categories: business, Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

Watch Elon Musk at the WSJ CEO Council Summit talk about future plans for Tesla and SpaceX. Musk also reveals why he moved to Texas and shares his advice for business leaders.

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Dec 11, 2020

Toyota to unveil electric car with solid-state battery with 10-min fast-charging next year

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A new report suggests that Toyota is going to unveil an electric car with a new solid-state battery that enables 10-minute fast-charging capacity next year.

Toyota started working on solid-state batteries back in 2017 with plans to commercialize the batteries inside electric vehicles in the early 2020s.

Dec 10, 2020

Human-made materials may now outweigh all living things on Earth, report finds

Posted by in categories: materials, sustainability

It’s the two highly problematic trends, that the study relates here, that are important: The comparatively slow, but long-term, continuous human-induced reduction of the global biomass stock vis-à-vis the exponentially growing anthropogenic (human-made) mass,” Krausmann said by email. “Better knowledge about the dynamics and patterns of anthropogenic mass, and how it is linked to service provision and resource flows is key for sustainable development. The big question is how much anthropogenic mass do we need for a good life.


The year 2020 could be the year when human-made mass surpasses the overall weight of biomass — estimated to be roughly 1,100,000,000,000 tons, or 1.1 teratons — a milestone scientists say speaks to the enormous impact that humans have had on the planet.

The analysis was published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, and was conducted by a group of researchers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science.

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Dec 10, 2020

A battery startup backed by Bill Gates and Volkswagen says its cells can charge in half the time of Tesla’s Model 3

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Tesla seems to have a lot of competition! 😃


Even the Tesla cofounder JB Straubel described the results as “game-changing.”

Dec 10, 2020

Europe’s largest vertical farm will have 1,000-tonne annual capacity

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

YesHealth Group and Nordic Harvest have completed the first phase of construction on Europe’s largest vertical farm. It stands 14 levels high in a 7,000 sq. metre facility at Copenhagen Markets, on the outskirts of Denmark’s capital.

Dec 9, 2020

This Tree-Shaped Wind Turbine Silently Generates Electricity

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

A wind turbine shaped like a tree! 😃


This nature-inspired wind turbine is designed like a tree to silently generate green energy using its micro-turbine leaves. (Follow Tech That Matters for more.)

Credit: New World Wind

Dec 9, 2020

The Wello is a Compact Electric Tricycle Powered by The Sun

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

wello presented a future vision of mobility at CES 2020 with a solar-powered cross between a bike and an electric car. the réunion-based startup presented its compact tricycle designed specifically for people in urban areas, to help alleviate congestion on the roads by offering an alternative to cars.

Dec 9, 2020

Mercedes-Benz announces next-gen eSprinter electric van coming to North America

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Mercedes-Benz announces the next-gen eSprinter electric van that will be built on a new platform with more variants.

It is also coming to North America.

Back in 2018, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its electric eSprinter van and the electric van hit European markets last year.

Dec 8, 2020

The Hunt for New Batteries — with Serena Corr

Posted by in categories: biological, chemistry, engineering, nanotechnology, sustainability, transportation

Serena Corr looks at the science behind batteries, discusses why we are hunting for new ones and investigates what tools we use to pave this pathway to discovery.
Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/lZjqiR0czLo.

The hunt is on for the next generation of batteries that will power our electric vehicles and help our transition to a renewables-led future. Serena shows how researchers at the Faraday Institution are developing new chemistries and manufacturing processes to deliver safer, cheaper, and longer-lasting batteries and provide higher power or energy densities for electric vehicles.

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