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Stardust Creating Geoengineering Technology For Governments
An Israeli company with strong ties to the military is developing new geoengineering technology it will sell to governments.
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Battery Swapping Uses Fewer Batteries Than Buffered Fast Charging
Lowest Cost Buffer Matches Vehicle Charge Rate, Charging Station Peak Power is a Cost Factor In “Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge,” a detailed comparison was made of a unit transaction, which returns vehicles to a ready state for continuing transport. In this comparison, the total ... [continued]
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A $7.50 Monthly Credit For Off-Peak EV Charging, Imagine Doing That With Your Gasmobile
Okay, so $7.50 per month credit on your electricity bill to reward off-peak EV charging is peanuts, but it would pay for a dozen eggs at today’s inflated prices. Besides, 3,000 EV owners in Florida decided that a bit of chump change was enough motivation to rush into an off-peak ... [continued]
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Tariff Anxiety Makes Honda & Toyota Strange Bedfellows
US tariff policies are bringing Honda and Toyota together in an unusual new partnership that should benefit both companies.
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Big Oil Lobbying Congress For Immunity From Climate Lawsuits
Big Oil knows it faces huge financial penalties for the harm it has done. Now it wants Congress to give it immunity for its sins.
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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Is Not A Good Energy Carrier For Heating Buildings
The notion that hydrogen will replace natural gas for residential and commercial heating has been promoted heavily by segments of the gas industry. Yet the weight of independent, peer-reviewed research points in the opposite direction. Hydrogen, while technically combustible and capable of generating heat, is simply not a practical or ... [continued]
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Europe’s Electricity Crisis: From Heathrow’s Blackout to a Continental Wake-up Call
The fire that shut down Heathrow Airport in March 2025 didn’t just cancel flights. It cancelled illusions. A single substation failure near one of the busiest transport hubs in the world brought European air traffic to a standstill. Thousands of flights were grounded. Digital systems failed. Backup systems didn’t. All ... [continued]
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Trump Is Powerless To Stop The Community Solar Movement From Spreading
The dictator-adjacent Commander-in-Chief who occupies the Oval Office has eliminated federal funding for cleantech allocated through the Defense Production Act. The sweeping gesture, which took place on March 21, generated the usual juicy headlines for the uniquely attention-seeking 47th President of the United States. However, the reality behind the headlines ... [continued]
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Tesla: King of Meme Stocks? Putting Retail Investors at Major Risk?
There are meme stocks and then there are meme stocks. A key element of a meme stock is that it has a huge amount of decentralized, retail, normal-folk fans and investors. A hot social media trend is rolling, and the meme stock benefits. Another element is typically that the stock ... [continued]
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Solar Manufacturing Accelerates In Texas … With Freyr Battery In The Mix (?!?)
Solar manufacturers and investors continue pour cash into the US solar market, regardless of the anti-renewable hot air blown by state and federal policy makers.
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Brazil EV Sales Report: In February, For 5 Months In A Row, EV Sales Surpassed 10,000
EV sales in February grew by 55% year over year in Brazil. The country broke record after record. In 2024, it sold more than 100,000 EVs, making it one of the few countries worldwide to have reached that number. In February 2025, it sold over 10,000 EVs for the fifth ... [continued]
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Survey Says: Tesla Faces the Most Sales Risk in …
On Sunday, I published an article and poll asking where Tesla faced the most risk — the USA, China, or Europe. To be honest, after that, I forgot about it. Until earlier today. Almost 700 respondents chimed in (thanks for tuning in on Sunday, and for engaging with the poll). ... [continued]
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Musk, China, & Trump — Where Is This Going To Lead?
There was some weird reporting today, or a weird story, but no matter what the truth of it is, it brings up some really interesting points. First of all, this is what’s been reported and claimed: Defense officials reportedly confirmed to NBC News early on Friday that Elon Musk was ... [continued]
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Konect: Transforming Australian Service Stations into Multi-Fuel Convenience Hubs
In a sign that the future is indeed electric, Gilbarco Veeder-Root has announced that it is launching a fully integrated electric vehicle charging ecosystem for fuel retailers in Australia — Konect. GVR describes it as an “end-to-end electrification offering” in Australia. They are encouraging service stations to take up this ... [continued]
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Breaking Boundaries: The Risks and Opportunities of V2X in the EV Era
By Niels Haverkorn, General Manager of Connected Transport at Irdeto As electric vehicles (EVs) continue their rapid integration into the modern world, the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) ecosystem is emerging as a game-changer. With technology advancing at an unprecedented rate, V2X enables communication between EVs and their surroundings—whether it be vehicle-to-grid (V2G), ...
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