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Tesla wants to sell modular AI data center hardware, according to a new trademark application for a product called “Megapod.” The filing describes a complete, self-contained computing system for AI workloads — and it lan
Made from more affordable and more abundant materials than li-ion, sodium batteries promise more abundant and more affordable electric vehicles – but will sodium batteries be practical for commercial trucks? Chinese truc
Royal Enfield’s long-awaited entry into the electric motorcycle market has officially begun. The company’s dedicated EV sub-brand, Flying Flea, has started customer deliveries of its first electric motorcycle, the FF.C6,
A driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside. The crash happe
Four leading climate scientists are warning that geoengineering is a fool's game with potentially catastrophic consequences. The post Termination Shock The Existential Danger Of Geoengineering appeared first on CleanTech
The Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC has emerged as a high profile showcase for the US algae biofuel industry, demonstrating the rapid growth cycle of a sustainable, oil-rich domestic energy resource. The post US Presid
As we’ve been writing, BYD is focusing more and more on sales outside of China for its core EV business and a hopeful return to EV sales growth. The company’s vehicle exports have grown 65% this year so far, for example,
Batteries are the fastest fix to make room for India’s midday solar surge as coal-based power plants are unable to ramp down far enough for the same India needs around 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage immediate
Oxford PV and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have combined two high-efficiency technologies in a single photovoltaic module. To achieve this, they used perovskite-silicon solar cells from Oxford PV
In 1995, computer scientist Niklaus Wirth published the article “A Plea for Lean Software” in the magazine Computer. Its thesis seems to suggest that AI based on neural networks may be doomed to fail, not because of a la
The Great Tang is the largest, most luxurious SUV to launch under the BYD brand. After a hot start in China, racking up a record 150,000 orders ahead of launch, BYD is bringing the flagship electric SUV overseas, includi
In the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Jamie’s first drive in Aptera’s solar car, Tesla Cybercab specs revealed, Lu