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Optically transparent aerogel is essentially a lightweight foam made of silica, the material of beach sand, and consists mostly of air. It reduces the rate of heat loss by tenfold. This transparent insulating material is bonded onto the top of …
Nuclear commercial ships have been studied for decades and there is renewed interest. The newest justifications focus on the decarbonization climate change aspects. The first nuclear navy ship was launched in 1954. It was the US nuclear submarine. The US …
Global plugin electric car sales in September, 2020 were 345,000 which on an annualized basis would be over 4.1 million cars. This was 4.9% of global car sales. October numbers for EV sales in China increased 137% Year over year …
GM is promoting a plan to spend $27 billion on all-electric and autonomous vehicles through 2025. This is an increase from $20 billion from initial plans announced in March. GMs goal is be only four years behind Tesla in 2025. …
Abengoa is a world leader in solar thermal technology and is making the largest hybrid solar plant incorporating vanadium redox flow storage. They have already developed, designed, built and/or operated solar thermal plants in four continents, with a total capacity …
Tesla is worth $480 billion and Elon Musk is worth about 20% more than Mark Zuckerberg. Another 10% move in Tesla stock will send Elon Musk past the net worth of Bill Gates ($128 billion). SP Global announced Tesla is …
Ferroelectric Memory Company has $20 million in funding for sub-7 nanometer FeFET memories. This is energy saving non-volatile memory. They will first have 28nm planar CMOS for consumer applications in 2023 followed by IoT and industrial applications and then by …
S&P Global announced on Monday that Tesla will join the S&P 500 effective prior to trading on Monday, Dec. 21. Tesla Inc. (NASD:TSLA) will be added to the S&P 500 effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, December …
Elon Musks Boring Company is making progress extending its first tunnel from the Las Vegas convention center to the first Casinos on the Vegas strip. During typical peak hours, driving from the Las Vegas Convention Center to Mandalay Bay, for …
Natural gas power plants only emits half of the carbon dioxide as coal power plants. However, natural gas usage can result in a lot more methane leaks and emissions. One ton of methane emissions has the same warming effect as …