Electric Airplanes for Underdeveloped Countries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:57:55 +0000

Electric airplanes are often expected to be the fun, exciting new era of the EV market. However, we’re yet to see many practical, commercially competitive applications of electric flight. But one might be popping out thanks to the Liaoning General Aviation Academy. China has certified the Liaoning General Aviation Academy … [continued]

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China Curbed Oligarchs, Made Education & Housing Cheaper for 90% — Meanwhile, In USA…

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:24:59 +0000

I have a habit of picking up books on China, as it’s the biggest country in the world that doesn’t tell everyone everything it’s doing all the time, unlike my southern neighbor, the United States. I’ve read books by Chinese authors, global diplomats, historians, and youth influencers about the country. … [continued]

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How Many Sales Will Tesla Have in 2025?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:55:25 +0000

Okay, the story has been repeated enough: Tesla was supposed to be achieving 50% growth per year through 2030, yet sales actually declined year over year in 2024. Some Tesla fans want us to be positive about that, but even beyond the fact that sales didn’t match the longer-term forecast … [continued]

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Is Tesla’s Decline Good or Bad for the EV Revolution?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:34:18 +0000

Tesla’s sales dropped in 2024 year over year. You don’t have to be a genius to know that isn’t close to what Tesla’s plans were for 2024 just a few years ago, or even in 2023. It was a significant failure to reach the company’s growth targets. It also came … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Production & Use In Utah

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:04:13 +0000

In my travels across the country, I’ve seen massive wind farms in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Iowa, as well as huge wind farms and solar farms in southern California. However, living in Utah for 20 years and traveling north to south and east to west, the only grid-scale clean energy … [continued]

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Tesla’s Autonomous Driving Strategy Stranded By Technological Divergence

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:41 +0000

It’s been a decade since I first wrote about Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, comparing it to Google’s (now Waymo’s). At the time, my technical assessment based on my experience with both AI and robotics was that Tesla’s approach was superior. It still is, but it might need to pivot. … [continued]

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SK On: Solid-State Battery Developments

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:57:06 +0000

We’ve been hearing about solid-state battery breakthroughs for a decade, or more than a decade actually. Solid-state batteries are the future of batteries, and the future of EVs — as they have been for several years. Given the many announcements on solid-state battery breakthroughs and solid-state batteries being the future, … [continued]

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The End of the Green New Deal?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:42:52 +0000

The Biden era is over, and the second Trump era is here. While most of the talk about a “Green New Deal” came several years ago, and there’s been no specific “Green New Deal” legislation that has been passed or close to it, two big pieces of legislation that were … [continued]

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Why I Think The Tesla Model Y Might Be Uniquely Good For People Nearing Retirement

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:57:07 +0000

This article explains the unique financial, safety, and self-driving advantages of EVs in general and the Tesla Model Y in particular. I’ve long been a fan of Tesla’s Model Y. I wrote 3 articles the day of the unveiling (almost 6 years ago), including this one claiming the 3rd row … [continued]

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