7 New(ish) Tesla Patents

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 09:43:36 +0000

Tesla is an innovation powerhouse. As part of that, it publishes a fair number of patents. We don’t get around to publishing stories on every interesting patent we see, so here’s a quick roundup of Tesla patents published in recent months that we haven’t covered

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Top CleanTechnica Stories of 2019, & Top Stories of the Decade!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:00:16 +0000

Being the start of a new year, it’s time for a review of the most popular stories on CleanTechnica last year, and since it’s actually 2020 now, I’m also going to scroll through a list of the most popular stories of the past decade here on CleanTechnica

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Tesla 2019 Highlights & Lowlights — Sustainable Energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:05:48 +0000

How did Tesla Energy contribute to the company’s Big Picture fiscal framework in

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A Peak Inside the Unisphere, One of the World’s Largest Net-Zero Buildings

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:10:59 +0000

By Marlene Cimons It is hard to build a net-zero building — one that produces more energy than it consumes — in the middle of a city. For one thing, nearby skyscrapers might block sunlight from reaching rooftop solar panels. For another, urban office buildings are cramped for space, and it generally isn’t possible to set up wind turbines on site. But Martine Rothblatt, head of United Therapeutics, would not yield when it came to the company’s new headquarters. When designers warned that erecting a net-zero building in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland would be a formid”It is hard to build a net-zero building — one that produces more energy than it consumes — in the middle of a city. For one thing, nearby skyscrapers might block sunlight from reaching rooftop solar panels. For another, urban office buildings are cramped for space, and it generally isn’t possible to set up wind turbines on site

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EV Ownership + Rooftop Solar Ownership — New Report & Charts

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 04:53:54 +0000

We were curious whether EV ownership/leasing correlated with rooftop solar panel ownership, and also whether driving an EV encouraged people to drive more efficiently or even conserve energy more at home, so we surveyed thousands of EV owners. Guess what the results were

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YouTuber Explains How Elon Musk & Tesla Will Disrupt 10 Industries

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:50:14 +0000

A few days ago I ran across a video from a criminal defense lawyer in Florida that brings up some points I hadn’t heard before. I’d suggest you watch the whole 30 minute video if you have the time. If not, you can read my summary and comments and just use this guide Warren provided to skip to the parts that most interest you

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“Prognostications of Tesla’s doom have gone from concerning, to annoying, to boring, to pathetic”

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 04:59:28 +0000

I honestly don’t know why, but I find the Tesla short seller story to be one of the most fascinating stories in cleantech, or at least I did. At times in the past couple of years, Tesla [TSLA] has been the most shorted stock on the US stock market, and it seems Tesla short sellers (stock market traders betting against the company) have certainly gotten more press than short sellers of any other company. I think that is part of why it’s been such a fascinating story — because so much money has been betting against Tesla, and those Tesla pessimists have been dominating or at least greatly shaping media coverage of the company

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Buying A Tesla Model 3 Made Adding Solar An Obvious Choice For This Woman

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:00:38 +0000

Electric cars and residential rooftop solar enable millions of people around the world to clean up their carbon footprint without sacrificing quality of life. One lucky lady shared the sustainability journey she went on with her family, first adopting an electric car and later a rooftop solar system from Tesla

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Is The Tesla Solarglass Roof Finally Ready For Prime Time?

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:00:38 +0000

Lost in all the hoopla about the Tesla Cybertruck, Model Y, new factories in China and Germany, the Tesla Semi, and the upcoming Roadster 2.0 with its steerable rocket motors, it seemed like the Tesla Solar Roof continued to be like tomorrow — always a day away

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Largest US Solar Panel Manufacturers By Capacity

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:07:07 +0000

Some of the largest US solar panel manufacturers by capacity will probably see growth over the next decade as we (society in general) move toward using more sustainable, renewable energy. The US solar panel manufacturing has certainly matured a great deal in the past decade, with many companies not making it while others grow to lead the pack. Solar Power World has published a list of the largest solar panel manufacturers in the US by capacity

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