US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to decarbonize in order to slow global warming and meet the Paris Agreement target of net-zero by 2050. Why does he oppose it? The Charleston Gazette-Mail…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company ‘Tesla in Tunnels’ in Las Vegas to expand throughout the city
October 21, 2021
The Boring Company’s first commercial loop, deployed in Las Vegas, has officially been approved for expansion throughout the city.
Tesla vehicles inside tunnels are going to offer a new transit solution in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is The Boring…
Tesla has confirmed that it has achieved an annual run rate of 1 million electric cars per year at the end of last quarter.
After Tesla reported production of 237,823 vehicles and the delivery of 241,300 vehicles last quarter, we declared that Tesla has basically achieved…
Tesla launches new website to flex its manufacturing muscle and help with humongous hiring effort
October 21, 2021
Tesla has launched a new website to flex its manufacturing muscle, which Elon Musk believes is Tesla’s biggest strength.
It also appears to be part of the automaker’s hiring effort, which is going to be huge.
For years now, Musk had Tesla focus on manufacturing.
He pushed the idea that “the machine that builds the machine” is an even more important product.
At Tesla’s shareholders’…
StoreDot, which makes ultra-fast Tesla-like 4680 battery cells, will open a US R&D hub
October 21, 2021
StoreDot, an Israel-based electric vehicle battery startup, today announced that it will open an R&D innovation hub in the US to speed up the development of solid-state batteries.
StoreDot’s new US R&D hub
StoreDot’s new California-based R&D hub – we are…
Aptera introduces third alpha version of its SEV, enters beta phase before full production
October 21, 2021
Aptera has once again shared a well-produced video of its third and final version of its solar electric vehicle (SEV). The Luna version of the Aptera SEV now joins the previously announced Noir (black) and Sol (white) design options and features a silver exterior and…
The BMW Group has made a deal to source green steel from Swedish startup H2 Green Steel starting in 2025.
H2 Green Steel, which launched in 2020, makes steel using a “fossil-free manufacturing process.” Instead of coal, it uses hydrogen and clean energy for steel production. Green steel production creates up to 95% less emissions than steel produced using coal.
H2 Green Steel is building…
Tesla Twitter tries to ‘cancel’ Biden’s NHTSA safety adviser over criticism of Autopilot / FSD Beta
October 21, 2021
“Tesla Twitter,” a group of Tesla fans who use Twitter extensively, is trying to “cancel” US President Joe Biden’s new appointee for a senior adviser role for safety at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The group has an issue with the new…
Tesla (TSLA) has released its financial results and shareholders letter for the third quarter of 2021 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh…
Intel open-sources AI-powered tool to spot bugs in code
October 21, 2021
Intel today open-sourced ControlFlag, a tool that uses machine learning to detect problems in computer code — ideally to reduce the time required to debug apps and software. In tests, the company’s machine programming research team says that ControlFlag has found hundreds of defects in proprietary, “production-quality” software, demonstrating its usefulness.
“Last year, ControlFlag…
