Vote Solar, the Coalition for Community Solar Access, and solar provider Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) conducted a study that found that if just a quarter of US households were powered by local rooftop and community solar and storage, Americans would benefit financially and environmentally overall in a very big way.
The study was conducted by using an advanced grid planning tool called WIS:dom®-P that…
Besides voice commands, the key aspect of Google Assistant headphones is having incoming notifications read aloud. Google now looks to have brought this Assistant feature to any pair of wired headphones, regardless of whether they’ve been optimized by the…
EGEB: Ford, HP, Amazon, others call for govt climate action
December 4, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
42 corporations release a letter to the US government urging ambitious climate policies.
The US would save billions if local solar powered 25% of homes, according to a new study.
Japan may ban sales of ICE cars by the…
Google fully shuts down Play Music around the world
December 4, 2020
Google started shutting down its legacy streaming service around the world in October. Google Play Music is now officially dead for all users.
Visiting music.google.com or the Android and iOS app today will direct you to a “Google Play Music is no longer available” page. The main option is to “transfer your account and library, including playlists and uploads” to YouTube…
A new trademark for the eSR1 shows that Aprilia is likely developing an electric scooter, which would be the first electric vehicle under the brand’s name.
It wouldn’t be the first for its parent company, though.
Piaggio, which owns the Italian motorcycle manufacturer…
Israeli Navy welcomes new generation of German-made warships
December 4, 2020
HAIFA, Israel — Israel’s Navy on Wednesday welcomed the first of four German-made warships that will be at the vanguard of the country’s efforts to protect its coastline and growing natural gas industry.
The first missile boat of “Project Magen” docked at…
Google Fiber ‘2 Gig’ launches in two cities, includes custom-developed Wi-Fi 6 ‘Multi-Gig Router’
December 4, 2020
In September, Google Fiber announced a ‘2 Gig’ tier, and it’s now widely available in Huntsville and Nashville. As part of this, a Wi-Fi 6 Google Fiber Multi-Gig Router is provided to customers.
In recent years, Google Fiber has moved to just offer a single “1 Gig” plan at $70. For $100 in those Tennessee and Alabama cities, new and existing customers can upgrade to “2 Gig”…
Extreme E, an upcoming electric racing series, started delivering its electric off-road car, the Odyssey 21, to its racing teams, and it’s making me jealous.
I want an electric off-road car now.
The new racing series is from the same people behind Formula E.
It aims to…
Great Britain is arguably better known as a bleak little island on the edge of Europe, rather than as a renewable powerhouse, but ‘the times they are a-changin’. It won’t be surprising that Britain with its considerable coastline is ‘blowing in the wind’, but what…
WASHINGTON — A year after the U.S. Army awarded a contract to build a heavy-duty robot able to dispose of bombs and other explosives, the Air Force is looking for its own system — and it wants to see what’s on the market before committing to purchasing what the Army buys.
The Air Force in October released a solicitation for a large explosive ordnance disposal robot, a commercial…
