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Hydrogen Trains, Upgrading A Water Heater, Cheap Solar — CleanTechnica Top 20

CleanTechnica EVs

Hydrogen trains in California, the various tech options on the market when upgrading your water heater, and the US […]. Another week has flown by and we’ve got another roundup of our top (most popular) stories of the week. This past week, the interest (and content) was all over the map, as it was last week.

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Meet the eTH, an expandable electric RV that turns into an off-grid luxury mini-home

Baua Electric

The eTH electric RV features a luxurious interior, smart tech, and clean energy for a week of off-grid capabilities. The ETH also includes an Atmospheric Water Generator that converts moisture from the air into up to 50L of clean water daily. It likely won’t come cheap. It “offers a sustainable living platform.”

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Tesla Cybertruck updated: New off-road aids to help it in the rough stuff

EV Central

There’s also a new Wade mode to help you traverse deep standing water, or rivers but it’s not known how the new feature actually works yet, so stay tuned. In the flagship tri-motor CyberBeast version you get a proper mechanical front-locking differential, plus a rear virtual one to claw you out of a slippery situation.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Cars That Think

These high-flying, low-tech aircraft are already in use for surveillance, hovering at 18,000 to 27,000 meters to track drug runners. As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power. It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! The sense I’m getting is that Optimus isn’t as bad as people thought, but also, nobody [in the robotics community] is very impressed or surprised by any of the tech. The tech isn’t there for anyone. Research Specialist, MIT Media Lab. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Animesh Garg.

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Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

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To split water into hydrogen on a large scale, we need technologies that are sustainable, efficient, scalable and durable. Using solar energy (or other renewable energy sources ) to split water delivers sustainability , while recent research has made key inroads toward efficiency and scalability. percent.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Then European governments and Frontex began investing in tools to detect migrant boats before they reached European waters and calling the Libyan coast guard to pull back migrant boats.

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