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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Baua Electric

Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering.

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Tesla Giga Berlin sends off first Model Y vehicles for Europe deliveries

Teslarati

More than a week after its first delivery event, Tesla Giga Berlin has already transported Model Y vehicles out of the facility’s grounds for deliveries across Europe. Da un'ora, ci sono sulle strade italiane 5 #Tesla #ModelY #Performance uscite direttamente dalla #GigaBerlin ! E noi eravamo presenti alla consegna!

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

Yesterday, in a livestreamed event, Dan O’Dowd —a software billionaire and vehement critic of Tesla Motors’ allegedly self-driving technologies—debated Ross Gerber, an investment banker who backs the company. And they did, and it did a lot of really bad things; it ran red lights. Have your tests mirrored events in the real world?

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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. FRC ] ANYmal is rated IP67 for water resistance, but this still terrifies me.

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World Space Week

My Energi

It is the largest space event on Earth celebrating Science and Technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition, with over 8,000 events held last year in 96 different countries. After sunset when the sky is dark, go outside and turn off any outdoor lights. Find a full list of all the events here; .

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US Refiner Converting Fleet to Hybrids and Diesels

Green Car Congress

To illustrate the direction being taken by Alon in the selection of vehicles for its corporate fleet, four different cars and light-duty trucks were on display at the announcement, including a Ford Fusion Hybrid, GMC Sierra Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel and Volkswagen Touareg TDI clean diesel. Alon USA Energy, Inc.,

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

You notice the smell of smoke, and when you try to turn on your bedside light you discover that the power is out. The sensor equivalent of a sleeping dog is called an event-driven sensor. Using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, we can make such event-driven sensors on silicon chips that are only millimeters in size.