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Tesla HVAC system still on the future products list: Elon Musk

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The Tesla CEO replied to Sparks, commenting that an HVAC system is especially important in places like Austin, which have “next-level amount[s] of pollen in the air.” Especially important in places like Austin, which has next-level amounts of pollen in the air. It’s on the future product list.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity.

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LIVE Blog: Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2021 earnings call summary

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“We’re off to a good start here,” Kirkhorn said. We’re already actually doing the sentiment of this question,” he said. Average congestion has decreased over the past 18 months, and the company is focused on accelerating the expansion of the rapid charging network. That’s not bad at all. Credit: Tesla.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. plants so that they use energy more efficiently. Fluctuations for Advanced Thermal Energy Storage NAVITASMAX will develop a novel heat storage method for. energy density over existing systems by an order of. NAVITASMAX.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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And energy storage deployments: the Megapack, in particular, reached an all-time high in Q1 leading to record profitability for the energy business, and that looks likely to continue to increase in the quarters and years ahead. million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. Myriad other examples exist throughout Europe, but at the heart of the plan is the philosophy that energy, ideas and enthusiasm are most easily shared in densely populated urban areas.

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