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Elon Musk shares insights during World Water Forum in Indonesia

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Elon Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Indonesia this week, following a trip to the country in which he debuted SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet. Following the debut of Starlink in Indonesia on Sunday, Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Bali on Monday, sharing a few insights on solving the water crisis.

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Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

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of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy. Taking IRENA’s REmap scenario as a reference, renewable hydrogen could deliver 5% of total final energy demand in 2050. According to the IEA, less than 0.1%

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Tesla Giga Berlin expansion objections rejected by Environmental Agency

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Ganschow referred to Tesla’s application documents, which were partially blacked out. The documents discussed Giga Berlin’s annual production capacity for electric vehicles and battery cells. It also wants to increase its battery cell production by 50 gigawatt hours to 100 GWh annually.

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Tesla diner, drive-in and Supercharger preparing work on interiors

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Tesla continues to make progress on its upcoming diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger in Los Angeles, with recent drone footage showing new water runoff infrastructure, preparations for stucco installation on the first-floor walls, and seemingly, materials for the start of some interior construction.

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Researchers in Belgium develop new class of solid composite electrolytes for Li-ion batteries: Eutectogels

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Researchers at Hasselt University in Belgium are proposing a new class of solid composite electrolytes (SCEs) for Li-ion batteries: deep eutectic solvent (DES)–silica composites. The DES-based gel electrolytes—to which the team refers as eutectogels (ETGs)—are characterized by high ionic conductivity (1.46 Joos et al. …

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Lithium-iron battery maintenance guide

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Lithium batteries are essential to the Emergency mobile EV charging system due to their excellent performance. Understanding the characteristics of Li-ion batteries can help you better ensure the safety of battery use and extend the battery life. What is a Lithium lron Battery?

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Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV makes its debut along with AMG version

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The motor is referred to as synchronous because the rotor turns at the same rate as the magnetic field of the stator. A water lance in the shaft of the rotor cools it from the inside. In this process, the high-voltage battery is charged by converting the mechanical rotary motion into electrical energy during overrun or braking mode.

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