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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

Teslarati

Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. The project aims to build the first Tesla Solar neighborhood, making a sustainable residential community. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park.

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Tesla Virtual Power Plant is providing energy security to Australian homes

Teslarati

A few years ago, Tesla teamed up with the Government of South Australia and various energy authorities to build South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant. Today, the Tesla-powered VPP seems to be providing substantial energy security to Australian homes. “Even if all lights go out in the neighborhood, you will still have power.

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Swedish EV battery maker Northvolt will get US$400 million from Ontario pension investmrent

Baua Electric

Since its initiation seven years in the past through a couple of former Tesla Inc. Northvolt’s effort is to put together an international provide of batteries the usage of in the neighborhood sourced renewable power. executives, Stockholm-based Northvolt has raised cash from dozens of traders together with Goldman Sachs Workforce Inc.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

David McNeil first joined the Denver Electric Vehicle Council (DEVC) , a chapter of the Electric Auto Association, soon after its founding in 1974, but he’s never owned a Tesla, a Chevrolet Bolt, or any other likely suspects. They had created two new natural gas units to replace the older coal-fired units. Air Force Academy. “We

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. Today’s electric grid was designed by Nicolas Tesla and Thomas Edison with help from Westinghouse and General Electric some 100 years ago. As long as a standard 1.5

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.