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What Country Powered Itself Entirely On Renewable Energy For 75 Days?

Green Car Reports

The idea of an electricity grid powered entirely by renewable energy may seem like a utopian dream, but one country has recently achieved it, albeit briefly. That would be little Costa Rica, which claims to have powered itself using only renewable energy for 75 days.

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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

Cars That Think

The startup offers marine data as a service using its solar-powered Data Xplorer ocean drones, which eliminate the need for traditional crewed vessels. Otherwise, our command-and-control portal can program a vehicle for autonomous activity, such as uploading a route [for] doing a grid survey.”

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

He was promoting the benefits of EVs and how they compare with ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles and talking about living off the grid. Our clients have different needs and we can customize based on how much power is necessary,” Rickard added. “Jack had been making these videos since 2008,” Howard said. “He Jack Rikard on EVTV.