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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Molten salt nuclear reactors fueled by thorium were first investigated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1950s.

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Solartaxi visits AeroVironment

Revenge of the Electric Car

Solartaxi has two Swiss made 14kwhr Zebra batteries which are a molten-salt type battery that has an operating temperature window of 270-350degC (518-662degF). Tags: Production News EV Events Inside Track. Louis Palmer's childhood 1986 rendering of his Solartaxi dream. Photovoltaic Solar modules provided by Q-Cells.