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@Davemart - my thoughts are along the same lines, especially in degenerating urban settings.... those things will be completely looted by people with their identities concealed during the next inner city riots. But maybe they will spread the costs around with Uber/Lyft-style dynamic pricing based on time of day and ghetto it will be driving into.
Robomart launches in West Hollywood
Robomart, the store-hailing platform (earlier post), announced its official launch in West Hollywood, California. Using the proprietary Robomart app, consumers can hail an automated store on wheels and have it arrive at their location in less than 10 minutes, making it the fastest delivery serv...
I still find it insane that they are going to put electric motors in the wheels. You hit one pot hole or curb and think the motor is still going to have 100 percent functionality afterwards? HOW ???? Am I crazy?
Electric pickup startup Lordstown Motors goes public via SPAC; $1.6B transaction
Lordstown Motors Corporation, a startup developing an all-electric pickup truck serving the commercial fleet market, merged with DiamondPeak Holdings Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined entity will trade on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol “RIDE.” ...
@Lad -- they weren't serious with the Volt or Bolt? I think they realize their previous failures and are now following the approach of others in the industry (ie. Tesla).
GM investing $2B in Spring Hill plant to build EVs, starting with Cadillac LYRIQ
General Motors Co. announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michig...
@sd Farmers and ranchers could also use EV trucks and farm equipment along with other technologies for off-the-grid farming to ultimately cut the cords from energy and oil companies.
GMC introduces 2022 HUMMER EV Edition 1; powered by all-new Ultium battery tech
GMC introduced the 2022 HUMMER EV Edition 1. It will be the first fully electric addition to GMC’s lineup, driven by next-generation EV propulsion technology that enables off-road capability, on-road performance and an immersive driving experience. The HUMMER EV will get its energy from Gene...
Smart move by GM. Beautiful massive SUV unlike the goofy looking Tesla Cybertruck. Now I would like to see a massive movement towards off the grid decentralized energy production in order to cut the cord from the big energy companies forever. I'm tired of being raped by big oil, big energy, big medicine, big government. BA$TARDS !
GMC introduces 2022 HUMMER EV Edition 1; powered by all-new Ultium battery tech
GMC introduced the 2022 HUMMER EV Edition 1. It will be the first fully electric addition to GMC’s lineup, driven by next-generation EV propulsion technology that enables off-road capability, on-road performance and an immersive driving experience. The HUMMER EV will get its energy from Gene...
This story shouldn't be on this site. It's not "green" and not exactly related to cars.
Ford to produce 50,000 Airon ventilators in Michigan in next 100 days; partnering with GE Healthcare
Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, will begin producing in Michigan the Airon pNeuton model A ventilator with the goal to produce 50,000 of the needed units within 100 days and up to 30,000 a month thereafter as needed. Established in 1997, Airon Corporation is a privately ...
@Engineer-Poet: Sounds nice but PHEV (non-series hybrid) performance is dreadful. During those short bursts of speed on electric drive --- nice....but the shift back to gas ....pure crap. Going pure electric as quickly as possible at this point (as it appears they are doing) is the best long term strategy.
GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup
At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platf...
I don't like the front grill. At least make it black with a chrome mustang.
Ford unveils all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV
In Los Angeles, Ford unveiled the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. When it arrives in late 2020, Mustang Mach-E will be available with standard (75.7 kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 kWh battery) options with either rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive powered by permanent magnet mot...
A lot of these biofuel facilities were established with subsidies and grants from leftist administrations. You have to make enough revenue to give politicians kickbacks, who in turn will give more subsidies and grants (if they are still in power). Problem is the taxpayer got scammed numerous times with unproven technology --- while the biofuel facilities went bankrupt and the project developers made off with massive amounts of taxpayer dollars (ie. Range Fuels).
POET outlines lessons from 4-year long startup of Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol project
Commercially viable cellulosic ethanol plants has proven devilishly difficult to bring to fruition. The primary outlier from the list of efforts that have shut down over the past few years is POET/DSM’s Project Liberty (earlier post). In an editorial in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Bior...
I think there is more risk to species from pollution from runoff and garbage from third world countries, put into rivers and oceans, than from mining. Just sayin'.
Queen’s researchers discover first species endangered from deep sea mining
Queen’s University Belfast researchers have discovered that the scaly-foot snail, otherwise known as the sea pangolin, is the first species at risk of extinction due to potential deep sea mining by humans. The research is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The scaly-foot snail. Chryso...
Hopefully there is no cancer risk with these higher and higher speed bandwidths
5G mobile network goes live at all BMW Brilliance Automotive production sites in China
BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. The new wireless standard allows large quantities of data to be transferred within a very short space of time, since data will now be processed in small, high-perf...
Target customers: Russian oligarchs, Saudi Princes and maybe a professional NBA/MLB/NFL athlete here and there ...pretty obvious
Performance details on the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar hybrid powertrain; 1,160 bhp
The heart of the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar’s hybrid powertrain (earlier post) is a clean-sheet Cosworth-built 65° naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 engine. Evoking the ultra-high-revving F1 engines of the 1990s, but benefitting from two decades of progress in design, material and manufactu...
This is a move for Ford's long term survival. Good thing Tesla is getting into semi-trucks because Ford is coming after them with a vengeance now.
Ford says it will more than double previously announced investment in electrification; $11B by 2022, 40 electrified vehicles
Ford will boost its investment in electrification to $11 billion by 2022, said Executive Chairman Bill Ford, speaking at the Detroit Auto Show. In 2015, Ford had said it would invest an additional $4.5 billion to add 13 electrified vehicles to its portfolio by 2020. (Earlier post.) At the tim...
I've been reading that because Ford/Chrysler/GM are making more expensive cars, rental car fleets are switching to Nissan and others. This is probably going to fill that void also.
Mazda, Toyota select Alabama for $1.6B new US auto manufacturing plant
Mazda and Toyota have selected Huntsville, Alabama as the site of their new joint-venture manufacturing plant. The new plant will have the capacity to build 300,000 vehicles annually, with production split evenly between two lines for each company to produce Mazda’s crossover model that will be ...
It shouldn't be too difficult to make the jump to making a long-range electric pickup truck!
Proterra and LG Chem co-develop new battery cell for heavy-duty market; Proterra sets electric distance record
Leading electric bus manufacturer Proterra and LG Chem co-developed a battery cell that has been optimized to meet the unique performance and safety demands of the heavy-duty vehicle market. The cell chemistry has been optimized for exceptional energy throughput capability, high charge rate acc...
They launched the program in 2009 and paid Venter and his company hundreds of millions of dollars ---- so where are the production facilities? This looks more and like a scam, like so many others in renewable energy. Step 1: Have an elitist academic type make a bunch of noise, Step 2: Convince politicians and globalists there is a problem that requires a Marxist redistributionist globalist solution, Step 3: Elites get rich at the expense of common working people and future unborn generations through trillions more dollars added to the debt.
Synthetic Genomics and ExxonMobil renew algae biofuels research agreement
Synthetic Genomics and ExxonMobil have extended their agreement to conduct joint research into advanced algae biofuels after making significant progress in understanding algae genetics, growth characteristics and increasing oil production. ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics have been jointly rese...
This is a no-brainer, as anyone who has looked at the pictures of the lungs of smokers knows. But to label C02 as a pollutant is a marxist ploy that has nothing to do with science.
Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs
Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study of more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016. EuroEcho-Imaging is the annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), representing members around the world wit...
Why did Obama want to use American taxpayer resources to help the Brazilians explore for oil in the Atlantic Ocean, establish drill rigs in the Atlantic Ocean and be one of Brazil's best customers, but won't let Americans drill in Arctic Ocean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7FrK8tNKqA
US offshore oil and gas leasing plan for 2017-2022 focuses on Gulf of Mexico, excludes Arctic
US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Hopper released the final plan to guide future energy development for the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for 2017-2022. The Proposed Final Program offers 11 potential lease sales in f...
More Bang + Less Buck = Good!
First public flight of Siemens 260kW electric motor; to be used in development of hybrid-electric aircraft
Siemens researchers have developed a new type of electric motor that, with a weight of just 50 kilograms, delivers a continuous output of about 260 kilowatts—five times more than comparable drive systems. (Earlier post.) This record-setting propulsion system successfully completed its first pub...
Autonomous vehicles are but another attack on individualism and freedom by the central planning marxists. I will be keeping the vehicle that I drive & doesn't report to Big Brother...thank you very much.
GM to invest $500M in Lyft; creating integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles
General Motors and rideshare company Lyft are entering a long-term strategic alliance to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the US. GM will invest $500 million in Lyft to help the company continue the rapid growth of its successful ridesharing service. In addition,...
Cronyism alert!
USDA announces conditional commitment for $70M loan guarantee for Ensyn cellulosic biofuel refinery
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a conditional commitment for a $70-million loan guarantee to help build a cellulosic biorefinery in central Georgia. USDA is providing the loan guarantee conditional commitment through its Biorefinery Assistance Program. Ensyn Georgia Biorefine...
Given the competitive nature of the auto industry & the amount of spying going on, there is a very high likelihood that other automakers have been doing the same thing as VW, but VW just happened to get caught ---- like doping in professional sports. They better do a review of EVERYONE and not just crucify VW.
Volkswagen Group orders external investigation of emissions testing violations, pledges full support to EPA and ARB
On Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that, based on ARB testing, Volkswagen and Audi passenger cars equipped with 2.0L diesels have used a software defeat device to cheat on the results of NOx testing, and thus have violated the...
Why wouldn't the coal companies simply compete directly with the steel companies by making their own carbon fibers from coal?
GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2
A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) The conversion of CO2 → CCNF + O2 can be...
@Davemart: Why are you a denier? This is peer reviewed science, performed at a recognized university (GWU) and funded by the National Science Foundation.
GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2
A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) The conversion of CO2 → CCNF + O2 can be...
gor said "This green market is just fraud organized by international banks to lend more money to goverments all over the world , acquire patents to push price up for all kind of products."
It's more like "This green market is just fraud organized by democratic party interests as payoffs for political contributions and to advance the power of the hammer & sickle"
UT Austin team achieves best reported full-cell hybrid Li-air battery cycling with new ordered catalyst
Cycling performance of the hybrid Li− air batteries with (top) ordered Pd3Fe/C air electrode and (bottom) conventional Pt/C air electrode. Credit: ACS, Cui et al. Click to enlarge. A team from the University of Texas at Austin led by Professor John Goodenough has achieved significantly enhan...
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