Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Space
NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle’s...
Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Solar, Space
Harnessing the power of the sun is all the rage right now. At the end of 2022, US scientists announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough that could, in a few decades, see a clean, renewable and essentially unlimited energy source powering the world. In reality,...
Jan 5, 2023 | Robots, Wind
Aerones uses robots to repair, inspect, clean, and ice-proof wind turbines, and the Latvia-based startup just raised $38.9 million in funding. TechCrunch reported that the funding was raised this month “from dozens of undisclosed investors.” And according to...
Jan 5, 2023 | Energy, Wind
Germany produced a record amount of electricity from wind on Wednesday, helping to reduce the need to burn fossil fuels as Europe battles an energy crisis. The nation’s wind farms generated 50,232 megawatts, according to data from the European Energy Exchange....
Jan 5, 2023 | Energy, Hydrogen
About 100 miles from Niagara Falls, where Nikola Tesla’s hydroelectric power plant design—a landmark in renewable energy—was first implemented (way back in 1895), a hydrogen energy solutions provider called Plug Power is building out one of this century’s...
Jan 5, 2023 | Energy, Fusion
The news of a successful fusion energy test at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was met with both fascination and trepidation. All this talk of nuclear energy and “unleashing the energy of the sun” makes people...
Jan 5, 2023 | Featured, Solar, Space
Following over a decade of research, including two years of testing origami-inspired components, a small prototype satellite designed to harvest solar energy launched yesterday morning aboard SpaceX’s most recent Falcon 9 rocket...
Jan 5, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Range anxiety is one the biggest barriers to getting more drivers into an electric vehicles (EVs) to start with. It’s the fear of running out of charge while on the road in your EV. Range anxiety is one the biggest barriers to getting more drivers into...
Jan 5, 2023 | Business, Electric Vehicles
The BMW Group more than doubled its fully-electric vehicle sales in 2022 and plans on raising the share of battery electric vehicles in total sales to 15% in 2023, the carmaker said in a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday. Total sales for 2022 were around 100,000 fewer...
Jan 5, 2023 | Aeronautics, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Stellantis is leaning into its bet on a future that includes flying cars. The Chrysler maker is doubling down on its commitment to help Archer Aviation produce its first batch of electric flying vehicles by 2025, announced Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares and Archer CEO...
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