Here are some interesting updates on Telsa, from our Kansas City, MO-based colleague Fritz Maffry. – ed The Perfect Storm
Tag: Elon Musk
Many Cleantech Jobs Cannot Be Automated
A top management consultant once quipped, “The factory of the future will have only two employees: a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from …
Fritz Maffry on the Electric Vehicle Transition and the Tech Sector in General
From my colleague Fritz Maffry: Few believed Elon Musk could bring the Model 3 to scale, produce it efficiently, and get volume achieved, on production and distribution.
How Much Longer Will Toyota Be Pursuing Fuel Cell Vehicles?
From this edition of Green Auto Digest: While Toyota and a few other global automakers are taking hydrogen fuel cell vehicles quite seriously, the clean technology’s chances of reaching mass adoption are still far away.
From Guest Blogger Solar Energy World: Are Solar Shingles Ready for Prime Time?
Recently, Tesla announced that orders would begin to be accepted for the long anticipated solar roof shingles Elon Musk has been promising. Despite the hype, our analysts have concluded that solar shingles are not presently an efficient or cost-effective way …
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From Guest Blogger Andrew Alcal: Elon Musk and Trump’s Energy Policies
Elon Musk recently accomplished his goal of merging SolarCity with Tesla. This bold move is meant to rescue SolarCity from excessive revenue losses in previous quarters while also attempting to create a more streamlined energy service. But Musk may have …
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Building-Integrated PV: It’s Happening Now
The subject of building-integrated solar PV (BIPV) is not new, and some version will almost definitely become popular soon, especially in places like California that have net-zero energy consumption requirements for new construction.
From 2GreenEnergy Super-Supporter Gary Tulie: Is 1366 Technologies in Elon Musk’s Sights?
Here’s an interesting post on a new manufacturing process for solar PV cells. I note that I ran across a similar approach at the Solar Power International show a couple of weeks ago, under development at NREL (the US Department …
Compressed-Air Energy Storage
Simon Holege asks: Is compressed-air energy storage (CAES) a serious alternative to using batteries for wind farms, etc.? Under what conditions can CAES be regarded as a viable technology for large scale energy storage? I’ve been a believer in this …
From Guest Blogger Jordan: Tesla Buys an Auto Parts Supplier Based in Michigan
Just a few days after unveiling the Powerwall home battery system, which promises to ensure independence from the power grid for homes and businesses, and possibly cause some radical changes in the energy market, Tesla Motors has announced that it …
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