Imagine an entire network of flying cars zooming around 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) above our congested city streets. Your morning commute would be a lot different up there: you could travel at higher speeds and you could reach almost any remote destination. But what kinds of laws would we have […]
Tesla is planning to unveil a cheaper version of the Model Y on Tuesday, following through on assurances it will have a more affordable vehicle to counter the loss of the up to $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles that the US stopped offering as of this month. Eric […]
EV batteries are expensive, and some would say wasteful. But there are second life applications for EV batteries that could keep them useful for a surprisingly long time. Here are the studies on second-life solutions: https://energycenter.org/program/secondary-use-applications-plug-ev-lithium-ion-batteries PV Firming – short-term working with PV https://energycenter.org/sites/default/files/docs/nav/programs/second-life/PV-Firming-Report_04-07-2015.pdf Demand Charge Management https://energycenter.org/sites/default/files/docs/nav/programs/second-life/Long-Term-Test-Report_DCM_CH3-CH4_Final_08-18-2015.pdf Regulation Energy […]
Get a free month of Audible at http://www.audible.com/joescott or text “joescott” to 500-500. As we cross into 2020, I wanted to examine the reasons to be pessimistic about the future and reasons to be optimistic. Last week I covered the negative. But this week, let’s go positive. Support me on […]
The first 200 people who sign up at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe will get 20% off a premium subscription! We’ve been hearing a lot about the potential of solid state batteries over the last few years. But how close are we to the solid state revolution? And will it be a revolution at […]
