Life in 2035, Prime Battery Producers in World — Prime Cleantech Tales

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One other week comes and goes. What massive and enjoyable cleantech tales from the previous week do we have to spotlight? Right here’s what I’ve acquired!

What future is coming? Nicely, this one is extra about information in 11 years than it’s about information prior to now week, however it’s an fascinating tackle what life may very well be like in a decade or so, after which a counterpoint to that dream. (Considerably associated, there’s additionally a little bit of a dialogue right here on whether or not Elon Musk’s AI and robotics focus is serving Tesla effectively or not, and there’s a fair larger dialogue right here on whether or not Elon will and will keep at Tesla. It’s all about completely different attainable futures.)

Electrical on snow: We have to electrify all kinds of transport and polluting expertise, and that features noisy snowmobiles. Nicolas Muron has a enjoyable new resolution for the snow — the MoonBike.

A Canoo for you: We’ve been enthusiastic about Canoo for years, and generally I fear that we and others have overestimated the EV startup an excessive amount of. Nevertheless, deliveries of its EVs have begun for Kingbee, and the corporate renting work vans to business prospects has ordered almost 10,000 of them in whole, with an choice to buy 18,600 throughout the subsequent few years.

10 prime battery producers: Who’re the most important battery producers on this planet? You possibly can certainly identify a number of, however the newest report from Jose Pontes gives extra particulars and some enjoyable charts for all of us battery market nerds. It additionally contains comparability to the 2022 numbers.

Das ist elektrisch! Germany’s EV market is an fascinating one nowadays resulting from subsidy modifications, however let’s simply take a pause to acknowledge that plugin automobiles reached a milestone 25% share of the auto market in 2023 over within the greatest auto market in Europe, and full electrics (BEVs) reached 19%! That’s fairly an achievement.

US plugin market reaches 10%! It is probably not at Germany’s degree, however the US plugin car did lastly attain 10% (rounding up a little bit bit) in December.

New most cost-effective EV in Mexico: There’s a brand new most cost-effective EV in Mexico. It comes from SEV, which is a Mexican firm promoting Chinese language-made EVs. A part of the excellent news is {that a} coming manufacturing facility in Mexico will produces these EVs.

Transport extra EVs: The biggest producer of electrical automobiles on this planet, BYD, is now transport its automobiles by way of its personal vessels. Its management continues in 2024.

Tesla + Thor: This wasn’t the most important hit proper off the bat, however I like it, so I’ve to focus on it once more. This Tesla charging cable holder designed like Thor’s hammer is good, enjoyable, and positively one thing I need in my storage.

Power storage + photo voltaic in 2024: We talked with Marcus Joo, cofounder and Chief Studying Officer at EnergyPal, in regards to the dwelling photo voltaic plus battery storage market within the US. There’s a lot to glean from the dialog with an trade veteran, so I like to recommend having some enjoyable and giving it a pay attention.

The gravity power storage big: It is probably not new. It is probably not scorching and horny. It is probably not good for clickbait or virality. However pumped hydro continues to be the gravity storage king, and Mike Barnard dives in to clarify how and why.

Electrical automobiles defeat diesels: Within the birthplace of diesel automobiles, the place “clear diesel” originated, electrical automobiles have now outsold diesels. Individuals ought to breathe simpler now. However there’s nonetheless a variety of work to be carried out.

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