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NPR
In Chile's desert lie vast reserves of lithium — key for electric car batteries
NPR
4 min read · Sep 24th · Chile is part of a South American region known as the "lithium triangle," where miners are trying to meet skyrocketing demand for the material. · Shared by 23, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
greenbiz.com
How big is the US electric vehicle opportunity?
greenbiz.com
2 min read · Sep 16th · By 2050, electrification across all sectors of the U.S. economy could increase electricity consumption by as much as 38 percent, including as electric vehicle usage grows. · Shared by 7
Automotive News
The EV skateboard: The innovation that’s redefining the auto industry
Automotive News
7 min read · Sep 6th · The chassis that underpins electric vehicles, known as the skateboard, might be the most important piece of automotive hardware created this century. Not only has it been key to making EVs viable, it… · Shared by 6
TechCrunch
Tesla ramps up production as rivals launch new EVs
TechCrunch
1 min read · Sep 19th · Tesla is ramping up production at its factories in Texas and Shanghai to head off an upcoming ambush of new EVs from legacy automakers. On Monday, the world’s largest EV maker completed a long-delayed… · Shared by 7
Electrek.co
Toyota says there's no EV demand – maybe try selling one the wheels stay on?
Electrek.co
4 min read · Aug 25th · Another day, another Toyota exec being ignorant about EVs. This one claims there's no EV demand – even though EVs are sold out everywhere. · Shared by 5
Electrek.co
This modular off-grid solar EV charger can be installed in just four hours
Electrek.co
2 min read · Sep 13th · A new modular, off-grid EV charger gets its power from a solar canopy, and it can be installed by two people in half a day. · Shared by 14, including Amber Mac
Ars Technica
Why is a small Swedish automaker a decade ahead of the rest of the industry?
Ars Technica
4 min read · Sep 19th · Shared by 83
Electrek.co
Sono Motors is on track to put over 32,000 solar electric vehicles on roads this decade
Electrek.co
3 min read · Sep 7th · Sono Motors is trying its damndest to stay at the top of everyone’s news feed this week. In addition to announcing it has received over 20,000 reservations for its upcoming Sion solar EV, Sono Motors… · Shared by 5
WIRED
Electric Vehicles Could Rescue the US Power Grid
WIRED
5 min read · Sep 19th · By 2035, the batteries in California’s zero-emission cars could power every home in the state for three days. · Shared by 125, including Backchannel
Electrek.co
GM launches aggressive EV ad campaign during NFL football to drive more mainstream adoption
Electrek.co
3 min read · Sep 16th · Football is finally back. This year you can expect to see plenty of electric vehicles race across your screen during breaks. To promote its new EV lineup, GM is launching a new, in its own words,… · Shared by 6
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WIRED
A New Approach to Car Batteries Is About to Transform EVs
WIRED
3 min read · Aug 29th · Auto companies are designing ways to build a car’s fuel cells into its frame, making electric rides cheaper, roomier, and able to hit ranges of 620 miles. · Shared by 170, including Alicia Cocchi, Chaotic Goode, Marsha Collier, Packy McCormick
WIRED
Electric Vehicles Could Rescue the US Power Grid
WIRED
5 min read · Sep 19th · By 2035, the batteries in California’s zero-emission cars could power every home in the state for three days. · Shared by 125, including Backchannel
Rest of World
Scooters and 3-wheelers are really what’s driving an EV revolution
Rest of World
5 min read · Sep 8th · Strong sales in China, India, and Vietnam contribute to a global fleet of 275 million vehicles. · Shared by 112, including Horace Dediu, Thomas Pleil
theturnsignalblog.com
Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction?
theturnsignalblog.com
~11 min read · Aug 31st · In the '90s, the average new car came with simple climate controls, a radio, and a CD player. That is very different from a new car today because we want to do… · Shared by 102
Ars Technica
Why is a small Swedish automaker a decade ahead of the rest of the industry?
Ars Technica
4 min read · Sep 19th · Shared by 83
Axios
Plug-in hybrids can drive us to our fully electric future
Axios
2 min read · Sep 1st · Plug-ins make sense for consumers and automakers alike · Shared by 83, including Barry Ritholtz
The New York Times
This Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry
The New York Times
8 min read · Aug 30th · Hiding a thousand feet below the earth’s surface in this patch of northern Minnesota wetlands are ancient mineral deposits that some view as critical to fueling America’s clean energy future. · Shared by 79, including Brian Roemmele, Howard Getson
Vox
It’s the end of the car as we know it
Vox
7 min read · Sep 2nd · The electric vehicle transition is really a U-turn. · Shared by 67, including George Zachary, Sam Maule
Slate
Golf Carts—Golf Carts!—Are the Transportation of the Future
Slate
5 min read · Aug 15th · Some green technology, if you will. · Shared by 65, including Brooks Rainwater
The Verge
Tesla is being sued over Autopilot and Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving predictions
The Verge
2 min read · Sep 15th · Musk’s self-driving predictions haven’t panned out · Shared by 57, including Gary Marcus
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Collab Fund
Breaking Down A Tesla
Collab Fund
8 min read · Aug 13th · Tesla has single-handedly transformed the landscape of the automobile industry worldwide in less than two decades. Before it, almost no car companies were seriously invested in developing all-electric… · Shared by 396, including Tim
Harvard Business Review
Lessons from Tesla’s Approach to Innovation
Harvard Business Review
5 min read · From 2020 · There is a method to the madness. · Shared by 365, including Tom Connor, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Johannes Dornisch, Oliver Raduner, Niklaus Gerber, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Vala Afshar, Konrad Weber, Abel Caballero Díaz, Katja Evertz, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Dion Hinchcliffe, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, Charles Duhigg, Christian P. Stobbe, discovery-dojo, Merkstatt
asia.nikkei.com
Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW
asia.nikkei.com
2 min read · From 2020 · TOKYO -- Toyota Motor and Volkswagen each sell 10 million cars, give or take, every year. Tesla delivered about 367,500 in 2019. But when it comes to electronics technology, Elon Musk's scrappy… · Shared by 362, including Katja Evertz, Christian Fauteux, Merkstatt, Ian M Calvert, Oliver Reichenstein, Matthias Lampe, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steven Sinofsky, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Azeem Azhar, hardmaru, Brian Roemmele, Oliver Raduner, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Florian Graillot, Oliver Pitsch, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Hendrik Dietrich, Bilal Zuberi, sircharlsxavier
The Verge
32 moments that made the decade
The Verge
~16 min read · From 2019 · From Tinder swipes to self-driving cars, these were the moments that shaped the decade. · Shared by 318, including Tauno, Ines Bieler, Keith Keller, Tom Connor, luis antónio santos, Desmond Williams, Merkstatt, Josep M. Ganyet
a16z
AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning: A Primer
a16z
1 min read · From 2016 · watch time: 45 minutes “One person, in a literal garage, building a self-driving car.” That happened in 2015. Now to put that fact in context, compare this to 2004, when DARPA sponsored the very first… · Shared by 288, including Mathias Menzl, Ha Duong, Michael Musgrove, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Ryan Boren, Dominik Grolimund, Howard Getson, Marco Unternaehrer, Thomas Power, kp 🇺🇦, Merkstatt, Jono Mallanyk, Richard Newton, Mathias Böhm, Jon Thompson, ThomNagy, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, mar, Leonid Bugaev, Martin Rajcan
grist
The mental block preventing people from buying electric vehicles
grist
3 min read · May 24th · A new study found people greatly underestimate how many of their daily tasks an EV could support. · Shared by 232, including Svein Tveitdal
MIT Press
Who’s Afraid of Driverless Cars?
MIT Press
~11 min read · Jun 21st · Adopting autonomous vehicles is a question of psychology as much as of technology. · Shared by 231, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem
The Atlantic
Inside Waymo's Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2017 · An exclusive look at how Alphabet understands its most ambitious artificial intelligence project · Shared by 226, including Tillmann Allmer, Johannes Lenz, Florian Hanke 🍎, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Merkstatt, Danny Prol, Michael Musgrove, Tom Connor, Alain, Ha Duong, Alex Barrera, Thomas Power, Tauno
MIT Technology Review
The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere
MIT Technology Review
7 min read · May 27th · The mainstream approach to driverless cars is slow and difficult. These startups think going all-in on AI will get there faster. · Shared by 223, including Howard Getson, ipfconline, Brian Ahier, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
