Tesla has decided to make the stockholder meeting and battery day on September 22, 2020, mainly virtual. Because of the ongoing health concerns and restrictions, the events as planned had to be changed. Tesla is not the first to switch its Annual Stockholder Meeting to a virtual event. I recently attended the Fastned Annual Stockholder […]
Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models, and allow EV batteries to have second and third lives in the electric […]
Wright’s Law is the best way to predict the future
We have many so-called laws to understand the future. The most famous is Moore’s Law, coined in 1965 in Electronics magazine. Gordon Moore looked at the number of transistors on the circuits they manufactured at Fairchild Semiconductors and noted that they had doubled in number every year. A single transistor in 1959 had become 64 […]
GM unveils a new electric vehicle platform and battery in bid to take on Tesla
General Motors laid out its electric vehicle strategy on Wednesday, showcasing roughly a dozen products as part of a broader attempt to convey to investors how serious it is about embracing its electric future. In addition to showing off some of its upcoming vehicles, GM revealed an all-new modular electric vehicle platform with an improved […]
In this new solar-powered apartment complex, all 600 units have batteries that form a virtual power plant
If you walk inside this new one-bedroom apartment outside Salt Lake City, you might not recognize the large object around the corner from the fridge. Roughly the size of a refrigerator itself, it’s a battery. The apartment complex, which will include 22 buildings and 600 units when complete, is the first to put batteries inside […]