If you take a look around MidwayUSA’s website, you’ll figure out pretty quick that it is not one of today’s stereotypical big corporations that are self-conscious about displaying a progressive image to the world. Wikipedia says it sells “hunting and outdoor products,” which is true, but that could mean anything from REI to some doomsday […]
Author: CleanTechnica
Dandelion Energy Ready To Expand Ground Source Heat Pumps
There are two types of heat pumps — air source and ground source. Air source heat pumps have to be able to work with outside air temperatures that can vary between -20 degrees to +120 degrees F. Ground source heat pumps work with the temperature of the Earth hundreds of feet below the surface. Typically […]
Schneider Electric Is Helping Reduce Emissions At Home & At The Power Plant
Earlier this month, Schneider Electric put out two press releases that show that it is working on two very important aspects of climate change. In one announcement, the company revealed a big win with its products that can help reduce energy use at home, and in the other, it announced an effort to help reduce […]
DENSO Takes Its Green Efforts To The Next Level
Companies that make electric components for cars are sitting pretty right now, and that includes DENSO manufacturing. At its largest factory facility in Maryville, Tennessee, the company makes things like alternators, which are useful for regular cars and hybrids. Some of the other things it builds, like inverters, are only good for hybrids and EVs. […]
Losing Freon? Brass Vs. Copper
Why good copper gaskets create Zero Leak HVACs.
By Jim Scott, Senior Engineer at Seco Seals
Volkswagen Prioritizes Scout Motors Instead Of New Pickup Trucks
Volkswagen is going all in on an electric pickup truck and SUV from Scout Motors rather than offering a pickup of its own.
VW Partners With Car-Sharing Company MILES Mobility
Many EV fanatics look forward to Tesla’s Robotaxi service. For some people, it’s a big deal because they put in for a dozen Cybertrucks and hope to run their own fleet. For others, they think it will transform urban and suburban mobility. For Tesla itself, it could open up a new revenue stream for Full […]
Thousands Of Very High Quality Tesla Employees Are Why Tesla Is A Success
We want to personify things. It helps us to understand — or think we understand — something when we can put a human face on it. In the case of large and complex institutions, we are prone to putting far more weight than is logical on one single face of the institution. For example, the […]
Technological Revolutions: Part II — Have Electric Vehicle Sales Reached the Tipping Point?
For Part I of this short series, covering the early evolution and adoption of cars, planes, calculator, computers, TVs, the Internet, and more, see “Technological Revolutions: Part I.” Gasmobile vs. Electric Vehicle Technology As a former NASA scientist with an engineering background, I didn’t need to be a rocket scientist to observe that electric vehicles […]
Elon Musk Cites “Obsessive Curiosity” as Most Important Daily Habit
Recently, the G20 Summit took place in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Nadiem Makarim, the Indonesian Minister of Education, openly voiced the critical importance of education. And, as part of the summit, Makarim got the opportunity to discuss education with Tesla CEO Elon Musk via video call. Source: KEMENDIKBUD RI As reported in Vatican News, “Musk stressed […]