The Alternative Energy Thread

Germany bans gas and oil heat in new construction.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...and-gas-heating-for-new-houses-from-next-year

Ford Improved EV Range by 13 Percent Using Radiant Interior Heat

The Biggest Problem With EV Charging Is That the Payment Methods Suck

Spotted this in the wild today.



Most of the EVs I see are Teslas, with the odd Leaf and Bolt here and there. Did spot a couple of Nissan EV prototypes one day but couldn’t get a pic of them.

I was in a drive-through line behind a Rivian truck a few weeks ago. I had to look up the name to know what I was looking at.

Pretty cool, but they're very proud of them. They start at $73K.

Yeah, and I'm not a fan of the front end. Sure, it looks better than the Cybertruck, but then again, what doesn't?

Saw a few EVs in India - they have green license plates. None of our usual suspects. Definitely Tata, some Skodas. And they're just as obnoxious road hogs like the rest of Indian traffic

And Crab Propulsion at That! They Could Teach Us a Thing or Two!

Foxconn Has Only Managed to Make About 40 Lordstown Endurance Pickups So Far

7-11 to create their own charging network.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/7-eleven-starts-its-own-ev-charging-network-7charge/

'MF Hydra': World's first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry gets operational

Antarctica is set to receive three new state-of-the-art wind turbines

And as usual, the hippie environmentalists completely gloss over how many penguins will die annually flying into these turbines.

I'm also worried about chickens, emus, and ostriches

Bolivia builds their own electric cars.

Sweden charges ahead with world's first electric road for on-the-go EV charging

Rooftop Solar Panels Could Power a Third of U.S. Manufacturing, Study Finds

Yabut are they solar freakin' roadways?

Brace Yourself, The Hydrogen Powered Motorcycles Are Coming

Cambridge researchers use sunlight to create clean, liquid drop-in fuel

Basically, an artificial leaf turns hydrogen and CO2 into synthetic gasoline. Meaning that this has the potential to be as clean as the cleanest biofuels, at the very least.

Modified NASA space tech provides sustainable batteries that last 30 years

A catalyst pushes zinc-air batteries to record power density

I didn't know that graphene battery packs had entered the consumer market yet.

WORLD’S FASTEST GRAPHENE POWER BANK CHARGES YOUR PHONE AND LAPTOP IN A FLASH

Toyota reveals next gen battery EVs with 621-mile range from just 10 minutes of charging

Now we're talkin'.

That'll roughly get you from St. Louis to Kansas City and back.

Chinese company unveils 'world's most powerful' hydrogen locomotive

Or, from Beaumont to Santa Monica

Beaumont, Texas or a different one?

California

Trivia: El Paso, Texas is closer to Los Angeles, California than it is to Beaumont, Texas.