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Duffy thanks Zeldin for getting rid of 'stop-start' feature in cars: 'I hate it'

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (359+ words) Sean Duffy commended EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for targeting his “pet peeve” — an auto feature intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “You know the on-off, the stop-start button on your car? I hate that thing,” Duffy told the crowd at…...

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Power 'quality' is why SpaceX's Terafab is going with on-site gas, analysts say

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (157+ words) Growing single crystal hot section turbine blades for high efficiency gas turbines is far harder than casting. But I’m sure Musk has hired the best manufacturering people away from Siemens and GE and greatly boosted their incomes. So they will…...

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New York’s New Solar Religion Is Absolutely Devastating To Wildlife, Farmland

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (391+ words) The Mandate Behind The Mess.. The footprint of the 18 solar power plants is staggering. The Cider Solar Farm in Genesee County will cover 4,000 acres, and the Ridge View Solar Farm in Niagara County will take another 2,000. Both were pushed through…...

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Elon Musk's $25B Chip Factory Should Terrify TSMC

1+ week, 6+ min ago   (243+ words) This video explores Terafab, a massive semiconductor manufacturing project initiated by Elon Musk and his companies (Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI) in Texas (0:00). The project aims to establish a vertical integration strategy for chip production, moving from the current outsourced model…...

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Trends in electric cars {focus on Asia and LATAM - 2026}

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (409+ words) The electric car market grew by 20% from 2024 to exceed 20 million sales. The sales share of electric cars in the overall car market increased to 25%. about 5% of the global car stock is now electrified, displacing 1.2 million barrels of oil per day…...

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Tesla lands 500-truck order from Einride in world's largest Tesla Semi deployment

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (261+ words) Tesla Inc. TSLA has landed an order for 500 Semi electric trucks from Einride AB ENRD, in what the Swedish freight company calls the largest Tesla Semi deployment announced to date. The deal comes just months after the first Semi rolled…...

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Newsom’s Energy Wrecking Crew

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (137+ words) Start with the state’s energy regulations. California households pay roughly twice the national average for electricity, in the mid-30 cents a kilowatt-hour against about 17 elsewhere. The extra cost runs into the tens of billions a year. California’s commercial and industrial…...

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Schleswig-Holstein [Germany] finally cancel their 3.3-million-Euro zero emissions ferry-of-the-future project because their retarded solar-powered vessel still doesn't work

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (188+ words) Long-time readers may remember a piece I wrote two years ago on how Schleswig-Holstein sold their reliable diesel ferry for a song, spent 3.3 million Euro for a new emissions-free solar ferry that doesn’t work and increased carbon emissions on top…...

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Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas,…...

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NASA Chief Jared Isaacman: Elon Musk is the greatest engineer in history [13:57]

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (205+ words) Or, does he have a way of hiring brilliant folks to perpetuate his ideas? 🤔😊👍🇺🇸 [oh, okay, I’d run the transcript for the whole interview, but the clip was too short, so I just went back to get the full one,…...