2 hr 3 min
TT 191? - Year in Review and Predictions TALKING TESLA
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SHOW NOTES: TT 191Best New EV
Model YTaycanVW ID3VW ID4Mach ETop Space Story
SpaceX launches 26 rockets SpaceX Crew 1Chang’E 5 Moon MissionBoeing Software FailureSN8 best flight of the yearJAXA Touch & Go missionBest Announced EV
Tesla Model $25kGM HummerBuick LyricAptera EVCanooZooxArchimotoWhere’s Rivian?Biggest Battery Announcement
Costs reductions at Tesla Battery DayLG signs massive ~$10 billion deal to make batteries in IndonesiaTesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million milesBattery startup backed by VW and Tesla cofounder JB Straubel QuantumScape (QS) goes publicMicrosoft will be carbon negative by 2030https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/01/16/microsoft-will-be-carbon-negative-by-2030/Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/07/apple-commits-to-be-100-percent-carbon-neutral-for-its-supply-chain-and-products-by-2030/ ITC extension (Solar investment tax credit)A spending package President Trump signed before the New Year keeps the Investment Tax Credit at 26 percent through 2022 and at 22 percent through 2023, a policy similar to one the White House eliminated during spending negotiations at the same time last year.US Presidential Change of Focus on RenewablesJoe Biden’s win presents major upside for the solar industry. The candidate campaigned on a national plan to reach 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. Solar offers a key technology to achieve that goal, with 2020 marking its second year in a row to claim the largest share of new generating capacity of any resource.COVID impact on pollution Half of the world population is under some form of lockdown due to COVID-19.Environmental pollution is reduced up to 30%.Mobility is reduced up to 90%.A study found that even as NO2 emissions plummeted 60% and fine particulate matter dropped 31%, global average ozone went up slightly around the world. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720323378https://cen.acs.org/environment/atmospheric-chemistry/COVID-19-lockdowns-had-strange-effects-on-air-pollution-across-the-globe/98/i37#:~:text=When%20viewed%20broadly%20and%20globally,Natl.
2021 - Tesla’s Biggest News Story
Joel - Acquisition of Battery or Auto manufacturing enablement companySupport the show
SHOW NOTES: TT 191Best New EV
Model YTaycanVW ID3VW ID4Mach ETop Space Story
SpaceX launches 26 rockets SpaceX Crew 1Chang’E 5 Moon MissionBoeing Software FailureSN8 best flight of the yearJAXA Touch & Go missionBest Announced EV
Tesla Model $25kGM HummerBuick LyricAptera EVCanooZooxArchimotoWhere’s Rivian?Biggest Battery Announcement
Costs reductions at Tesla Battery DayLG signs massive ~$10 billion deal to make batteries in IndonesiaTesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million milesBattery startup backed by VW and Tesla cofounder JB Straubel QuantumScape (QS) goes publicMicrosoft will be carbon negative by 2030https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/01/16/microsoft-will-be-carbon-negative-by-2030/Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/07/apple-commits-to-be-100-percent-carbon-neutral-for-its-supply-chain-and-products-by-2030/ ITC extension (Solar investment tax credit)A spending package President Trump signed before the New Year keeps the Investment Tax Credit at 26 percent through 2022 and at 22 percent through 2023, a policy similar to one the White House eliminated during spending negotiations at the same time last year.US Presidential Change of Focus on RenewablesJoe Biden’s win presents major upside for the solar industry. The candidate campaigned on a national plan to reach 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. Solar offers a key technology to achieve that goal, with 2020 marking its second year in a row to claim the largest share of new generating capacity of any resource.COVID impact on pollution Half of the world population is under some form of lockdown due to COVID-19.Environmental pollution is reduced up to 30%.Mobility is reduced up to 90%.A study found that even as NO2 emissions plummeted 60% and fine particulate matter dropped 31%, global average ozone went up slightly around the world. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720323378https://cen.acs.org/environment/atmospheric-chemistry/COVID-19-lockdowns-had-strange-effects-on-air-pollution-across-the-globe/98/i37#:~:text=When%20viewed%20broadly%20and%20globally,Natl.
2021 - Tesla’s Biggest News Story
Joel - Acquisition of Battery or Auto manufacturing enablement companySupport the show
2 hr 3 min