That site is something special… Basically lobbying against renewable energy, promoting “the hydraulic fracturing revolution”, and stating how bad an Obama policy was in nearly every article.

Appreciate the link, I didn’t see the website was in a repository. I opened an issue.

Looks interesting but I am curious about their ‘Community Survey’ results, this line in particular:

From this we can see that the majority is currently running on Windows (47 users across the various versions), followed by Linux users across a few different distros (57 users across Mint(9), Ubuntu(13), Fedora (3), Debian(13), FlatPak(5), Mageia(1), Slackware(2), Arch(9), Gentoo (1), PCLinuxOS (1)).

I am not a mathematician or anything, so quite possible I missed something, but wouldn’t the 57 Linux users be the majority?

Exactly

For sure, I agree the phone integration is a better solution and could easily take the place of any connection requirements for the vehicle, was just providing insight into why any consumer might justify it.

Why the manufacturers push it would be a totally different answer…

Do you want realtime traffic updates, live charger status, streaming entertainment, software updates, emergency crash response, Wi-Fi hotspot, remote alarm status and controls, remote telematics? If yes to any of those, then you have your answer.

Of course, simply having a connection opens it up for privacy abuses, just like a smartphone, there are number of reasons why consumers would want a connected vehicle.

Who pays if you get myocarditis from COVID?

“The casks are expected to last 50–100 years…”. Let’s see 2025-1972=53 years. Sounds like it is nearing time to start replacing these or to figure out a better solution to reuse the high level waste.

You can make it work on 120V, it just uses ~20-30% more energy due to the overhead of running all the vehicle systems for so much longer while charging.

Here is a video demonstrating the lidar killing pixels in a phone camera sensor.

They also tried cameras on other vehicles but those were not affected, only the cellphone aimed directly at the lidar suffered damage.

Impressive for sure, but curious how this Guinness World Record is different from the 749 mile (1205 km) one Lucid set in June?

Edit: Looks like the Polestar record is for “longest journey travelled by an electric SUV on a single charge” while Lucid was for “longest journey by an electric car on a single charge”.

Interesting technology but the article compares the bare motor at 28.8 pounds (13.1 kilograms) to a complete Tesla Model 3 drive unit at 176 lbs (80 kg) which has not only the motor but also inverter, oiling system, gear reduction, differential, etc…

A better comparison would be something like Lucid Air motor which they give weights for the core rotor and stator assembly of 69 pounds (31.4 kg) and power density of 15.6 kW/kg, compared to this prototype motor at 42 kW/kg.

That is very generous of you to offer. Sadly, I am not in the EU, otherwise I would certainly take you up on it.

I’ve started working to source the hardware components and it definitely seems to be tricky to find some items at a reasonable price or at all. You’ll probably see me on the forums soon also trying to verify if I have suitable substitutes.

Appreciate the extra insight. Any sources you recommend if someone is trying to avoid news sources that are corporate biased or propaganda outlets?

Other large outlets not on the list like BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, RT, all seem like they would fall into one or the other of those categories to varying degrees. Visibility on quality, unbiased, sources of news is certainly needed now more than ever.

Thanks for sharing this! I’ve been passively following the flow battery tech for a while but had not ran across this project before.

Quite interested to see if I can get the experimental version working to some capacity. Hopefully the chemicals are not too difficult to purchase in small quantities.

I am quite curious to know what news sources you consider to not be “corporate-neolibral brained” if NPR, The Associated Press, Newsmax, and Fox News are all the same in your book?

Maybe I just misunderstood the point you were going for and need some clarification.

This will be another hurdle for electrification of all types as it will make less economic sense for the average home with substantial electricity price increases while fossil fuels prices are kept artificially low. The only silver lining is it might make solar/battery storage more attractive to have less reliance on the high priced grid electricity for those that can afford the upfront investments.

Electric vehicles will be especially hit since you already have fast chargers like GM Energy charging 0.55-0.60c/kWh which ends up being more expensive than driving a ICE vehicle getting 20-25mpg at the current prices.

They do have an EDR you can access.

Ah the Yamhilll Pub, the graffiti continues on the inside as well.

And to think, we haven’t even reached the hotter months of July and August in the boreal summer yet.

At least this looking like a neutral period for the ENSO so maybe we won’t break as many records this year.