Electric Vehicle

Tesla co-founder’s company focuses on “less sexy” key for US-made EVs: Battery materials

As United States battery manufacturing increases to support greater EV production, battery materials could become a potential choke point. It’s this “less sexy” element that Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel aims to address with his new company, Redwood Materials. As detailed in a recent Bloomberg profile, Straubel aims to move more of the… Source: Green Car

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SpaceX set to launch world’s first private astronaut crew to record heights [webcast]

In less than 12 hours, SpaceX will kick off a more than four-hour webcast covering Crew Dragon’s historic Inspiration4 mission – set to be the world’s first all-private orbital astronaut launch and the highest private citizens have ever flown. Safely tucked inside a once-flown orbital Dragon capsule and riding on a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster,

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Tesla Software Update, Autopilot Challenge Australia, & Map Data Update

Nash from “Tesla in the Gong” shared a fun video on YouTube this week that covered the new Tesla software update (2021.24.5) along with an Autopilot challenge and some thoughts on the map data update. The Autopilot challenge covered a roundabout, off-ramp, straight stretch of road, another roundabout, and road works (road construction). The car

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch contracts reach double digits after latest NASA win

For the third time in seven months, NASA has contracted SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to launch a high-value scientific spacecraft, raising the number of active contracts for the world’s most powerful rocket into the double digits. In a twist that has become increasingly unsurprising, a spokesperson from SpaceX competitor United Launch Alliance (ULA) says that

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New Battery Laboratories: Volkswagen

New battery laboratories: Volkswagen takes the next step towards developing and producing own battery cells State-of-the-art laboratory center for battery cells opens in Salzgitter, Germany Strengthening Germany’s e-mobility cluster: Volkswagen Group Components invests a further 70 million euros in expanding battery research and creates around 250 high-tech jobs Know-how in development, production and recycling: Salzgitter

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