There are many Bitcoin proponents and many more that see real value in ‘block chain’ technology so we enlisted the help our tech friends at URTech.ca to look into it further and help us explain the good, the bad and ugly of this new crypto-currency world. First, you need to Read more…
The electric power grid can fail and if you have thought ahead to get cheap reliable solar power and storage at your house, you can not only keep your family safe but you can help the grid. Homes with solar panels not only lessen the load on the grid, but Read more…
As many of you have been following this channel already know, my Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus gets about: 2/3 of its battery range rating in ideal conditions 5/8 of stated battery range in cool weather 3/8 of its stated battery range in extreme cold weather Video version of Read more…
This is the second of our two part series on the good and bad of electric vehicles. The first article Whats Wrong With Electric Vehicles? 12 Myths & 2 Truths is available as a video HERE and this article will explore the many hidden advantages of electric vehicles. Of course Read more…
This is part one of a two part series on the costs and benefits of electric vehicles. If you want the flip side of this article, read our The Hidden Advantages of Electric Vehicles article. Here we explore 14 reasons many people say they will not buy an electric vehicle. Read more…
The Future of Man Made Meet is Now! Exactly three years ago to the day (January 4 2018) we published a very popular article titled VEGANS UNITE! Man Made Chicken is Going Mass-Market Soon. Soon is now today, 2021. This is the short story of how man made chicken is Read more…
Put simply, LiDAR is just radar using a laser light instead of radio waves to scan what is in front of it. LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging and was the next big iteration in remote sensing and imaging thirty years ago. Today it is everything from airplanes, to Read more…
Many people fear this technology but Harvard University’s David Keith explain how Solar Geoengineering may REDUCE global warming like volcano’s do. Fareed Zakaria interviews Keith on the fascinating idea that humans may be able to intentionally create volcano like events and systems to block the sun and cool the planet. Read more…
EV’s and their charging is certainly a misunderstood by many so we put together two, two minute videos to clear up the confusion. The first uses clips from a recent BBC Click episode explain how EV charging works today and second video demonstrates how home charging on a lowly 110 Read more…
Now that Mitsubishi is part of the Nissan Renault Alliance it is time to share parts, designs and advance into a brave new all electric world. In fact the new 2022 Nissan Pathfinder EV and Mitsubishi Outlander All EV have battery swap technology. This means their batteries can replaced in Read more…
If you want to understand modern business, in particular EV, new energy and tech companies, you had better understand what a SPAC is. The world of finance used to be relatively simple. There were just three kinds of ownership structures: Sole proprietors One person running a company Partnerships Small group Read more…
Like millions of people, thousands of companies and dozens of countries, staff at our sister site URTech.ca are closely following Googles’ Antitrust case. There is much talk about how this process will take years to play out and how Google may or may not be broken up as a result. Read more…
In recent months there has been much talk of so called solid state batteries for use in electric vehicles (EV’s). However, most Solid State Battery engineering is not being done by the big automobile manufacturers like VW, Toyota and GM; mostly SSB’s are being developed by small design houses you Read more…
A new and little known agency of the United States federal government just invested USD$25 million into a Brazilian cobalt and nickel mine. Who is the US DFC? The United States Development Finance Corporation US DFC was formed in December 2019 as a replacement for several agencies including Overseas Private Read more…