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“The ‘D’ is already out there,” according to Tesla CEO Musk. Musk isn’t currently on stage in Southern California according to a phone report — but USA Today leaked the story early, and has since pulled the article that detailed some new features and performance specs of an extensively tweaked Model S. Business Insider caught the pulled article, and it

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Fusion energy is often associated with Hollywood fantasy – think Tony Stark’s miniature Arc Reactor in “Iron Man.” But could a virtually unlimited source of zero-emission power actually become a reality? University of Washington engineers have designed a fusion reactor concept that could be cheaper than a coal-fired power plant with a similar electrical output. According to the results of

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Tesla and Elon Musk have a sparkly announcement coming tonight about driverless cars or all-wheel drive or Musk’s D or Heavy D or something. We will bring you news and analysis from Southern California as soon as that hype breaks. In the meantime, we heard from Tesla’s Director of Powertrain Business Development, Mateo Jaramillo, the keynote speaker at last week’s

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Tesla Motors’ mission is to bring high-quality electric cars to the masses. But before it releases the much-anticipated Model 3, the company is making sure to leave its mark on the luxury vehicle segment. Last night, CEO Elon Musk unveiled an improved version of the Model S with all-wheel drive and semi-autonomous features. The so-called Model D (for dual) has

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The electricity zipping around neighborhoods that have lots of rooftop solar PV is very different from conventional electricity. Not only does it sag and surge in response to the pattern of clouds crossing overhead, but it is also provided by lots of inverters, which creates electrical conditions very different from the alternating current supplied by big spinning generators. The technology

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Today, SolarCity is a much different company than it was before it went public. It has made numerous acquisitions in an attempt to control nearly every part of the value chain, from hardware to customer acquisition, making it a fully vertically integrated solar provider. Most recently, SolarCity acquired the high-efficiency solar manufacturer Silevo and broke ground on a gigawatt-scale production

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The U.S. residential PV market is one of the most consistent solar markets in the world. It has seen quarter-over-quarter growth in fifteen of the last seventeen quarters and is on pace to exceed 1 gigawatt of annual growth for the first time ever. In its Q2 2014 PV Leaderboard, released last week, GTM Research identifies the leading inverter suppliers

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2014 BMW i3 The BMW i3 electric car takes risks, and not just with its plug-in powertrain. A radical design and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell make the i3 unlike most other cars on the road. In contrast, other German automakers have taken a more conservative approach with their electric cars; the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive and 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf

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  In the end, the online rumors proved to be largely accurate. Last night, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk revealed an all-wheel-drive version of the Tesla Model S electric luxury car–known as ‘D’–whose most powerful P85D version will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds. DON’T MISS: Tesla Model S Adds ‘Speed Assist,’ Lane-Departure Warning That makes

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AREVA and Schneider Electric have signed an R&D agreement to develop a new energy storage solution, called the flow battery in order to produce and store electricity by combining hydrobromic acid and hydrogen. Funded by the European Union, the project aims to optimize the existing 50 kW flow battery prototype designed by EnStorage to a 150 kW demonstration module. Under

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