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Tesla Model S owners, rejoice! Another software update recently made its way over the air, giving owners further personalization options and a number of new features/tweaks. The Software v6.0 over-the-air update also introduces a new traffic-based navigation system which provides real-time advice on possible travel routes, as well as a number of other new features. Some of the other interesting

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The Chinese city of Shenzhen was recently awarded the top honors for urban transportation at the C40 City Climate Leadership Awards in New York. The city — located in China’s southern Guangdong province — was also a finalist in the finance and economic development category of the awards, but didn’t manage to take the top spot in it, as it

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1Sun4All. Ryan Abendroth is the founder, principle, and practitioner of Passive Energy Designs in St. Louis, Missouri—a company that consults on high-performing, low-energy buildings. To date, he has consulted on more than 100 buildings to help others design and achieve ultra-efficient houses that are aesthetically pleasing and functionally livable. He credits this career to his participation in the U.S. Department

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Greentech Media has published interviews with Tesla co-founders Elon Musk and Marc Tarpenning and Tesla CTO JB Straubel. We’ve spoken with Tesla investors Ira Ehrenpreis, Nancy Pfund and Steve Jurvetson. But we haven’t yet heard from early Tesla hire and VP of business development Diarmuid O’Connell. He spoke with investor and Tesla board member Ehrenpreis at the REFF-West event last

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The all-electric version of Kia’s most popular vehicle will start at $33,700 when it goes on sale in October. That price doesn’t include destination or any state or federal tax credits or incentives. Buyers in California could lop off $2,500 for the state’s electric-vehicle rebate, and up to $7,500 for a federal tax credit, depending on their income, pushing the

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Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new kind of polymer that provides an inexpensive way to improve the efficiency of solar cells. The new compound, called PID2, is a type of polymer that forms familiar materials such as plastics. It allows electrical charges to move more easily through the cell, increasing the production

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Researchers identified a new polymer – a type of large molecule that forms plastics and other familiar materials – that improved the efficiency of solar cells. The group also determined the method by which the polymer improved the cells efficiency. The polymer allows electrical charges to move more easily throughout the cell, boosting the production of electricity – a mechanism

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It’s been over 20 years since Peugeot sold a new car in the United States, and the 500 horsepower Peugeot Quartz plug-in hybrid SUV concept has me thinking it’s time for the French automaker to make a comeback. The Peugeot Quartz is the latest concept that takes a stunning design and applies a high-powered hybrid drivetrain to it. In this

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There has been a lot of figurative-column space given over to China’s recent efforts to combat pollution by investing heavily in clean energies. From banning coal to increasing its renewable energy targets, China has become a clean-tech investors dream, a point borne out by its return to the top of Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index.The Ernst &

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Favorable government policies and incentives are continuously pushing the development of solar sector in Japan. But the development of ground-mounted solar systems is still a challenge there due to lack of vacant land. Kyocera has, therefore, come out with an alternative plan of installing floating solar panels over ponds. According to a recent announcement, Kyocera plans to build the world’s

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