Vani Kannan and Balaji, a Bengaluru-based couple, built their sustainable dream home using recycled wood and mud.
It appears that Tesla’s 4,680 battery cell production line is hitting its rhythm. As recently announced by the company, its 4,680 team has managed to build 868,000 cells in the last seven days. That’s roughly equal to the battery packs of over 1,000 electric vehicles.
Tesla announced the milestone on its official Twitter account. The EV maker highlighted its appreciation for its 4,680 team in its post, while also including a couple of photos of the teams behind the milestone. “Congrats to the 4,680 cell team on achieving 868k cells built in the last 7 days—equal to 1k+ cars!” Tesla wrote.
While producing enough cells for over 1,000 electric cars may seem like a minor achievement considering the scale of Tesla’s overall operations, the accomplishment was likely achieved with just the company’s initial 4,680 production lines. Tesla currently produces 4,680 cells in its pilot line at Kato Road, close to the Fremont Factory. Giga Texas also has a 4,680 line.
There’s not enough fresh water to go around on planet Earth, and it’s a problem that’s expected to only worsen in the coming years.
To meet growing demand, recycling and restricting our water will only get us so far. Scientists will need to find new sources of this life-sustaining liquid to meet our needs.
One currently untapped source is the water vapor above the oceans, which is almost limitless as far as supplies go. A new study outlines how harvesting structures could be used to convert this vapor into drinkable water.
This portable unit needs less power to operate than a cell phone charger and could make it much easier for those in resource-poor areas to desalinate water.
There’s still a long way to go before beaming power from space becomes a profitable venture.
Space-based solar power satellites could eventually power remote mines, but at the moment they face a major challenge.
A new survey conducted by the Canadian government has found that polar bears in the country’s Western Hudson Bay, are dying at alarming rates. The researchers aerially surveyed the Bay and its nearby town of Churchill also referred to as the ‘Bear capital of the World’ in 2021 and found there were 618 bears only, compared to 842, five years ago when last counted.
The survey added that a significant decline has been noted in the population of adult female bears and cubs between 2011 and 2021.
“The observed declines are consistent with long-standing predictions regarding the demographic effects of climate change on polar bears,” said the researchers.
Future of in space manufacturing, next 10 years of cisLunar, getting kids involved in stem, and more with Joe Pawelski Architect of CisLunar.
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Researchers developed a way to replace fossil fuels with a carbon-neutral product created from just solar energy, carbon dioxide and water.
The truth about Cobalt. The demand for colbalt is on the rise as we transition to electric vehicles is at an all time high.
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According to a report by Euronews, researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered a way to create transparent photosensitizers, molecules that can be activated by light and adsorb light across the entire visible light spectrum. Previous versions of DSCs were largely dependent on direct sunlight.
