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BYD achieves record month in Covid-disrupted market Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Despite the overall market being completely disrupted by Covid lockdowns (-43% year over year), plugins scored over 260,000 registrations in April, up 61% year over year (YoY). Share-wise, with April showing another great performance, plugin … Read more
Scientists in the UK and Japan used the latest imaging techniques to observe the inner workings of a perovskite solar cell at the scale of a few nanometers. Their findings suggest that a single defect is responsible for both limiting initial performance and causing degradation of the cell. By altering chemical compositions and process, the … Read more
The older we get, the faster the years pass, but what if there was a way to slow things down and save every moment? Do you remember how long the summer holidays felt when you were a kid? Weeks stretched out like aeons, and the next school year was but a distant dream. As we … Read more
The “all electric” movement is shining new light on heat pumps. A recent survey looks at their costs in terms of replacements for heating and air conditioning systems. May 26, 2022 Anne Fischer From pv magazine USA In the quest to electrify everything, it appears that heat pumps are the answer for many homeowners, according … Read more
NEW ORLEANS — People with bipolar disorder – particularly men – show a significantly increased risk of osteoporosis, compared with the general population, but treatment with lithium appears to offer a significant protective effect against the bone disease, according to results from the largest study of its kind. Dr Soren Ostergaard “Our findings emphasize that … Read more
The first installment of the “How Solar Power Works” series got some great responses, but one of the questions we got was so good I felt like we had to write up the answer. So, before we get on to part 2, I’d like to answer Tim’s excellent question, “Why doesn’t the silicon in PV … Read more
Third Act is presenting a webinar Wednesday, May 25, at 8:00 pm EDT. The topic is Climate Justice And Banking. We reported recently on a new study entitled “The Carbon Bankroll: The Climate Impact and Untapped Power of Corporate Cash“ that attempts to quantify the carbon emissions that large tech companies are indirectly responsible for … Read more
A recent article at CarScoops gives us some great news about EV sales so far in 2022! According to Experian, 158,689 EVs were registered in the United States in January through March of this year. As you’d expect, Tesla took most of these sales, with an estimated 113,882 vehicles coming from the company. Everyone else … Read more
As details emerge about yet another mass killing of children, America’s physicians have reacted with a mix of outrage, grief, and frustration to the murders. On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a town of about 15,000 people almost 80 miles west … Read more
Getting dealers on board for the electric vehicle transition has been tough. Profitability problems, the reduced need for service (something dealers depend on), and the lack of knowledge on the parts of dealers and salespersons has been a real problem that holds non-direct sales back. Tesla and some other EV manufacturers decided to not bother … Read more
