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California's net metering policy can be said to be the main force behind the significant increase in the amount of renewable energy installations in California. ...  more

Satellite images show that the Nevada-based Tesla Gigafactory 1 has been quietly expanding its rooftop PV capacity towards the goal of being the largest such installation in the world. ...  more

Hon Hai Technology Group Chairman Young Liu recently participated in the program "Foreseeing the Big Future - Smart Technology Series" and discussed the development trend of Taiwan's electric vehicle industry chain with former Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung. ...  more

Gogoro recently announced its results for 2021. Curiously enough, what exactly did the company do to revive its dwindling electric bike sales last year, to the point where sales in certain regions resulted in a 30% market share? ...  more

It is generally understood that rubber is an insulator and, as a result, generally not an ideal material for electrolytes used in li-ion batteries. However, a research team from Georgia Tech has obliterated such a general perception of rubber by coming up with a highly conductive rubber. By leveraging this flexible electrolyte, the team hopes to create a safer EV battery that delivers longer driving ranges. ...  more

After General Motors announced sales results and its new electric vehicle strategy, its stock price soared and even broke a record high, but looking closely at the numbers, some people are confused why the stock moved at all.   ...  more

Battery startup ONE has released its latest test results. A Tesla Model S with a modified battery has performed remarkably by logging more than 1,200 kilometers in a single trip. ...  more

Yet another large-scale offshore wind farm is readying its grid connection. According to Germany-based RWE, wind turbine calibration has wrapped up for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which has an estimated 857 MW in total capacity and is expected to kick off commercial operation in 1Q22. ...  more

EDF (Électricité de France) recently announced that one of France’s new-generation nuclear power plants experienced severe difficulties in construction owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will be over budget and behind schedule. While the project was expected to wrap up by late-2022, a delay to 2Q23 seems inevitable, with an increase of total cost up to €12.7 billion, to boot. ...  more

More good news from China's nuclear fusion device "Artificial Sun." the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, Anhui Province successfully maintained a temperature of 70 million degrees Celsius for 17 minutes. ...  more