Can You Extend An EV's Range With Portable Battery Banks? This Guy Is Trying It.
A DIY Extended Range EV using power banks? It’s more likely than you think. Source: InsideEVs.
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Toyota's EV Sales Have More Than Doubled This Year
The company used to lag behind on EVs. Now it’s growing its EV sales as others falter. Source: InsideEVs.
Extra precautions on low-slope vented roof
I’m building a shop-over-garage building in climate 6B, with 90 psf ground snow load. Due to some design constraints on height and cost, I’m not doing a fancy hot roof…
Wood or PVC baseboards w/ slab on grade foundation?
Is it best to use a PVC baseboard for slab on grade or wood? We have created our walls to have drying capability with rockwool, and intello vapor barrier and… Source: Green Building Advisor.
Tidsmaskinen After-School Center / BBP Arkitekter
Tidsmaskinen (The Time Machine) after-school center is an example of complementary architecture, consisting of three distinct buildings: a villa, a greenhouse and a tower, which together form a cohesive ensemble despite 100-year age difference…
How to build homes that can survive extreme heat
It was not the postcard-worthy aesthetics that prompted Greek islanders to first drench their cliffside-carved homes, churches, and pathways in a thick layer of pearly white paint. Much like wearing a white tunic on…
“Structural Shift” Continues in Australia’s Car Market — June Update
Even Tony Weber, CEO of the Federal Automotive Industry lobby group, and long sceptical of EVs, is now acknowledging that Australia is going through a “paradigm shift.” “The Australian automotive market has shifted on…
The Case of the (France-Sized) Missing Antarctic Ice
GreenTV is tracking The Case of the (France-Sized) Missing Antarctic Ice and pulling out the practical signal. Source: Inside Climate News.
Recent Earthquakes Expose Problems with Venezuela’s Disaster Preparedness and Response, Scientists Say
Two weeks after a pair of earthquakes decimated cities in the nation’s north, experts are still trying to understand the seismic activity that led to the deaths of more than 3,500 people.By Avril Silva…
UNIGRID’s sodium-ion home battery debuts in Europe, US is next
Lithium-ion has long dominated home battery storage, but sodium-ion is starting to make its move. Sodium-ion battery startup UNIGRID has shipped the first units of its Na+Casa residential battery, with the first systems now…
Another state adds a way to report reckless e-bike and e-scooter riders
As communities across the US continue grappling with the rapid rise of electric bikes and scooters, one Oregon sheriff’s office is introducing a new tool designed to help identify trouble spots before someone gets…
Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe
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