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Observations After Two Weeks with Tesla Hardware 4 & Full Self Driving V14 in My 2026 Tesla Model Y
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (341+ words) What will my new car do for me that my old car wouldn't? What are some of the mistakes FSD 14 still makes? The GPS that the Tesla navigation uses to locate your vehicle is only accurate to about 15 feet. Tesla's…...
Clean Energy Investments Surge, But That Is Only Part Of The Story
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (284+ words) Rentzhog writes that even taking the subsidies for clean and dirty energy into account, the amount of money on the clean side of the ledger is still nearly double what it is for dirty fuels. He is up front about…...
Tesla's Level 2++ Supervised Full Self-Driving Approved In Belgium
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (590+ words) Clean Technica Tesla has gotten "Full Self Driving (Supervised)" approved in another European country. Following the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, and Denmark, the driver-assist system is now allowed to be deployed in Belgium. Well, Tesla still has to pass some tests…...
UK Sprints Forward With Grid Connections for 700 Clean Energy Projects
17+ hour, 44+ min ago (201+ words) While the US is languishing thanks to permitting hell, the UK is looking to speed up its clean energy transition with faster grid connections for solar, wind, and battery projects. "Britain has offered grid connections to more than 700 projects, the…...
New Method Turns Ocean Water into Drinking Water, without Waste
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (438+ words) Guo says other researchers have developed solar-thermal desalination techniques that work well in lab experiments using simulated seawater made of only water and sodium chloride. As the water evaporates, the sodium chloride crystallizes in a grainy and porous fashion allowing…...
Ocean Cleanup Targets Plastic Trash In Southern California
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (519+ words) It has been a while since we checked in with Boyan Slat, the young Dutch engineer who, at the tender age of 18, founded Ocean Cleanup for the purpose of removing the plastic floating in the oceans of the world " all…...
Hawaii University Nearly 100% Solar Powered
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (223+ words) A university in Hawaii is launching into phase two of a big solar project on its campus, and when completed, it should mean that the university is getting 100% of its electric from solar power. Actually, the clean solar electricity will…...
Clean Technica's first Sustainability Expo & Electric Home Show
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (608+ words) Scott Cooney (Linked In) is a serial eco-entrepreneur focused on making the world a better place for all its residents. Scott is the founder of Clean Technica and was just smart enough to hire someone smarter than him to run…...
Waymo: Aim to Become "World's Most Trusted Driver" and "New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance"
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (514+ words) With the launch of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Waymo is on a publishing spree this week. Earlier today, the company also published an article on its mission of becoming the "world's most trusted driver," including why some of the Waymo…...
Why GM Will Focus On Sodium-Ion Batteries For Energy Storage
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (388+ words) The production-based tax credit subsies for US-made battery components and critical minerals are as follows: Peak Energy said in a press release that GM's investment arm " GM Ventures " will invest in the company to combine its passively cooled storage technology…...