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Leveling Up to an Electric SUV: Inside the Tech of the Model Y
Electric vehicles have officially reached their second wave. Early EV adopters who picked up sedans five or six years ago are hitting their first upgrade cycle, and they are not heading back to gasoline. Instead, drivers are jumping into next-generation ele…
3 min readThe Power Line Dilemma: Speeding Up Clean Energy vs. Protecting Nature
Imagine our country's electric grid as a giant delivery network. Right now, giant wind turbines and sunny solar panels make tons of clean power out in open fields and breezy plains. The big trouble? We don’t have enough mega-cables-called transmission lines…
3 min readGiant Earth Ribbon: How Utah's Goosenecks Got Their Twists
Imagine taking a pair of safety scissors and cutting giant, loopy zigzags right into solid rock. That is pretty much what happened at Goosenecks State Park in Utah, where the San Juan River carved a canyon that bends back and forth like the curvy neck of a…
3 min readWhy Electric Cars Are Way Cooler Than You Think!
For over a century, gas cars ruled the roads. You drove until the fuel needle dropped, pulled into a gas station, pumped smelly fuel, and paid a chunky bill. Because gas stations are on almost every corner, many people worry that electric vehicles, or EVs,…
3 min readElectric Car Maker XPENG Zoomed Past 50,000 Deliveries in a Month!
Electric vehicles are zooming into driveways all over the world, and automaker XPENG just logged an unbelievable milestone! In October, they delivered 50,237 shiny new electric cars to happy drivers. That is a massive 22 percent jump compared to just one mo…
3 min readHawaii's Sun-Powered Island: How Oahu Plans to Run on 100% Clean Energy!
Oahu is a gorgeous island in Hawaii famous for its sandy beaches, giant ocean waves, and bright sunshine. But for a very long time, Oahu had an expensive secret: almost all its electricity came from burning oil that had to be shipped thousands of miles acro…
3 min readA Giant Power Station Shrunk Down to Lunchbox Size!
When you go camping or face a stormy blackout, having extra electricity is super handy. Companies make portable power stations for this, but they usually look like heavy luggage that weighs as much as a bowling ball!
3 min readBattery Boats Beat Hydrogen in Epic Ocean Cost Clash!
Cargo ships are the workhorses of the world's oceans, carrying everything from grain to bicycles across the water. For over a century, these floating giants have chugged along burning dirty fossil fuels. To clean up the skies, engineers in Norway designed f…
3 min readWhy Giant AI Computer Warehouses Are Shaking Up Local Politics
Imagine a building the size of a football stadium packed ceiling-high with glowing computer servers, humming all day long. That is a data center! As artificial intelligence grows, companies need way more of these mega-computers to power chatbots, generate i…
3 min readSupercomputers and Smoky Air: A Giant AI Center Faces Court!
Imagine a giant warehouse packed with tens of thousands of supercomputers thinking at lightning speed. That is xAI's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. To train giant artificial intelligence models, these chips need astronomical amounts of electrical power.
3 min readGiant Electric Cranes Take Over Antwerp's Busy Port!
Busy seaports around the world are packed with ships delivering toys, electronics, and food. Normally, giant metal harbor cranes lift these heavy containers using engines that guzzle diesel fuel and puff out clouds of gray exhaust. But at the Port of Antwer…
3 min readBig Oil Companies Just Doubled Their Earnings - Here's Why!
Big energy companies that pump oil and gas out of the ground have shared their newest financial report cards, known as quarterly earnings. Giant company Shell announced that its earnings nearly doubled compared to the same time last year! That makes this on…
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