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Power Trip: New Technologies From Tesla, Mercedes, Ikea, And Others Could Hold The Key To Widespread Solar Adoption

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Local communities in the lithium triangle are fighting against the industry’s usage of water and land. SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes plant, in Tonopah, Nevada, is the first commercial plant in the United States using this technology. Generally, molten salt is used at 565°C. These plants can operate 24/7.

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

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Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Separately, Daimler has been testing its own autonomous trucks in Nevada since May 2015. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

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