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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

Cars That Think

When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. Amazon wanted to increase the amount of behind-the-meter power it buys from the plant from 300 MW to 480 MW. Susquehanna agreed to sell it.

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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

The car-buying website doesn’t say exactly where in Greater New York, but a quick Google search confirmed that this deal does indeed exist: However, when I click on Toyota’s “Greater New York” link, it’s not on the lease deals list. These figures are based on an MSRP of $47,734 and an allowance of 10,000 miles per year.

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J+ BOOSTER 2 portable EV charger review: More bang for your buck

Baua Electric

The company has expanded its payment options to Shop Pay by Shopify, Paypal, GPay by Google, and Venmo. You don’t need to pay an electrician to install it, and you only need to buy one charger, so it’s cost-effective. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Get started here. –ad*

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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Cloud Computing’s Coming Energy Crisis

Cars That Think

That's why Amazon , Google , and Microsoft maintain massive data centers all around the world. But that only shifts the burden, buying time for rethinking how to manage our computing in the face of limited power resources. How much of our computing now happens in the cloud? dollars a year. Something will have to give.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

During the day I’d work on the iPhone, then I’d come home and pore over specs for our house, choosing finishes and materials and solar panels and, eventually, tackling the HVAC system. They were buying a $249 thermostat—they were expecting a different kind of experience. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

Green Car Congress

Clean Energy : solar/PV, wind, geothermal, hydro, tidal, biofuels. XPF’s goal is to inspire a new generation of viable, safe, affordable and super fuel-efficient vehicles that people want to buy. Space Transportation : beamed power propulsion, hypersonic point to point, solar power satellite.

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