Weekly-ish News - Episode 4 (February 14, 2021)
- Author
- Tyler Herrmann
- Published
- Mon 15 Feb 2021
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/show/whats-the-alternative_1
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Headlines from this episode:
Tesla purchased $1.5b in Bitcoin with the eventual goal to accept Bitcoin as currency. Considering the carbon impact of Bitcoin, this is mildly controversial.
Shell says they're past Peak Oil and will pursue carbon capture on their way to carbon neutrality by 2050.
Chakratec is intending to use flywheels as energy storage for use at DC Fast Charging sites instead of battery storage.
Toyota intends to announce two new fully electric vehicles (finally) by the end of the year.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a funding opportunity totaling $45m for bringing lab-tech to production in the energy sector.
Rocky Mountain Institute released a study stating that full transportation electrification isn't enough on the road to our carbon goals (no surprise), and we will need to reduce driving across the board.
Rivian is planning to go public by September, with an expected valuation of $50b.
The U.S. International Trade Commission will not allow SK Innovation to sell certain batteries (primarily for EVs) in the U.S., this may hurt Ford and VW EV production.
GM released a fun EV ad for the Super Bowl.
Audi responds to the ad with more fun ads.
University of Agder (in Norway) also responds.
