Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers
Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up.
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SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains
Parallel Systems raised $100M to scale production of its autonomous electric rail vehicle, which can shuttle thousands of pounds of freight up to 500 miles.
Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part
Called Explore, Glimpse’s new image processing software lets hardware makers speed up quality control checks using CT scanners.
Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034
Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.
Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies
Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats.
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.
The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.
The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it
Just like the rest of the U.S, data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors.
The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics — see it at TechCrunch Disrupt
Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.
If Amazon doesn’t know how to eliminate carbon emissions, then who does?
Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world. How much responsibility does it have to meet its net-zero pledge?