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Worried about EV range? A portable charger could help | Popular Science (popsci.com)

OK, but $67 per month????

Worried about EV range? A portable charger could help | Popular Science (popsci.com)

OK, but $67 per month????

that's a very small price to pay for every automobile owning American to save the planet

could use it for a side hustle

Texans should  invest in a new truck

for when the grid goes down again

GM Wants to Change the Narrative Around Cadillac
The group has just revealed this concept car on Instagram.

It's an an imposing luxury electric sedan that the company aims to bring to market by 2024.  The design draws on the Cadillac mythos. It has futuristic lines which, especially in the rear area, offers a very innovative look, using two pairs of boomerang LEDs that act as optical groups and at the same time as real styling cues on the side. The rear part is very plunging but, given the length of the vehicle, one could almost see a cross between the 4-seater coupe and the hunting station wagon.

Celestiq's designers have traveled back in time to study pre-war V-16s and the 1957 Eldorado Brougham to draw inspiration. Fewer than 400 Eldorado Broughams were built, for a starting price of $13,074 each. At the time, a Rolls-Royce Silver Wrath was sold for $9,000. Adjusted for inflation, those figures would be roughly 10 times as much today.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cadillac-reaches-back-to-glory-days-to-inspire-new-hand-built-luxury-model/ar-AAZTVPw?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=71c7882fa3de4b588fddb142ae13d1da

300,000 a Unit?
The roof also uses smart glass technology , which creates four distinct areas that can be masked by the respective passengers to control the amount of light coming through.

GM still hasn't released technical information on the Cadillac Celestiq. We know that this sedan will be electric but we still don't know how many miles it will be able to travel with a charge, for example.

Production, which will be based on GM's Ultium modular platform for EVs, is expected to begin in late 2023.

The Celestiq will be a very niche and exclusive product, GM says, with each unit hand-crafted and customized for each buyer at dedicated facilities in Warren, Mich. Its base price could be around $300,000 or more. The auto maker intends to build fewer than 500 Celestiqs annually as a way to showcase its technology, boost rarity value and generate buzz for Cadillac.

Earlier this month, GM said it was investing more than $81 million into the GM Technical Center in Warren for the Celestiq. The car will be equipped with the new generation of Ultra Cruise, the company's driver assistance system.

Cadillac aims for an all-electric portfolio by 2030.

You can still charge on 110v regular outlets, it's just very slow, 3-5 miles per hour of range.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the first-ever small modular reactor, from NuScale, a step toward the goal of a next-generation form of clean energy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nuclear-regulatory-commission-certifies-first-small-modular-reactor/ar-AA10e9xE?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=442b1fa16f2b45708644370a85d70e4f

"The affirmation of NuScale's design and strong safety case could not have come at a more crucial time — when around the world, people are struggling from the compounding crises of volatile energy prices and climate change-driven extreme weather events,” NuScale president and CEO John Hopkins said in a statement shared on Twitter.

“We are pleased with this continued recognition of our technology's inherent safety design and our potential as a timely, carbon-free energy solution to meet our global community's needs,” Hopkins added.

The commission said Friday that it has directed its staff to approve the design of NuScale’s generation-IV nuclear reactor for certification. The certification will take effect 30 days after NRC staff publish the rule in the Federal Register.

The reactor’s approval is a major milestone for NuScale, which applied in December 2016 to certify its small modular reactor design for use in the U.S.

It is also a major step for the NRC, which has only authorized six reactor design certificates since its establishment in 1974. The NRC previously authorized designs for the advanced boiling water reactor, System 80+, AP600, AP1000, the economic simplified boiling water reactor, and the APR1400.