Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant program, a way for Powerwall owners to make money selling energy to the grid in times of need, is rolling out to San Diego Gas & Electric utility customers now. SDG&E announced late last month the start of its own virtual power plant (VPP) program which would leverage household backup batteries
Matt Johnson, 38, an HVAC technician with ReVision Energy, a New England company specializing in solar energy and electric heat pump installations, works on removing all moisture from the line set of an newly installed electric heat pump on a home in Windham, Maine on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Improved energy efficiency with heat pump
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gabriel Weinberg, founder and chief executive officer of DuckDuckGo Inc., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google’s exclusive contracts proved to be an “obstacle” for DuckDuckGo in pitching browsers
Police searching for a missing mother and her two children have arrested a man on suspicion of child abduction and conspiracy to kidnap. Essex mum Jamie-Leigh Kelly, 31, left a centre for vulnerable mothers and children in Colindale in north London on 19 September with her three-year-old daughter and newborn baby boy, against the wishes
Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 03:51 PM ET CLEVELAND — Body camera footage of Cavaliers executive Koby Altman undergoing field sobriety tests shows him being told by officers that he nearly caused an accident last week before he was arrested and charged with driving while impaired. On Wednesday, the Cavaliers issued a new statement about
Associated Press Sep 21, 2023, 10:42 AM ET ZHUHAI, China — Returning to China for the first time in four years, Andy Murray won his first-round match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday, beating local wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5, 6-3. Murray, bidding for his fifth tour title in China and the first there
Canada is “adjusting” its diplomatic staff presence in India as the South Asian nation suspended visas for Canadian citizens, widening a rift between the two countries. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, told parliament on Monday there are “credible allegations” India was involved in the killing of Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June. India’s
Could it be? The Nismo EV we’ve been waiting for? A sleek Nissan Ariya prototype was spotted at the Nurburgring recently, featuring several Nismo-like design features. Nissan introduced the Ariya in 2020, its first dedicated EV in over a decade following the LEAF. The electric crossover currently tops out at 389 horsepower and 442 lb-ft
The King has said the UK will always be one of France’s “best friends” in the first ever speech by a British monarch to the French Senate. Addressing politicians from both the upper and the lower houses of parliament, the King said the friendship between the two countries “remains utterly vital as, together, we confront
Rishi Sunak’s watering down of climate pledges is not a “cynical ploy” – but is rather the prime minister doing “what is right”, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said. Last night, Mr Sunak announced a raft of changes to the UK’s climate pledges, including delaying the ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 03:35 PM ET Iowa junior tight end Luke Lachey on Tuesday underwent surgery on the right ankle injury suffered in Saturday’s 41-10 victory over Western Michigan and will “most likely” miss the rest of the season, Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz said. “I feel most badly for him,” Ferentz
Iran’s president is warning Saudi Arabia against making peace with Israel. The warning comes as leaders of both countries claim they’re making progress towards a historic deal. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman says an agreement is “coming closer every day”. And at a meeting with US president Joe Biden in New York, Israel’s
Tesla Cybertruck is being teased as a “next-gen police vehicle” by former Tesla board member and Oracle founder, Larry Ellison. Until recently, Larry Ellison, a large Tesla shareholder, was on the automaker’s board of directors. The Oracle founder was giving a keynote address at the company’s CloudWorld 2023 conference yesterday and made some interesting comments
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s neurotech startup Neuralink will begin recruiting patients for its first in-human clinical trial, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Neuralink said its study, called the PRIME Study, is officially seeking patients since it received approval from an independent institutional review board and a hospital
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Apple Watch Series 9, 45mm version, in aluminum with the new Snoopy watch face. Apple is releasing new Apple Watch models, called Series 9, on Friday. The new Apple Watches look nearly identical to older models. This year’s version comes in the same two
A brain chip company owned by Elon Musk has said it has received permission to start recruiting for human trials. Neuralink has created an implant designed to let people control a computer mouse or keyboard with their thoughts. It would be inserted into a region of the brain that controls the intention to move. Musk,
As it looks to make up for lost time, Toyota is giving us a glimpse of its next-gen EV production line with modern technology like Giga casting, self-propelled assembly lines, and robots to transport finished vehicles. Electric vehicle sales continue ramping at a record pace. By the end of 2023, global EV sales are expected
Aerial view of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) Jiujiang oil refinery. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s demand for oil could peak by the end of the decade — and with its economic recovery still in limbo, can global oil markets continue to rely on China? “For 20 years, the
The Metropolitan Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba will face a murder charge, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Mr Kaba, 24, died the day after he was hit by a single gunshot from a police firearms officer in Streatham Hill on 5 September last year. The car he was driving was followed through
The headline numbers don’t do justice to the significance of the inflation data. On the surface, this only looks like a small fall, with the consumer price index (CPI) dropping from 6.8% in July to 6.7% in August. So what, you might ask? After all, it’s a far smaller drop than the one we heard