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Quest to Mine Seawater for Lithium Advances

Posted in Science on 8th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Predicted lithium shortages for batteries are leading to novel technologies for recovering the element.

Is the sun about to set on the Age of Oil? Solar, battery developments becoming the new Black Gold

Posted in Business on 24th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

By next year, solar power costs will reach parity with most grid prices in North America.

'Tesla's batteries could be bigger business than electric cars' Elon Musk

Posted in Business on 9th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The company has taken 38,000 orders for its Powerwall, which was first announced last week, meaning the devices are sold out until mid-2016.

Tesla's Elon Musk Unveils Stored Sunlight in Batteries

Posted in Business on 2nd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The car company plans to sell battery storage systems for homes and utilities to help extend the use of solar power.

Elon Musk tried to sell Tesla to Google in 2013

Posted in Hardware on 21st Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Elon Musk pursued a sale of electric-car company Tesla to Google, when it was struggling in 2013, according to an excerpt of a book published Monday by Bloomberg News.