With more and more Tesla vehicles on the road, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees the need for more charging stations. The more charging stations available, the easier the decision to switch to an electric vehicle. Charging an electric vehicle, even with Tesla supercharging stations, will take thirty minutes give or take, depending on how depleted you are. That is why Tesla is planning on building larger supercharging stations that have higher end retail shopping, coffee and food. The idea is to turn the need to charge a vehicle into an experience that can be enjoyed.
With the rush of improvements to travel and vehicle technology, it’s no surprise we’ve also seen some innovative delivery service improvements. You can find electric delivery vehicles, autonomous delivery robots and even drone delivery services. However, when Mitchell Wirth was hungry for a Subway sandwich, he relied on a tried and true means of delivery...a buddy with a plane and a pilot’s license. That’s right, Wirth’s buddy, after leaving a dentist appointment, air dropped his friend a Subway sandwich as he flew home. It may not be the most practical way to get delivery, but it sure is efficient!
Earlier this year Volkswagen announced they would invest ten billion dollars into electric vehicles. Well, they have changed their tune, and it has only gotten better. VW recently announced that they would now be investing around eighty-four billion dollars into electric vehicle development. The majority of the money is planned for battery production to support their plans of bringing three hundred electric vehicle models to market by 2030.
Electric cars, electric bikes, electric trains, and even electric trucks. Everyone seems to be jumping on the (electric) bandwagon. Cummins Inc., a leader amongst commercial diesel engine manufacturers, has just unveiled their fully electric truck! The truck, which they are calling Aeos, is an 18,000-pound truck that runs on a fully electric engine. It’s capable of hauling a twenty-two ton trailer and its battery can fully charge in around an hour. The truck can only go about one hundred miles on a single charge, making it a great local delivery vehicle. Cummins Inc. also has plans to build a hybrid truck that, while still reducing emissions, will increase the mileage range of the single battery charge.
Last week people were treated to a solar magic show in the form of an eclipse. An awe-inspiring event when the moon crossed in front of the sun. People flocked from all over to witness it. Regardless of how beautiful the sun is, people should not be looking at it without proper eye protection. And when we say eye protection, we’re talking about eclipse glasses or indirect viewers made from cereal boxes, not sunscreen on your eyes. Hospitals reported people complaining of eye pain after applying sunblock to their eyes for viewing the eclipse. Not only does this not prevent the type of eye damage caused from staring at the sun, but it no doubt is going to cause a host of other issues. So please, when North America is ready to view the 2024 eclipse, if you don’t have glasses, get crafty with a cereal box. Don’t put sunblock on your eyes.
