Based on the teardown of a Chevy Bolt, this chart reveals how annual commodity demand would be affected in a hypothetical 100% EV world.
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With a swelling global population, these 4 key food technologies will be vital for the future of food. We’ll get more food with fewer resources.
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Tesla is also the most valuable auto maker in the U.S., surpassing Ford and GM – but by other measures, the company’s numbers are far less convincing.
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Cities are using more food, energy, and materials than ever before. See the technologies being used by the world’s smartest cities to combat these issues.
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Visualizing the CO2 emissions saved by 56 of the Fortune 100 companies, expressed using the quantity of coal not burned.
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The average oil or gas well uses at least 20x more water than it did in 2008, and water scarcity is a problem the industry will need to innovate itself out of.
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What’s the best way to reduce the $/kWh of li-ion batteries? Historically, it’s by advances in the cathode, and that may be the case for the future as well.
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Carved into a sandstone mountain near the North Pole is the world’s food backup plan. Learn about the Doomsday Vault, which holds millions of seeds to vital crops.
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