BERKELEY, Ca. - Recently, a team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have successfully harvested alternative jet fuel from commonly found soil bacteria species belonging to the genus streptomyces. In 1999, American Petroleum Institute (APA) published a report that suggests that the Earth’s oil reserves could dry anytime between 2062 and 2094. In contrast, a 2019
DEARBORN - Ford has just ended the option given to Ford electric vehicle customers to buy out the car at the end of the lease. Ford customers who had a lease before June 15 are not affected. This means that they will still have the option to buy out the car at lease end. The
WASHINGTON DC - A $52 billion package of incentives and subsidies to bolster US semiconductor manufacturing is far from dead, despite Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s threat to scuttle the legislation containing it in order to stall passage of President Joe Biden’s economic plan. Democrats have multiple paths to get the chips money, which has
SAN DIEGO - California startup Aptera has purchased a factory for its solar cars — and instead of rolling down an assembly line, the vehicles will be carried from station to station by autonomous robots. The vehicle is lightweight, with an aerodynamic body and just three wheels. Those design decisions alone make it incredibly energy efficient,
LONDON, UK - A concept video of Sky Cruise, a giant flying machine that can carry 5,000 passengers and has all the luxuries of the world, has gone viral on the internet. The maker of the video claims that such an aircraft built in the future would have no carbon footprint. The concept of a
TUNISIA - A tech start-up has developed a product that allows safe drinking water to be refined from vapor in the air. Kumulus designed and produced the product, which is able to ‘produce 20 to 30 liters of healthy drinking water per day’. It is able to refine the water vapor in the air and
BEIJING, China - A new electric SUV from a Chinese auto company is challenging Tesla’s Model Y with its longer range. The manufacturer claims the new ES7 can go 578 miles on a charge. The Model Y has a range of only 330 miles. However, with a price tag of $70,000, the sleek new car isn’t a
BEIJING, China - When it comes to fun and wacky electric vehicles, the undisputed titans of the industry are those wild EV engineers that must surely be keeping Alibaba in business. Despite a global supply chain crunch, there’s no shortage of fun and fascinating options in the endless EV pages on the site. This week’s
SEATTLE - Zap Energy is using a lesser-known approach to nuclear fusion to build modular, garage-sized reactors. They are cheaper and don't require the large, incredibly powerful magnets used in traditional fusion experiments. Ultimately, they may also provide a quicker route to achieving commercially viable nuclear fusion, a press statement reveals. Nuclear fusion has the potential to
TRAVERSE CITY - Join the TCNewTech Community for our (Reverse) Pitch & Networking Event on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at The City Opera House or via YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn from your own device. Register on our new app! Here is the schedule: 5:30 PM Cash Bar & Networking at City Opera House 6:00 PM
