Nikhil Chaudhary

@ncbirbhan.bsky.social

EVs, Space, Renewable Energy MSc Math with CS

This electric car from BYD has "flash charging" which is megawatt charging to you and me. That means it can dump more than 500 km into the battery in under 5 minutes. This isn't sci-fi. It's real and it exists now. This car also costs only $35k USD here in China.

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I'm not an astrophotographer by any means but I was ready in the middle of the night with my telescope & iPhone 14 Pro. Here are my 4 favorite shots. It was quiet, a nice 58º, and the sky was perfectly clear. I hope you got to see the lunar eclipse wherever you are.

The moon during a total lunar eclipse. The moon has a little bit of gray light shining off of it like normal but most of it is a reddish color. The moon during a total lunar eclipse. The moon has a little bit of gray light shining off of it like normal but most of it is a reddish color. The moon during a total lunar eclipse. The moon has a little bit of gray light shining off of it like normal but most of it is a reddish color. The moon during a total lunar eclipse. The moon has a little bit of gray light shining off of it like normal but most of it is a reddish color.

India’s Power Generation Capacity (Dec 2024) 🌍 Total: 462 GW 🔥 Non-Renewable : 52.90% ◾ Coal– 212.35 GW ◾ Gas– 24.82 GW ◾ Lignite– 6.62 GW ◾ Diesel– 0.59 GW 🌱 Renewable : 47.10% ☀️ Solar– 97.86 GW 💨 Wind– 48.15 GW 🌊 Large Hydro– 46.97 GW ☢️ Nuclear- 8.18GW 💧 Small Hydro– 5.1 GW 🌿 Biomass– 10.73 GW

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Batteries start playing a huge role in some energy systems around the world. Look at California - not long ago you wouldn’t even be able to see the contribution from batteries. Few expected batteries to ever be able to compete. Today batteries can provide more than 20% of peak load in California.

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Trump didn't just pull the US out of the Paris Agreement. His order also aims to effectively end all funding for any climate activities abroad. That is going to cause financial pain for poor countries reeling from climate impacts. Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump's Climate Pullback Endangers Crucial Funds for Poor Nations

US President Donald Trump pulled out of a deal to help developing nations fight climate change, laying the groundwork to withdraw much-needed support as extreme weather gets worse.

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Little bit of positive news for your weekday: JAC just delivered this N60EV pure electric truck to KiwiHarvest who save food from going to waste and redistribute it to communities in need. It adds around 400,000 extra meals to hungry kiwis.

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Good luck America! You are going to do lots of crazy things that would have half the world worried. Withdrawing from who? Paris withdrawal? This time seemingly with Elon alongside, last time he left, this time....

Breaking news: The Mercedes-Benz EQA+ has been confirmed to have a PSC of 76. This is an unexpected increase of 15.1% over the larger EQB and a 4.1% increase over the EQE SUV. I have approached Mercedes engineers for comment.

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