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Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 9:43AM Grant Gerke SES-9 spacecraft in Geo Transfer Orbit, 40,600 km in altitude. Photos → https://t.co/K47HQ7fHjp @SES_Satellites pic.twitter.com/5BDZxzbLV5
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Monday, February 29, 2016 at 9:30AM Grant Gerke 
Source: Pantera EnergyMost folks in the energy space don't consider oil to be an electricity source, unless in some rare locations. Like some middle East countries use oil as electricity, as does Hawaaii and this partially explains their rush to solar energy.
Energy Mix | in Oil and Gas Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 9:21AM Grant Gerke 
Sturdy BlueIndy electric cars emerged last fall in Indianapolis, led by Mayor Greg Ballard
I find car sharing interesting since it's a new way to invest in public infrastructure or effectively solve public transit issues with less investment from government entities. One recent example of a public/private, electric car ride sharing program is in Indianapolis, called BlueIndy, and it's run by the French industrial energy conglomerate, Bollore group.
According to a Sept. 2015 article in AutoNews, Bollore's BlueIndy program eliminates many vehicle ownership issues including insurance, maintenance, 24/7 roadside assistance, GPS and parking searches. Bollore Group is investing $41 million to set up and implement the service on a 15-year contract.
The program provides members the ability to pick up cars within greater Indianapolis area and then drive to a destination, park and plug-in the vehicle.
Ride Sharing | in BMW, BMW i3 Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 2:49PM Grant Gerke 
This is from last year's announcement of Tesla Energy, where Musk showcased the ability to go off-grid.>> Momentum for Tesla's PowerPackDana Hull at Blooberg unveiled a new Tesla Powerpack agreement with a Hawaii Public Utility and Solar City. The 13 MW solar and battery storage appicaiton still has to be approved by the state regulator.
Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 5:57PM Grant Gerke 
There's been a definite mixed bag of reactions coming from the Interwebs on the latest Tesla earnings call, but one article released the hounds on how Tesla should just throw in the towel with its Model 3, mass-market vehicle. “Tesla Will Get Trampled by the Mass Market,” by Ed Niedemeyer, poses some valid questions about Tesla's ability to ramp-up production for the Model 3.
From the Bloomberg article:
As Tesla produces at higher volumes and sells at lower prices, Tesla will learn one of the most counter-intuitive truths of the car business: Mass-market consumers are actually harder to keep satisfied than luxury buyers.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 3:02PM Grant Gerke Kudos SpaceX team and Elon Musk. If you haven't checked out Elon Musk's biography, do so.
Here's a interesting interview of Elon Musk's biographer, Ashlee Vance
By the by...a random comment from KDED page with the podcast on it
>> Catch Blue says... • 7 months ago
SpaceX | in Battery Development, SpaceX Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 8:32AM Grant Gerke 
Recent construction on the Tesla Motor's Gigafactory. (Source: Gigaom)
There’s been a lot of battery news and press releases on a wide range of topics lately, including chemistries, acquisitions and good ‘ole Tesla Motors updates. In late October, Tesla released news about its new batter pack offering for its Roadsters and that these batteries come from South Korea-based LG Chem, instead of Panansonic, it’s partner in the Gigafactory.
Many commentators riffed on a possible “controversy” between Panasonic and Tesla Motors, as it headed into 2016. LG Chem sells batteries to a lot of companies, notably GM for its Volt and upcoming Bolt vehicle. The question is why Tesla Motors needs more batteries and, in general, that seems to be a good thing for a stockholders.
Is it due to bigger demand for the Model S vehicles as it tries to backfill 2015 orders to meet the Street’s expectations or maybe ramping up Tesla Energy? After the recent earnings call, it’s the former. Model S deliveries for the 4th quarter will be huge, the company is forecasting 17,000 - 19,000 deliveries for this quarter.