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Designing for Humans in the Livable Self-Driving City

Autonomous vehicles provide an opportunity to reconsider the way we’ve built our cities.

Goodbye range anxiety! YouTuber shows the battery breakthrough that lets electric vehicles charge in mere minutes

This innovation, when it hits the market, is bound to make the cars even more popular, combining the good cause of reducing one’s carbon footprint with the efficiency of quick charging.

GFDA’s Top 10

Here is our Top 11 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle. And, sharing business resources and skill-building opportunities to empower your success.

Lightyear 0 production solar car could run for months without charging

Dutch company Lightyear has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first production-ready solar car. The Lightyear 0 is a family sedan with 5 sq m (53.8 sq ft) of solar panels built in, capable of generating up to 70 km (44 miles) of charge-free driving a day.

Building Resilient Cities That Are Ready for Climate Change

Efforts like reducing carbon emissions are important to fight climate change, but cities should also be looking at how they can reinforce roads, stabilize electric grids and use new technologies to build resilient communities.

Biden wants to produce more heat pumps and solar panels. He’ll need to stimulate demand, too

President Joe Biden authorized using the Defense Production Act to make more solar panels, heat pumps, and hydrogen. But production is only one step to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Solid-state batteries could be key for EVs—and they’re making a leap toward mass production

Solid-state batteries are capable of holding much more energy per unit of mass than today’s lithium-ion batteries, which means an EV could go for much longer before needing to be recharged.

Let’s End Traffic Stops

“Should NHTSA take into consideration systems, such as intelligent speed assist systems, which determine current speed limits and warn the driver or adjust the maximum traveling speed accordingly?” the agency asks tentatively, inviting feedback from the public.

Oregon’s ambitious sustainable power plant

An Oregon utility has constructed a renewable energy power plant that relies on wind, solar energy and batteries to power the grid when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.

Shovels hit the dirt for 87,000-square-foot office building on Montana State University’s Innovation Campus

“The Industry building is the second building on the site,” says City of Bozeman, Economic Development Director, Brit Fontenot.