akshatrathi

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by akshatrathi 8mo ago
None yet. The EU doesn't have much fiscal capacity. But there are signs that the EU is being forced to get creative and speed things up. The Mercosur deal is a good sign (despite some pending issues).
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by akshatrathi 8mo ago
I wrote this article. Happy to answer any questions.
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by akshatrathi 6y ago
Totally right that what matters is greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Tackling them, however, is going to take all our muscles. Many climate deniers have used the 80% of primary energy from fossil fuel figure as a way to claim it's to
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by akshatrathi 6y ago
I wrote the story. The efficiency here isn't breaking the first law of thermodynamics. It's just the industry's way of measuring how much work gets done for a certain amount of input. If the work is heating or cooling, then s
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by akshatrathi 7y ago
Maybe. The chances are entirely dependent on Tesla's success. Europe has many more carmakers making the bet. I'd wager Europe has better odds.
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by akshatrathi 7y ago
I wrote the story, and I'm happy to answer any questions.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
It also happens to be my favorite thing about writing Qz articles. :)
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
Good point. Didn't realize that was possible now. But makes sense given how long some electric cars have been now. Next time I write about LSEVs, I'll make a note to mention second-hand electric cars.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
They will be in the US, because there's supposed to be NHTSA-approved version. Given regulations in Europe, I assume that would be the case too. That means this version has some more safety features than the the base model in China, wh
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I don't for certain. In my trip to China, I couldn't meet makers of LSEVs. What I do know is that there are no subsidies in that market, which means carmakers won't survive if they don't make a profit. But it's a go
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
Got lost in the edit. Doh. Added now. Thanks!
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
Yeah, I'd like to buy them at the price they sell it in China: $2,500.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
With a 450 kg load capacity, but yes.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
There will be an NHTSA approved road legal version, per Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/auto/new-half-ton-electric-pickup-co...
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I didn't say there's no crash protection on the Pickman. It's the $1000 cars sold in China that don't have them. Pretty sure that to qualify in the US and Europe, the Kaiyun car need to a minimum level of safety features
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I wrote this article and a field guide on China's electric-car boom https://qz.com/guide/electric-cars/ . Happy to answer any questions.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I wrote this article, and I'm happy to answer questions.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I wrote a series on carbon capture technologies: https://qz.com/re/the-race-to-zero-emissions/ What I took away most was that carbon removal is now firmly a part of mitigating climate change. It's part of &qu
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I wrote this article, and I'm happy to field any questions.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
That's the reason. Thanks for helping me out here.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
Corrected the cement feature link. Thanks!
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I think you can do both. If anybody has the resources to do that, BEV does.
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
We've tried in some ways. What do you think no-discrimination policy is at work is about?
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
It's ludicrous to think good ideas only come from North America and white males. Carmichael Roberts agreed with me. His words were that my question felt "piercing" because he was not at liberty to tell me about some of the co
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
So the tech inside Zero Mass Water is not the same as dehumidifier. Instead, they use a sophisticated absorbent to selectively capture water, heat it to release the water, then sterilize and add minerals. But you're right. It's th
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
I wrote this article, and I'm happy to field any questions
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by akshatrathi 8y ago
yep, hence the use of waste material wherever possible.
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by akshatrathi 11y ago
Yes, other stages are important. But during polyphasic sleeping, which is when you sleep more than once in a day, your sleep stages can get split too. We even have some scientific evidence for it. Though we still don't understand it we
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by akshatrathi 11y ago
Thanks for your $0.02. I'm the author of the piece, and I know what you are talking about. I tried to cheat sleep for a year by sleeping approx 4.5 hours per day. More here: http://qz.com/430415 (slept 3.5 hours at ni
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by akshatrathi 11y ago
I wrote the piece. Thanks for the feedback. I see it differently though. If you look at the studies most people are sleeping between seven and nine hours, which is what the little research we have done on sleep says we need. The "myth&

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