TED Talks
TED: Meet mini-grids — the clean energy solution bringing power to millions | Tombo Banda
Hundreds of millions of people lack access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, relying on highly polluting diesel and firewood for power and light. Working to brighten the future in her home country of Malawi and beyond, energy access...
TED Talks
TED: Why you should ditch deadly fossil-fuel appliances | Donnel Baird
In the US, people spend the overwhelming majority of their time inside buildings that burn fossil fuels, which are bad for both the environment and human health. (Think: breathing in air pollution from gas stoves, furnaces and water...
TED Talks
Rose M. Mutiso: How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
Energy poverty, or the lack of access to electricity and other basic energy services, affects nearly two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa. As the region's population continues to increase, so will the need to build a new energy system to...
TED Talks
TED: How cities are detoxing transportation | Monica Araya
People around the world are demanding clean air -- and cities are starting to respond, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. She takes us on a world tour of urban areas that are working to fully electrify their transportation...
Curated Video
Mysteries of Crystal Technology and Lost Civilizations
This video explores the a fantastical theory that many ancient megalithic structures around the world, including the pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge, may have served as data storage units or communication devices with entities from...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Banality and Necessity of Bubbles | #5 | Venture Capital in the 21st Century
Financial speculation and bubbles are often of vital importance in fueling technological progress. Janeway reviews and distinguishes between various kinds of speculative bubbles over the past two centuries. While many have been...
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Mobility
Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada and WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Peter Landers discuss the future of transportation technology and its effects on the world around us.
Curated Video
The History and Mechanics of the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar comes from a long line of stringed instruments leading all the way back to the lute! Learn how and why the instrument transformed into its amplified and electric form and how it has evolved into an iconic instrument...
Science360
Harvesting the World's Mechanical Energy - Triboelectric Generators Capture Wasted Power
With one stomp of his foot, Zhong Lin Wang illuminates a thousand LED bulbs--with no batteries or power cord. A professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Wang is using what's technically known as the triboelectric effect to...
Bloomberg
Hyundai's Munoz on Labor Costs, Sales, Electrification
Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America President and CEO Jose Munoz discusses labor costs, sales performance, and its electric-vehicle plans on "Bloomberg Markets."
Bloomberg
China Is a Very Important Market for Nissan, Says COO
"China is a very important market for us, says Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta during an exclusive interview with Bloomberg at the Shanghai International Auto Show. He says the company wants to launch seven electric vehicles by 2026, with 80%...
Bloomberg
Oil Price Outlook and the Case for Hydrogen
A specialty gas producer makes the case for shifting to hydrogen at the BNEF summit in New York. We also get the outlook on oil prices and divestment trends with BNEF Analyst Wayne Tan.
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Rural family benefit from electric light
Night on the farm / father switches off outdoor lights and goes inside / housewife takes roast out of the oven / family smiling and happy as they sit down to dinner. Rural family benefit from electric light on January 01, 1940 in...
Bloomberg
VW's EV Efforts Get 180 Billion Spending Boost
Volkswagen AG is bolstering a push to challenge Tesla Inc.'s leadership on electric vehicles by raising its five-year spending plan to 180 billion ($193 billion). Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz provides details of the plan in a...
Bloomberg
GM 4Q Profits Beat Estimates on Strong Truck Launch, Says CFO Suryadevara
Feb.06 -- General Motors Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings that blew away estimates and reiterated a profit forecast for 2019. GM is taking actions to cut costs in China and improve profits in a softening market. GM Chief Financial...
Bloomberg
$40B Investment Crucial to Go Fully Electric: Honda CEO
Honda's CEO Toshihiro Mibe told Bloomberg $40 Billion worth of investment to produce 2 million electric vehicles over the next 10 years is a necessary step to achieve it's ultimate target of going complete carbon neutral by 2050. Mibe...
Bloomberg
ABB India Sees High Demand for Energy-Efficient Products
Sep.02 -- Sanjeev Sharma, managing director of India at the local unit of Swiss industrial engineering firm ABB Group, explains how the company is contributing to India's clean energy transition. Recently, the Indian government announced...
Bloomberg
UN's Ogunbiyi on Sustainability Goals, COP26
Jul.02 -- Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, discusses the UAE's climate action goals, COP26, and supporting an inclusive energy transition. She speaks with Bloomberg's...
Bloomberg
Schaeffler CEO Confident on Outlook
Mar.04 -- Schaeffler Chief Executive Officer Klaus Rosenfeld is confident in the company's outlook for the year while cautioning on potential negative effects from the pandemic and related lockdowns. Rosenfeld also said they have found...
Press Association
Work underway to deliver Integrated Rail Plan
Quotes from Transport Minister Grant Shapps as he visits the Leicester hub of Network Rail contractors SPL to see wiring gantries being built, one month after he announced the Integrated Rail Plan. He talks about work beginning a month...
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Intelligence: The Year Ahead in Luxury Autos
Nov.21 -- Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Kevin Tynan presents the latest data on the luxury auto industry at The Year Ahead: Luxury Summit in New York.
Bloomberg
Ford Executive Chairman on Restructuring, EV Future
Jan.14 -- Bill Ford, executive chairman at Ford, discusses the automaker's restructuring plans, the potential for an alliance with Volkswagen AG, and the move to electric vehicles for the company and its customers. He speaks with...
Bloomberg
BMW Expects Half of Global Sales to be Electric by 2030
Mar.17 -- While currently unaffected by the chip shortages, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse says they can't exclude the prospect of factory stoppages "in the next couple of weeks or months." He also talks about the roadmap for electric cars with...
Bloomberg
Jaguar CEO Says Future of Automobile Industry Is Electric
Sep.07 -- Ralf Speth, chief executive officer at Jaguar Land Rover, discusses his plans around electric vehicles, the demand for electric vehicles and his preparations for Brexit. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe."