Sodium-ion batteries are now powering the grid in China. They're cheaper than lithium-ion and can charge from 0 to 90% in 12 minutes. Electric School buses in Oakland California will be able to supply enough grid power for 300 homes. We will have your summer grid reliability forecast. Once again our home here in Canada is on the list for possible rolling blackouts. EVs set to have a big 2024. James reviews 'beefless pasta,' plant-based frozen dinner. Weird Elon Musk defense ad on YouTube Beefless pasta review List of restrictions for riding a robotaxi in Wuhan, China Heat pump methods Micha from http://ebikeschool.com went to Taiwan and we learned some things Video link re Gogoro scooters from Micha/Electrek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPZrjxuOddE Summer grids could have blackouts in North America, including Saskatchewan. Vietnam worried about outages this summer, and factories like Foxxcon need to cut back China's grid-scale sodium-ion battery Letters: Electric school buses in Oakland, California LA Times link: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-18/oakland-unified-switches-to-all-electric-buses IEA says GDP growth driven by clean energy Tik Tok videos for this week incl. CATL Lightning Round! The Clean Energy Show is released every week so be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get new episodes delivered to you free! Support the Show Make a small donation to our podcast today! PayPal Donate! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VMDCRPHLNR8YE E-transfer: [email protected] Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Our Store Visit our T-Shirt and Merch Shop! https://my-store-dde61d.creator-spring.com Contact Us! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod  Check out our YouTube Channel! @CleanEnergyShow Follow us on Twitter or Threads @CleanEnergyPod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cleanenergypod.bsky.social James Whittingham https://twitter.com/jewhittingham Brian Stockton: https://twitter.com/brianstockton Leave us an online voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/cleanenergyshow Copyright 2024.