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Apollo Go: BYD's new $30,000 USD driverless car just rolled out 🚗 Let the disruption of transportation commence! https://hubs.li/Q02ZWg7D0 📍"Baidu’s robotaxi division, Apollo Go, just rolled out its latest robotaxi across multiple cities in China." 📍"The RT6 is the sixth generation of Apollo Go’s driverless vehicle, which made its official debut in May 2024. It’s a purpose-built, Level 4 autonomous vehicle, meaning it’s built without the need for a human driver." 📍"With Alphabet’s Waymo operating in multiple cities in the US and Baidu deploying hundreds of vehicles in China, the world is now getting its first taste of an autonomous future." RethinkX's seminal 2017 transportation report made the business and social case for the global rise of autonomous electric vehicles, and the coming Transport-as-a-Service disruption. The convergence of electric vehicles (EVs) with autonomous technology and ride hailing will create an entirely new transportation model that we call 'Transport-as-a-Service' (or robo-taxis): https://hubs.li/Q02ZWgDj0 🚀 On-demand, autonomous electric vehicles owned by fleets, not individuals...🚀 🌍 What do you think an autonomous vehicle future will look like?

Global renewables market surging🔋🌍 whilst governments remain stagnant ⌛ Latest Ember report explains... https://hubs.li/Q02ZTp8N0 📍 According to a new report by EMBER "Tripling global renewables is the single biggest action the world can take for the climate this decade. An analysis of 2030 renewables targets shows that, while renewables markets are surging, governments have not updated renewables ambition in the lead-up to COP29." 📍The report "analys=zed national 2030 renewable capacity targets for 96 countries and the EU as a bloc. These countries collectively account for 96% of the world’s renewable capacity, 95% of global electricity sector demand and 94% of global power sector emissions," concluding that national renewables targets fall short of market forecasts and a global tripling... In 2020, RethinkX discussed how embracing 8 key technologies would rid the world of 90% of our emissions: https://hubs.li/Q02ZTsmX0 We only need to deploy and scale solar, wind and battery power, electric and autonomous vehicles and Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture as quickly as possible and we could eliminate over 90% of our global emissions by 2040. 🌍 Are you a decision-maker? Read our guide to effective climate strategy: https://hubs.li/Q02ZTp1s0 🧠 Want to become an expert? Read our Climate report: https://hubs.li/Q02ZTv2C0

Big strides for Precision Fermentation as world first sustainable and scalable PF lactoferrin approved - identical to bovine 🐄🌎 https://hubs.li/Q02ZMjMr0 📍"Sydney-based biotech company All G has become the first in the world to receive regulatory approval to sell recombinant bovine lactoferrin in China." 📍“This breakthrough eliminates the need for cows in the production process while ensuring consistent quality, functionality, and scalability,” the company says. 📍“Lactoferrin is one of the most valuable and functional proteins in the world. Our technology unlocks its potential, and this is just the beginning – our recombinant human lactoferrin is progressing rapidly, with many other products in the pipeline.” 📍 "Last year, Chinese-owned New Zealand dairy company Westland Milk announced it would invest A$65 million to construct a new plant to help it become one of the world’s leading producers of lactoferrin." 🚀 By 2030, the dairy industry will be bankrupt. 🚀Product after product that we extract from the cow will be replaced by superior, cheaper, novel alternatives. 🚀The disruption of dairy by modern food technologies is imminent. https://hubs.li/Q02ZMjxx0 Want to stay ahead of the curve? Spread the word on the coming disruption of Food & Agriculture. https://hubs.li/Q02ZMk_T0 How will your community be affected? What can you to do prepare for this disruption?

👀 RETHINKX INSIGHT: Interconnected advancements in AI, batteries, and renewable energy are driving simultaneous, self-reinforcing disruptions across energy, transportation, food, and labor sectors...Read RethinkX's latest 🚀 https://hubs.li/Q02ZLfkH0 Technologies do not develop in a vacuum. As RethinkX’s Director of Research Adam Dorr put it in one of his videos covering topics from his book Brighter: Optimism, Progress, and the Future of Environmentalism, “disruptions are imminent in four of the foundational sectors of the global economy simultaneously: energy, transportation, food, and labor.” But these disruptions are not just happening simultaneously, they are also happening synergystically—advances in one area often have beneficial effects on the development of other technologies, in mutually reinforcing ways. Developments in any one of these areas—energy, transportation, food, and labor—are driving developments in the others. Therefore, it is impossible to understand any one sector of the global economy without also understanding the others.... Read the full blog here: https://hubs.li/Q02ZLfkH0 🚀 Want to get RethinkX insights directly to your inbox? Sign up to our newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02ZLrsw0

Did your country make the cut? World’s 15 leading solar-powered nations in ranking 🌎 https://hubs.li/Q02ZsYh00 According to the article: 📍 “China is far outpacing any other country in solar energy expansion, having a total of 609,921 MW of solar capacity installed so far.” 📍 ”With an average annual growth rate of 42%, China’s solar energy sector shows no signs of slowing down.” 📍 “However, other smaller countries are seeing even greater growth rates. Brazil, Vietnam, and Poland are recording extraordinary growth rates in the past 10 years, each exceeding an annual average growth rate of 120%. Solar power is now Brazil’s second-largest source of electricity.” 📍 “Overall, the Asia Pacific region is leading the solar energy transition, with six countries in this region: China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Vietnam, ranking among the top 15.” Why should your country swap to solar, wind and battery? 💵 CHEAP! Solar is now the cheapest form of energy on the planet, and the cost of converting to solar, wind and battery (SWB) is cheaper than maintaining the current system. 🌎 POSSIBLE ANYWHERE! Our analysis shows that 100% clean electricity from the combination of SWB is physically possible and economically affordable across the entire continental United States as well as other populated regions of the world between 2020-2030. 💡 SUPERPOWER! 100% clean energy systems produce a huge surplus of near-zero cost, clean energy superabundance that we call SWB Superpower. Have burning questions? Read our Energy FAQs 👀 https://hubs.li/Q02Zr-y_0 Read & Share our Rethinking Energy report for the full scope 🚀https://hubs.li/Q02Zspkw0

Your Digital Doppelgänger 🤖 AI can now replicate your personality 👀https://hubs.li/Q02Zs4FH0 📍 ”A two-hour interview is enough to accurately capture your values and preferences, according to new research from Stanford and Google DeepMind.” 📍”Led by Joon Sung Park, a Stanford PhD student in computer science, the team recruited 1,000 people who varied by age, gender, race, region, education, and political ideology." 📍"From interviews...the team created agent replicas of those individuals. As a test of how well the agents mimicked their human counterparts, participants did a series of personality tests, social surveys, and logic games, twice each, two weeks apart; then the agents completed the same exercises. The results were 85% similar.” Discover how converging technologies in robotics and AI present enormous opportunities for innovation 🚀 https://hubs.li/Q02ZsSQf0

World’s largest solar and battery storage breaks ground in Philippines 😎🔋 Let the race to the top commence 🚀 https://hubs.li/Q02ZhlsB0 📍"The Philippines marked a major milestone in renewable energy with the groundbreaking of a 3,500 MW solar plant and a 4,500 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) by Terra Solar Philippines, Inc. This facility, spanning Nueva Ecija and Bulacan, will be the world’s largest single-site solar and BESS project." 📍 "The facility is expected to generate over 5 billion kWh annually, reducing dependency on fossil fuels and improving grid stability." 📍 "In addition to its environmental benefits, the project will drive economic development by creating thousands of jobs in engineering, construction, manufacturing, and maintenance during its construction and operational phases." The solar, wind and battery transformation of our global energy systems is inevitable, and happening as we speak. Countries around the world are joining the race to the top to provide their citizens with near-zero marginal cost, superabundant energy. 👀 Uncover this disruption in depth: https://hubs.li/Q02Zhltq0 📖 Want to become an expert? Read our Rethinking Energy report for the full scope: https://hubs.li/Q02Zhm4w0

Driverless EVs scale to 3 new cities in the US: Nuro announces 🚗🚀 https://hubs.li/Q02Z539x0 📍Nuro announced on Thursday that they are "unveiling a substantial expansion of our Level 4 (L4) driverless capabilities, powered by our AI-enabled Nuro Driver and deployed through our zero-occupant vehicles. This isn’t just an incremental improvement; our technology now powers one of the largest and most advanced L4 autonomous vehicle deployments in the United States. This is the real-world impact we envisioned when we started Nuro." 📍"Our zero-occupant vehicles now can operate at city-scale in both California and Texas. In Mountain View and Palo Alto, we’ve expanded our operational area by 83%, while Houston has seen a 70% increase. This expansion isn’t just about covering more ground — it signifies that the core autonomy capabilities needed to navigate on most city roads have been validated as being performant and safe, highlighting the maturity of our technology." 🚀 The autonomous electric vehicle disruption of transportation is inevitable, and will transform our roads, seas and skies for the better: https://hubs.li/Q02Z54_t0 We can expect greater safety, fewer emissions and cheaper road travel with the adoption of A-EV technology. 👀 Have questions about this disruption? Read our FAQs: https://hubs.li/Q02Z529L0

Humanoid robot by Chinese EV maker to rival Tesla Optimus? 🤖The disruption of labor is underway, and it's here to stay 🚀 https://hubs.li/Q02Z5hTX0 📍 "Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng has revealed a new humanoid robot set to rival Tesla’s Optimus." 📍 "Developed over five years, Iron has 60 joints and 200 degrees of freedom. Using technology from XPeng’s AI vehicles, the robots are already working in the company’s daily operations. They are currently helping with the assembly of XPeng’s P7+ electric car, which was launched this month." 👀 Take a look: https://hubs.li/Q02Z5h4y0 Investing in humanoid robots is now a matter of national interest....Humanoid robots will allow any nation to massively expand its workforce, and thus grow its economy on a productivity-per-capita basis, to a degree that has simply been physically impossible up until now.... 🚀 Want to learn more? Explore 15 key insights into the disruption of labor by humanoid robotics from RethinkX: https://hubs.li/Q02Z5bnT0

"Imagine microbial strains precisely engineered to yield high quality protein...We are on the brink of producing tailored, sustainable food sources." 🚀 Key suggestions in new Australian white paper to kickstart a Precision Fermentation economy: https://hubs.li/Q02Z0fJ10 📍 "The Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) based at The University of Queensland has released the report "Precision Fermentation: A Future of Food in Australia." "Professor Esteban Marcellin from FaBA said precision fermentation was a transformative opportunity to: 🚀 strengthen food systems 🚀 foster economic growth 🚀 enhance environmental sustainability, and 🚀 boost food security." In 2019 we published the seminal Rethinking Food and Agriculture, where we coined the term “Precision Fermentation” and made the business and social case for PF as the biggest disruptive force in the food industry. 🧠 Want to become an expert on this disruption? Read & Share this page: https://hubs.li/Q02Z0fMK0 🔍 Uncover Precision Fermentation in depth: https://hubs.li/Q02Z0f3M0