Automotive – Page 41062 – I wish I had more to offer

Clean Tecnica: Germany’s EVs Near 40% Share – Tesla Model 3 Bestseller 002437

Germany’s plugin electric vehicle share broke new records in November, gaining 39.4% of the auto market, up from 34.4%, year on year. Overall auto volumes were 260,512 units, up some 31% YoY, though still down around 10% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. The Tesla Model 3 was the bestselling full electric. November’s combined plugin share of… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: Germany’s EVs Near 40% Share – Tesla Model 3 Bestseller 002437

Cleantechnica: EV Battery Prices Climb For The First Time 002436

As 2022 draws to a close, the price of lithium-ion type batteries has gone up for the first time in more than a decade, with surging raw material and transport costs driving the cost hike, and rising demand set to challenge the car industry’s efforts to achieve price parity with fossil fuel powered (ICE) vehicles.… Continue reading Cleantechnica: EV Battery Prices Climb For The First Time 002436

Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous

It turns out that self-driving is really, really hard. Backtracking Tech giant Apple is giving up on full autonomy for its upcoming car and delaying the target launch date by a year to 2026, Bloomberg reports. The company’s highly secretive project, known as Titan, has been in limbo as execs started to realize that current… Continue reading Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous

Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White

That’s not good. Off Color Something alarming happened in the south of England when an entire river mysteriously turned snow white, the BBC reports. Officials from the UK’s Environment Agency (EA) say they’re closing in on the cause: a contaminant being discharged into the waterways, though they declined to elaborate on the source or nature… Continue reading Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White

Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Lawyer Who Defended Ghislaine Maxwell

That’s certainly a choice. Past Representation The cryptosphere’s enfant terrible has a new lawyer — and he hired one who’s defended an old antagonist. As Reuters reports, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has tapped Mark Cohen of New York’s Cohen & Gresser law firm, whose client list includes convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious procurer.… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Lawyer Who Defended Ghislaine Maxwell

Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic

Big Brother, small sum. Hard Bargain Allow an overbearing tech conglomerate to see traffic coming out of your phone, and you can clinch yourself a cool $2 a month. That kind of minuscule moneymaking deal is what Amazon is offering customers as part of its invite-only Amazon Shopper Panel, Insider reports. Select customers can use… Continue reading Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic

New Distributor in Saudi, New Stage for Lynk & Co

KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On November 14, 2022, the signing ceremony between Lynk & Co and Aljabr Trading Company, a leading player in the Saudi automobile market, confirmed the establishment of a distributorship for Lynk & Co in Saudi Arabia, marking a new step forward for Lynk & Co and the acceleration… Continue reading New Distributor in Saudi, New Stage for Lynk & Co

New Distributor in Saudi, New Stage for Lynk & Co

Concern about industrial location widespread

Frankfurt – Currently, two-thirds of the population eligible to vote are very or very concerned about the future of Germany as an industrial location in view of the increased energy and electricity costs. This was the result of a representative survey by the “Netzwerk Zukunft der Industrie e.V.”, which supports the “Future of Industry” alliance.… Continue reading Concern about industrial location widespread

Democratic lawmakers want Elon Musk to explain China’s role in ‘platform manipulation’ during protests

Three Democratic lawmakers in the House are demanding answers from Elon Musk about a recent “platform manipulation campaign” related to recent protests in China. In a letter to the Twitter CEO, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, Adam Schiff and Jackie Speier write that they have “deep concern” about the recent spam campaign that drowned out tweets about… Continue reading Democratic lawmakers want Elon Musk to explain China’s role in ‘platform manipulation’ during protests