General Motors has been building up its resources and capabilities for an all-electric future. With a vast lineup of fully electric vehicles, GM plans to spearhead its return to Europe as an EV-only brand. After selling over 20,000 EVs for the first time in Q1, GM overtook Ford as the number two EV maker in… Continue reading GM plans to return to Europe as an EV-only brand
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Panasonic delays Tesla 4680 battery cell production
Panasonic announced that it is delaying volume production of the Tesla 4680 battery cell in order to introduce “performance improvement measures.” Back in 2020, Tesla unveiled its 4680 battery cell, a new tab-less battery cell in a bigger format with new chemistry, enabling cheaper and/or longer-range electric vehicles. The cells have already made it to the Model… Continue reading Panasonic delays Tesla 4680 battery cell production
Tesla slashes Supercharger prices across Europe
Tesla has slashed Supercharger prices across most markets in Europe as energy prices are stabilizing downward following the crisis. One of the biggest advantages of electric vehicles remains that their cost of operations is much lower than vehicles with internal combustion engines, thanks to electricity generally being much cheaper than gas. This is a fairly… Continue reading Tesla slashes Supercharger prices across Europe
Tesla strangely denies rumors that new Model 3 is going to be produced in China
Tesla has strangely denied rumors that a new Model 3 refresh will be produced at Gigafactory Shanghai in China next month. Late last year, we started hearing rumors that Tesla was working on a Model 3 refresh that would come during the second half of 2023. The project is reportedly codenamed “Highland.” In December, a Model 3… Continue reading Tesla strangely denies rumors that new Model 3 is going to be produced in China
New Show Traps Lance Armstrong and Ariel Winter in Simulated Mars Base
A bizarre mashup of celebs, trapped in a Mars base. Based Celebrities Being trapped inside a small Mars habitat for months if not years at a time won’t be the faint of heart. It’s a journey that will require cool minds, quick wits, and plenty of technological know-how. In a wacky take on the concept,… Continue reading New Show Traps Lance Armstrong and Ariel Winter in Simulated Mars Base
Cybertruck Prototype Gets Stuck in Field
Tesla is still struggling to get production going. Pull Over Now A Tesla Cybertruck prototype decided to stop and smell the roses during a test journey. The oddly shaped vehicle was spotted by eagle-eyed onlookers outside Corpus Christi, Texas, earlier this week, Electrek reports, near where the company celebrated the opening of its new lithium… Continue reading Cybertruck Prototype Gets Stuck in Field
FDA Approves Gene-Hacked Sausages
Image by WSU The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) just gave the OK for genetically-modified pig sausages to enter the food supply. Gene-hacked hot dogs for all! The pork sausage in question was created out of meat from two-year-old pigs that were genetically modified at Washington State University (WSU). The team behind the project was led… Continue reading FDA Approves Gene-Hacked Sausages
Reality Is Melting as Lawyers Claim Real Videos Are Deepfakes
Last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s lawyers argued that 2016 recordings of him making big promises about the car’s Autopilot software could have been deepfaked. While the judge didn’t buy the lawyers’ arguments and ordered Musk to testify under oath, the stunt illustrates a broader trend. As generative AI-powered tools make it easier than ever… Continue reading Reality Is Melting as Lawyers Claim Real Videos Are Deepfakes
The Weird Way Australia’s Bushfires Influenced a Weirder La Niña
This may not have been the first time that bushfire smoke significantly affected La Niña. Fasullo and his colleagues are now investigating Australia’s notoriously awful 1974–75 fire season. In 1975 and 1976, scientists had forecast a warm El Niño, but that turned into what researchers instead dubbed an “aborted El Niño event,” when a cool… Continue reading The Weird Way Australia’s Bushfires Influenced a Weirder La Niña
Google I/O 2023: Google Adds Generative AI to Search
Six months ago, Google didn’t appear remotely worried about its search business. Then OpenAI’s ChatGPT was unleashed, and Microsoft’s Bing spawned a chatbot. At Google’s annual I/O conference today, the search giant announced that it will infuse results with generative artificial intelligence technology similar to that behind ChatGPT. The company is launching an experimental version of its prized… Continue reading Google I/O 2023: Google Adds Generative AI to Search