BrightDrop, General Motors’ electric delivery van subsidiary, added DHL Express Canada to its portfolio of customers, marking the company’s entrance into its first international market. BrightDrop has also started production on its Zevo 600 delivery vans (formerly called EV600) at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, the company said Monday at the plant’s grand opening.… Continue reading BrightDrop expands e-delivery van business to Canada with DHL Express
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Toyota to launch five new ‘Bz’ BEVs in Europe as it works toward 50% EV sales by 2030
During Toyota’s annual Kenshiki Forum, the Japanese automaker outlined a hardened strategy for electrification in Europe, which will include five additional fully-electric models to join the bZ4X overseas by 2026. Toyota hopes these BEV options will accelerate its sales goal of being 50% electric by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2040. If you’re an avid… Continue reading Toyota to launch five new ‘Bz’ BEVs in Europe as it works toward 50% EV sales by 2030
BrightDrop expansion to Canada kicks off Zevo 600 production as it reveals first customer
GM’s all-electric, last mile delivery division BrightDrop has officially entered the international market with its expansion to Canada, where it already has a major logistics customer lined up. DHL Express Canada joins BrightDrop’s rolodex as its first customer outside of the US and has signed on to electric vans and eCarts to its fleets up… Continue reading BrightDrop expansion to Canada kicks off Zevo 600 production as it reveals first customer
Did Tesla reveal a smaller two-door Cybertruck?
The Tesla blogosphere is on fire today with the idea that Tesla revealed the design of a smaller two-door Cybertruck, but I am skeptical. Not long after unveiling the Cybertruck prototype in 2019, Musk started talking about making the electric pickup smaller to fit inside a regular garage. In 2020, the CEO was asked what… Continue reading Did Tesla reveal a smaller two-door Cybertruck?
Tesla (TSLA) achieves record deliveries in China, but reportedly slows down output [Updated]
Tesla (TSLA) achieved record deliveries and exports in China in November with over 100,000 China-made vehicles in a single month. However, reports are suggesting that Tesla is now slowing down its production output at Gigafactory Shanghai due to lower demand in China. Update: Tesla China is now denying the reports of production slow down in… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) achieves record deliveries in China, but reportedly slows down output [Updated]
Why won’t The Callisto Protocol just let me fight zombies?
/ It’s pretty, it’s vacant, and it’s giving me a Ph.D. in squeezing through gaps. Image: Krafton The world is full of mediocre video games, but occasionally there’s a game that makes me actually mad. It’s usually something I have high hopes for — a particularly creative idea or a genre I wish more developers… Continue reading Why won’t The Callisto Protocol just let me fight zombies?
His Dark Materials’ third and final season is its most ambitious yet
Ahead of the premiere on HBO, the cast behind the fantasy series explains why the last season is the darkest and most complex to date. Share this story Ruth Wilson in His Dark Materials. Image: HBO The cast and crew on HBO’s His Dark Materials knew it was going to end at some point. The… Continue reading His Dark Materials’ third and final season is its most ambitious yet
Elon Musk Thinks It’s Likely that “Something Bad” Will Happen to Him
Over the weekend, newly-minted Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Spaces to discuss — among other things — the “Twitter Files,” a dubiously-received investigation into Twitter’s suppression of the alleged content of Hunter Biden’s laptop during the runup to the 2020 presidential election. The first installment of the series — of which Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk Thinks It’s Likely that “Something Bad” Will Happen to Him
Coinbase CEO Says Only a “Gullible Person” Wouldn’t Think FTX Stole User Funds
“It’s stolen customer money used in his hedge fund, plain and simple.” Messy Accounting As the dust starts to settle following crypto exchange FTX’s dramatic implosion last month — an event that wiped out a $32 billion valuation in a matter of days and even took down other exchanges with it — competing exchanges are… Continue reading Coinbase CEO Says Only a “Gullible Person” Wouldn’t Think FTX Stole User Funds
Professors Alarmed by New AI That Writes Essays About as Well as Dumb Undergrads
“I would have given this a good grade.” AI Student It’s no secret that artificial intelligence algorithms have increasingly good at generating text that could almost pass as being written by an actual human being. OpenAI’s latest release, ChatGPT, is the most impressive yet. The algorithm is an offshot of the company’s groundbreaking GPT-3 AI,… Continue reading Professors Alarmed by New AI That Writes Essays About as Well as Dumb Undergrads