Commercial EV company Arrival is restructuring its business for the second time in six months as it tries to squeeze the most out of its remaining capital. The company said in a regulatory filing posted Thursday that it is shifting its focus to the United States and away from the UK market, where it is… Continue reading EV maker Arrival cutting jobs again in pivot away from UK to the US
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Lyft co-founder says autonomous vehicles won’t replace drivers for at least a decade
Human drivers on the Lyft platform aren’t going to be replaced by autonomous vehicles anytime soon, company co-founder and president John Zimmer told the audience today at TechCrunch Disrupt. “I can’t imagine anytime in the next decade-plus where we would need any less drivers,” he said, noting that he envisions autonomous vehicles handling anywhere from… Continue reading Lyft co-founder says autonomous vehicles won’t replace drivers for at least a decade
Tesla is now taking votes for its next Supercharger locations
/ With over 4,000 Supercharger stations worldwide, the company is now letting owners vote on where to build next Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The next Supercharger station location is up to Tesla owners. The all-electric automaker put out the invitation to vote on new locations via its Tesla Charging Twitter account… Continue reading Tesla is now taking votes for its next Supercharger locations
NanoGraf’s Li-ion 18650 battery achieves a new energy-density milestone
Chicago-headquartered NanoGraf Technologies, which claims it has enabled the highest energy-density cylindrical 18650 Lithium-ion cell in the world, today announced that its battery has achieved a new industry energy-density milestone of 810 Wh/L (4.0Ah capacity). Ampere hours (Ah) is the amount of energy charge in a battery that enables 1 ampere of current to flow for one hour. In 2021, NanoGraf announced it… Continue reading NanoGraf’s Li-ion 18650 battery achieves a new energy-density milestone
Tesla opens up voting for new supercharger locations
Tesla has opened their planned Supercharger voting site, allowing the public to cast votes for upcoming Supercharger locations. Tesla Superchargers have reached high penetration levels already – earlier this year, Tesla deployed its 35,000th Supercharger stall globally. This represents about a 35% year-over-year increase in the last few years. The Supercharger map shows that there… Continue reading Tesla opens up voting for new supercharger locations
Tesla makes progress on 4680 battery cells, reduces dependence on them
Tesla gave an update on the progress of ramping up 4680 battery cell production. It sounds like they are making progress, but the automaker also appears to be reducing dependence on the new cell. At its Battery Day in 2020, Tesla unveiled its 4680 battery cell and made a big deal about how the new… Continue reading Tesla makes progress on 4680 battery cells, reduces dependence on them
Tesla is aiming to ramp up to 50,000 Tesla Semi electric trucks per year
Tesla is aiming to ramp up Tesla Semi production to 50,000 electric trucks per year – as soon as 2024. It would make Tesla one of the largest class 8 truck manufacturers. After five years of waiting, Tesla is now finally in early production with the Tesla Semi electric truck. Electrek exclusively reported that Tesla was building… Continue reading Tesla is aiming to ramp up to 50,000 Tesla Semi electric trucks per year
GMC Sierra EV Denali revealed: plug-in-powered pickup goes premium
The oversize electric truck will get an estimated 400 miles of range and can power a whole house for up to 21 days. Is it just me, or is the electric truck category getting crowded? Share this story General Motors’ premium-priced pickup truck, the GMC Sierra Denali, is getting an electric upgrade. The Sierra EV… Continue reading GMC Sierra EV Denali revealed: plug-in-powered pickup goes premium
Scientists Suggest Our Brains Work Like Quantum Computers
“As a result, we can deduce that those brain functions must be quantum.” Brain Power As physicists endeavor to build bigger and better quantum computers, a powerful one may have already been lurking inside our heads all along. In a new study published this month in the Journal of Physics Communications, a team of scientists from… Continue reading Scientists Suggest Our Brains Work Like Quantum Computers
12 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2022): For Phones, iPads, Laptops, and More
Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. There’s been a steady stream of similar, though isolated, incidents ever since. However, despite the high-profile coverage of batteries gone wrong, the vast majority of Li-ion batteries are safe. The chemical reaction that occurs inside… Continue reading 12 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2022): For Phones, iPads, Laptops, and More