This is what the US car insurance industry really thinks about EVs, how it affects your premium, and how to choose an insurance company for your EV that really will have your back if you need help. Can insurance companies embrace change? A recent white paper by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Argo Group, an underwriter of specialty insurance… Continue reading What the US car insurance industry really thinks about EVs – and how to get the best policy
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Tesla (TSLA) investors see negative impact of Elon Musk’s Twitter antics
Tesla (TSLA) investors see the negative impact of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition lasting on the company going forward. There’s no doubt that Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter had a direct negative impact on Tesla and its investors, considering that the CEO had to sell billions of dollars worth of Tesla (TSLA) stock to finance the… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) investors see negative impact of Elon Musk’s Twitter antics
It feels like incredible customer service might be bad for the environment
/ Sometimes a broken thing should be replaced, but sometimes it’d be nicer to just repair it. My controller’s joystick broke off. Sure, I’ll take the free brand-new controller, but I really just wanted a replacement plastic part.Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge It’s a good day when you get a free replacement for something… Continue reading It feels like incredible customer service might be bad for the environment
Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In
“I’m 1,000 miles from home, the EA charger [went] black, and my Lightning won’t move. I’m screwed.” Lightning Strikes Ford’s F-150 Lightning is meant to be the automaker’s flagship electric pickup truck, and for the most part has been heralded with glowing praise from across the industry. But as more Lightnings hit the streets and… Continue reading Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In
Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Has the company dug itself into a hole? Ghost Protocol After promising many major cities across the country that it could dig tunnels that would magically solve their traffic woes by moving them underground, Elon Musk’s Boring Company has become oddly quiet, The Wall Street Journal reports. In fact, the paper reports, it’s been repeatedly… Continue reading Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”
The twist? He’s being sued himself for something very similar. Sure Sounds Bad Billionaire crypto evangelist Mark Cuban, who’s currently being sued for his involvement with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital by the same law firm representing the class action suit against disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for extremely similar reasons, thinks that SBF… Continue reading Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”
Volvo EX90: The Biggest Problem for the New EV Flagship is Polestar
Working with another brand means there will be some corporate arm twisting, says Callum. The challenge is to keep any similarities hidden where possible: “To be fair to the design teams, they’ll be told to use a lot of similar components, like the touchscreens. But, for example, you should never use the same switches on… Continue reading Volvo EX90: The Biggest Problem for the New EV Flagship is Polestar
Scientists Reexamine Why Zebra Stripes Mysteriously Repel Flies
For the current study, Tombak, then a PhD candidate at Princeton, and her team wanted to test stripe width to see if narrower ones might be even more repulsive to flies—a potential evolutionary advantage that would explain the difference between zebra species. They also restricted their experiment to close-range encounters to rule out the theory… Continue reading Scientists Reexamine Why Zebra Stripes Mysteriously Repel Flies
NASA’s Orion photographed the Earth and Moon from a quarter-million miles away
The Orion spacecraft’s record-setting distance from Earth made for stunning photography, apparently. NASA has shared a photo taken by the Artemis I vehicle on Monday showing both Earth and the Moon in the background. Much like some Apollo photography or Voyager 1’s “Pale Blue Dot,” the picture puts humanity’s home in perspective — our world… Continue reading NASA’s Orion photographed the Earth and Moon from a quarter-million miles away
Apple Music Replay gets a much-needed redesign for 2022
Apple Music users can now access a recap of what they’ve listened to on the service this year thanks to Apple Music Replay. Apple has redesigned the feature to make it a much sleeker experience, albeit one that perhaps isn’t quite on par with Spotify Wrapped just yet. For one thing, you’ll only be able… Continue reading Apple Music Replay gets a much-needed redesign for 2022