Tesla Model 3 and Model Y have become the second-best and best-selling vehicles in California, helping electric vehicle sales reach a new record in the state. California has long been a leader in the US when it comes to EV adoption. There are many reasons for that: state incentive, a general interest in new technology… Continue reading Tesla Model 3 and Y become best-selling vehicles in California, pushing EVs to new record
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Tesla (TSLA) sales and export in China are down, but factory upgrade is to blame
Tesla’s (TSLA) sales in China are down more than 60% month-to-month in July, but Gigafactory Shanghai’s planned upgrade is to blame. After a tough Q2 in China due to the restrictions in the city of Shanghai forcing Tesla to shut down its factory, the automaker started to ramp production back up again with 78,906 vehicles… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) sales and export in China are down, but factory upgrade is to blame
Waymo designed new features to improve AV access for passengers with disabilities
Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers with visual impairments and other disabilities. The new features are sure to draw attention when they start hitting the streets. They include displaying the rider’s initials on the rooftop dome as a visual way to… Continue reading Waymo designed new features to improve AV access for passengers with disabilities
Audi’s custom electric S1 ‘Hoonitron’ will visit the states for Monterey Car Week
Audi built a special S1 E-Tron Quattro, dubbed the “Hoonitron,” in December for American precision driver Ken Block. And now, the automaker is set to bring the EV to US soil this month during Monterey Car Week. It’ll be juxtaposed with its design inspiration: the 1985 Audi Sport Quattro S1 that rally driver Walter Röhrl… Continue reading Audi’s custom electric S1 ‘Hoonitron’ will visit the states for Monterey Car Week
Driverless Robotaxis To Officially Hit Chinese Streets
The company claims its self-driving tech is ahead of Tesla’s. Driverless in China China is about to get the San Francisco treatment now that tech giant Baidu is able to operate its autonomous car service without a driver in two major Chinese cities. According to a company press release, the artificial intelligence company has finally… Continue reading Driverless Robotaxis To Officially Hit Chinese Streets
Review: Garmin’s Instinct 2S Solar Watch is Rugged and Dependable
If you’re looking for a smartwatch that uses renewable energy while tracking essential metrics, consider the Garmin Instinct 2S Solar Watch. Garmin keeps pumping out multi-sport and running watches that leave the competition scrambling to keep up. The Garmin Instinct 2S Solar is a 2022 update to the Instinct line, which came out in 2018.… Continue reading Review: Garmin’s Instinct 2S Solar Watch is Rugged and Dependable
This Therapeutic VR Experience is Just Like Tripping on Acid
Image by Pexels/Futurism David Glowacki, an artist and computational molecular physicist who suffered a life-changing near death experience, has reportedly developed a virtual reality experience called Isness-D that works just as well as LSD or psilocybin at bringing users to self-transcendence. As he explained to MIT Technology Review, Glowacki has been working to capture self-transcendence… Continue reading This Therapeutic VR Experience is Just Like Tripping on Acid
Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
“My guess is that Meta is going to have to look at some form of geo-siloing if they want to continue to operate in the EU,” says Calli Schroeder, global privacy counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit digital rights research organization. Schroeder, who previously worked with companies on international data transfers, says… Continue reading Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
Humanity’s Biggest Problems Require a Whole New Media Mode
Our media systems are at their limits. From climate change to Covid, the most pressing phenomena of our times cannot be captured by the flat media paradigm we’ve built up. The “slow violence” of climate change, as Rob Nixon warns us, is cunningly hard to see, playing out at such a temporal and spatial scale… Continue reading Humanity’s Biggest Problems Require a Whole New Media Mode
1Password’s big app redesign brings desktop features to mobile
It took several months, but you now have access to 1Password’s major updates on your phone. The company has released 1Password 8 for Android and iOS, and many of the desktop version’s features have carried over to mobile. For starters, there’s a new home screen that provides quicker, customized access to frequently-used passwords. There’s also… Continue reading 1Password’s big app redesign brings desktop features to mobile