Siemens Gamesa’s first recyclable blades are spinning on a wind turbine at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. It’s the first commercial installation of recyclable wind turbine technology.
The Spanish-German wind engineering giant calls its recyclable blade technology RecyclableBlade. Wind turbine blades are made of a number of materials embedded in resin. Siemens Gamesa…
GM offers Chevy Bolt EV owners $6,000 if they promise not to sue over battery fire recall fiasco
August 2, 2022
General Motors has started offering Chevy Bolt EV owners a $6,000 refund as long as they promise not to sue over the battery fire recall fiasco of last year.
In June, GM announced that the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and EUV are getting a significant $6,000 price cut – this was…
Taiwanese energy company to supply batteries to Aptera and is rumored to produce the SEVs in Taiwan
August 2, 2022
Nancy Pelosi isn’t the only American shaking things up in Taiwan this week. Aptera Cofounder and Co-CEO Chris Anthony is there with Taiwanese energy company Formosa AdvEnergy Technology Corp, on the heels of a new agreement to supply batteries to Aptera’s upcoming solar…
Tesla and Lincoln Tech, a company with technical schools across the US, announced a new partnership to train next-generation of electric vehicle technicians.
Until 2018, Tesla had mainly been recruiting technicians who have been working for other automakers or coming out of training programs where they mainly worked on internal combustion engines.
Of course, electric cars have several…
Insta360 is expanding its camera portfolio with the announcement of the Link, a 4K-equipped and artificial intelligence-powered (AI) webcam.
The company says the new camera is equipped with a three-axis gimbal and built-in AI algorithms that support 4K video…
Black Bittern in Singapore | Adrian Silas Tay
Researchers at Dalhousie University have examined the environmental impact of masks and disposable gloves on animals that proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A series of photos collected by the researchers show…
A Complete List of Tokina’s Lens Price Hikes in the U.S.
August 2, 2022
In June, Tokina announced that it would be increasing the prices of some lenses in the U.S., and today the company has provided a detailed list of those price changes.
The company explained that due to recent “cost hikes” of raw materials and components, the cost of production has greatly increased. While it has done what it could to absorb those increases, Tokina says that it was…
Instagram Could Lose to TikTok in Both Photos and Videos
August 2, 2022
TikTok’s domination in short-form video is not the only thing Instagram should be worried about. In the time that Instagram has shifted ever further away from its roots as a photo-sharing app, Generation Z has found a new space to post their selfies and photo-dumps — and…
Nikon has released firmware updates for a trio of mirrorless Z-mount lenses that add support for linear focusing ring rotation when in manual focus mode which makes it easier to accurately pull focus.
The updates were in response to user complaints that the…
Nikon’s Nikkor Z 24-70mm F2.8 S lens.
Nikon has released firmware updates for three of its Z-mount lenses that, amongst other updates, adds the ability to turn on linear focus ring rotation, making it easier and more accurate to pull focus by directly linking the rotation of the ring with the focus distance, regardless of the speed at which the ring is rotated.
Firmware version 1.10 for…
