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VW wants to resurrect Scout as a Rivian-like off-road EV brand

VW’s advisory board is expected to approve a proposal tomorrow to spin off a new EV company centered around off-road vehicles, as first reported by WSJ. The company will resurrect the classic nameplate from the International Harvester Scout, a Jeep-like off-road vehicle from the 60s and 70s, and fill a similar niche as the Rivian R1T as an electric competitor to off-road enthusiast trucks like…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: May 10, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
MobileNews

Apple reportedly cuts iPhone SE production by 20%

Apple unveiled the latest iPhone SE earlier this month, and it went on sale already. However, it looks like the company isn’t expecting it to perform as good as it had hoped. According to a new rumor out of Asia, Apple is telling multiple suppliers that it aims to cut production orders by 2 to 3 million units for the second quarter of this year (the one starting in April and ending in June).
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NewsSpace

NASA to Provide Update on InSight Mars Lander

. NASA to Provide Update on InSight Mars Lander NASA and InSight leaders will share the latest on the pioneering spacecraft’s science findings and discuss future milestones for the mission. NASA will hold a media teleconference…
GamingNews

Roblox bookings fall 3% to $631.2M in Q1

Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the first quarter that ended on March 31 were $631.2 million, down 3% from the same period a year ago. The San Mateo company reported a net loss of $160.2 million on revenues of $537.1 million for the first…
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GamingNews

The DeanBeat: The crazy sanity of the Square Enix and Embracer Group deal

Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.  “Why am I seeking logic or sanity here?” I asked myself. “There hasn’t been any so far.” — Endymion, by Dan Simmons, 1996. I happen to be reading Dan Simmons’ science fiction novel Endymion, and that line immediately struck me when I heard about The Embracer Group buying all…
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