Saleen Automotive has launched a new shady financing effort to bring the company back from the dead, and the legendary car tuner is dangling modified Tesla vehicles in the process again.
Saleen’s troubled history
Saleen is a California-based car tuning company founded by Steven Saleen, a former racing driver turned CEO.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it found some success tuning Ford…
Mobile charging network SparkCharge is offering customers complimentary EV charging delivery services throughout the month of July using its Currently App. EV drivers in serviceable cities can open the app and arrange for a Currently driver to come to their EV and recharge…
EVCS – a West Coast-based EV charging network – has raised $68.8 million in funding to help expand its presence to over thirty-five new cities in California, Oregon, and Washington. In addition to increasing fast charger density in its current footprint, EVCS looks to…
What does sustainable lithium mining look like?
July 6, 2022
Lithium is a vital component of EV batteries, and Winnipeg, Canada-headquartered Snow Lake Lithium says it’s committed to operating a fully renewable and sustainable lithium mine. What does that mean?
Sustainable lithium mining in North America
North America is home to just one active lithium mine, the Silver Peak mine in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and only recently, due to rising electric…
A new Apple patent could mean that photographers are able to shoot pictures on their iPhones in the rain and even underwater.
In a recently-granted patent, Apple reveals a new smartphone technology that could let users control future iPhones flawlessly in…
Not just any camera can be used to capture content that is designed to be streamed on Netflix, and many do not have a firm grasp of why these particular cameras were selected. Netflix is finally shedding a bit of light on what makes a camera “approved.”
In a new video…
Unistellar, the company behind a series of consumer-focused telescope cameras, has updated its Nocturne iPhone app to allow it to identify constellations, galaxies, nebulae, and planets.
Nocturne has been updated to version 2.0 and while the app is designed to work in tandem with Unistellar’s telescopes, it can also be used alone to identify celestial objects. Nocturne V2 integrates…
A former class of school students was told by a federal judge they can pursue a lawsuit against PeopleConnect after their yearbook photos were published without their permission on the company’s social networking site Classmates.com.
A class of Californians…
Xiaomi unveils the 12S Ultra, its Leica-branded flagship with a new 50.3MP 1"-type Sony sensor
July 6, 2022
After teasing its new 12S series of smartphones last week, Xiaomi has fully unveiled its new Xiaomi x Leica smartphones and they feature some extremely impressive specs.
Before diving into the new Xiaomi 12S Series, let’s briefly discuss the partnership between Xioami…
The Panasonic G100 has a clever three mic setup but no means of checking what they’re recording. It’s far from unique in this respect.
Is this thing on? Can you hear me?
I hope so, because I have something to say about camera audio, and I really want the camera companies to hear it: If you’re going to market a camera as being good for shooting video, it needs to have a means…