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Lightyear partners with MyWheels to supply over 5,000 SEV models to car sharing platform

Solar electric vehicle (SEV) developer Lightyear has announced a partnership with The Sharing Group, whose MyWheels car sharing platform is currently the market leader in the Netherlands. As part of the agreement, Lightyear will provide 5,000 units of the Lightyear Two – its second SEV – which has yet to be revealed, in 2025. Additionally, some models of the Lightyear One SEV will join the…
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Tesla and Panasonic are rumored to be behind a multibillion-dollar battery factory project with $700M in incentives on the line in Oklahoma

Tesla and Panasonic are rumored to be behind a new multibillion-dollar battery factory project in Oklahoma as the state pushes to approve $700 million in incentives to move the project forward. Earlier this year, we reported on Panasonic looking for a site in the U.S. for a new large-scale battery factory to produce new 4680 battery cell for Tesla. At the time, it was reported that Panasonic was…
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Tesla (TSLA) confirms its order rate surged after the Super Bowl

Tesla has confirmed that its order rate surged following this year’s Super Bowl, which featured many electric vehicle ads. These numbers show that the long-standing idea of “Tesla killers” doesn’t work and that the automaker actually benefits greatly from other automakers investing in electric vehicles. Over the last few years, several automakers started buying airtime during the Super…
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How I Built a Digital Toy Camera

Are you sometimes annoyed by having too many easy and convenient ways to take perfect photos? Don’t despair… There are so many interesting hobbyist cameras around — 3D printed with plastic, cut from wood or paper, basically everything you could imagine. But nearly all of them are analog. Why? Because digital sensors are a pain in the butt. Of course, there are other reasons as…
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