Tesla is going to help Jaguar Land Rover avoid fines in Europe by having the automaker join its CO2 pool for 2021.
Europe has put in place new regulations to reduce fleet emissions from automakers.
Each automaker has to sell more electric vehicles in order to get their average emissions down and avoid large fines.
Automakers who are lagging behind with electric vehicles are allowed to pool their…
Jaguar Land Rover EVs will ferry world leaders at UN climate summit – even with a snag [Update]
October 27, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Jaguar Land Rover will provide electric cars for delegates at COP26 in Glasgow.
The floating offshore wind pipeline has reached 54 GW, and European countries lead.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated…
A recent report out of China cites documentation that major battery supplier BYD intends to raise the prices of its lithium battery cells by at least 20% beginning November 1. BYD notes market changes surrounding the limits of raw materials for lithium batteries as the…
Tesla’s upcoming new car paint colors revealed in its app update
October 27, 2021
Tesla has a trio of new car paint colors coming, something the automaker hasn’t done in years.
The new colors were revealed in Tesla’s latest mobile app update.
Tesla buyers have been teased about new factory colors for years now, but it might finally happen soon.
Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to streamline options…
More than three-quarters of companies say that they have AI models that never come into use. For 20% of companies, the numbers look even worse, with only 10% of their models making it into production.
That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Run:AI, which found…
Apple is today releasing iOS 14.8.1, one day after the company released iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1, and macOS Monterey.
This update comes just a month after releasing iOS 14.8 for those who didn’t want to update their iPhones to iOS 15.
You can update…
iOS 15.1 is now available, here’s why you should update
October 27, 2021
Apple has officially released iOS 15.1 to the general public. This update comes a month after Apple introduced iOS 15 and delayed some important features that were expected to launch with it. Here’s everything new with iOS 15.1 that should make you update your iPhone now.
COVID-19 vaccination card in the Wallet app
Remember when Apple introduced that API with Google to track people infected…
WhatsApp history can now be transferred from iPhone to Pixel & other Android 12 devices
October 27, 2021
Back in August, Google rolled out the ability to transfer past WhatsApp messages from iPhones to Samsung Galaxy devices. This ability to transfer your WhatsApp history is now coming to Pixel and all other Android 12 phones.
The Android team notes how “certain types of…
Samsung to offer its own cloud gaming service for Tizen TVs
October 27, 2021
Samsung has announced it is creating a cloud gaming service which would compete with Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce NOW, and Xbox Game Pass.
In the last few years, cloud gaming has gone from a pipedream to a crowded market, with competitors like Amazon, Facebook, Google…
One of the best features of Google Pixel phones is Call Screen, an easy way to handle spam calls without actually picking up the phone. This week, the feature is officially expanding past the US, Canada, and Japan to seven new regions.
Flying under the radar on Pixel 6 launch day last week, Google quietly revealed that Call Screen would expand to seven more countries. These countries…