Electric cars come with intelligent charge management designed to protect batteries from over-heating and excessive wear. is a smart device which brings that same intelligence to your overnight phone charging – and best of all, it works with all of your existing chargers.
Using Chargie protects your battery, and can delay significant degradation from just one year to around five years …
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My Favorite Martian Image: the Ridges of ‘South Séítah’
October 16, 2021
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My Favorite Martian Image: the Ridges of ‘South Séítah’
NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past.
Ask any space explorer…
Online Film Premiere: ‘Triumph at Saturn’ (Part I)
October 16, 2021
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Online Film Premiere: ‘Triumph at Saturn’ (Part I)
Catch the premiere of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory documentary “Triumph at Saturn” on Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. PDT online at JPL’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
The latest…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030.
The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…
I’m admittedly only a couple years into the world of electric skateboards, immersing myself in the technology after seeing people zoom by me on the strand in the South Bay of Los Angeles. One name that continually came up has been Backfire Skateboards, which just recently…
Congressman ‘frustrated’ with reduced electric bike tax credit in US, but calls it progress
October 16, 2021
The original sponsor of a bill introducing a 30% tax credit for electric bicycle purchases recently commented on the current state of the proposed legislation, calling it frustrating but expressing hope at the progress it indicated.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)…
Tesla today opened Model Y orders in the United Kingdom, a right-hand-drive market, with deliveries expected to start in early 2022.
Originally, the Model Y was only supposed to launch in Europe after Tesla started production at Gigafactory Berlin.
However, Tesla changed its plan and started importing Model Y vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai to some European markets, but not yet to the…
Tesla has slashed its included premium connectivity period to 30 days for all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. People are now going to have to pay sooner if they want to retain access to some of Tesla’s connectivity features.
For the longest time, all of Tesla’s vehicles…
Volkswagen Group BEV delivery numbers still a year behind Tesla, but gaining fast at 138% YOY
October 16, 2021
Following the release of its Q3 delivery numbers, Volkswagen Group continues to grow its presence in the BEV market, up 109% compared to Q3 last year. Nine months into 2021, Volkswagen has more than doubled its worldwide deliveries, nipping at the heels of Tesla – the…
Steam reportedly blocks cryptocurrency and NFT games
October 16, 2021
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Valve is reportedly blocking cryptocurrency and NFT games on its Steam digital distribution network, according to Age of Rust developer SpacePirate Games.
The studio said on Twitter that Valve was going to remove all such games from the platform, based on a screenshot of…
