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Amazon tests its Rivian electric vans in hilly San Francisco

E-commerce giant Amazon is now testing its custom-made Rivian electric vans in San Francisco. It’s now the second city where Amazon is using its Rivian vans, behind Los Angeles. Amazon chose San Francisco as its No. 2 city because it wanted to put its e-vans to the test on the city’s steep hills and in its variable climate. The streets of San Francisco On February 3, Electrek reported that…
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Lordstown hype train slows down after prototype catches on fire, orders put into question

Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question. The company was founded out of a deal to take over GM’s Lordstown factory just a few years ago, and they plan to bring an electric pickup truck to production this year. We…
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Leica APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens samples

We just got our hands on Leica’s new APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens for full-frame L-mount cameras and, as you might expect, it’s an impressive piece of glass. We shot it on the Leica’s SL2 and found a lot to like, including outstanding sharpness…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 18, 2021

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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Camera Rescue opens repair school in bid to fix world’s film cameras

A camera repair company in Finland is recruiting new technicians for a forthcoming training school that will teach students how to repair, preserve and create parts for discontinued film cameras. The training program will be run by CameraMakers for the Camera Rescue project, and will enroll eight people on a four month course that will show them the basics of camera servicing, testing and…
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