In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
A new report that studied US offshore wind by coastal region and state found huge potential.
Los Angeles and New York launch virtual power plant programs fueled by solar-charged home batteries.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
BMW has confirmed that the BMW iX, its new electric SUV, is going to start at over $80,000 in the US, which is much higher than originally expected.
For years, BMW has been hyping the release of the iNEXT, its next-generation electric vehicle.
BMW’s head of sales and…
Like the original Chromecasts that came before it, the latest model with its Google TV operating system has the ability to display your pictures from Google Photos. However, the Google Photos ambient screensaver on Chromecast has oddly just lost the dates and locations that…
Besides music and relaxing sounds, Google’s Assistant devices are frequently used for podcasts. However, a bug has emerged in the past few days that sees Google Home and Nest speakers play the wrong podcast.
Users are phrasing their commands like before, but Google Podcasts is selecting and playing a different show entirely that’s not even close in pronunciation/spelling. Making changes to…
Life Is Strange: True Colors and Life Is Strange Remastered Collection coming soon to Google Stadia
March 19, 2021
During Square Enix Presents, the company announced that the latest title in the ever-popular Life Is Strange series, True Colors, will be arriving on Google Stadia this year, along with remastered versions of the original games.
Life Is Strange: True Colors puts you in the…
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…
After the first Android 12 developer preview was fairly stable, the second seems to be right along the same line. It’s an exciting time to see what Google has in store for this year’s big launch. Take this as your annual warning, though, that developer previews are not for the faint of heart as early builds of Android 12 aren’t particularly stable and are sure to have issues and bugs in tow.
Since the start of this year, Google’s streaming service has yet to receive a major feature update. That continues today with search in YouTube Music for Android and iOS now directly displaying songs.
As you search, YouTube Music will now display songs underneath the…
Lordstown hype train slows down after prototype catches on fire, orders put into question
March 19, 2021
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…
Leica APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens samples
March 19, 2021
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 throughout the aperture range and across the frame, great distortion control, little CA, nice sunstars and lovely out-of-focus…
