When cycling legend and three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond announced he was releasing a pair of new electric bicycle models last year, we knew these weren’t going to be any ordinary e-bikes.
With deliveries set to begin next month, LeMond Cycles is releasing the first official photos of one of the new e-bikes.
The new model, known as the LeMond Prolog, is produced entirely from…
Audi sells almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020
January 13, 2021
Audi sold almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020 – a significant increase over last year and launching Audi’s electrification effort ahead of new models hitting the market.
Audi e-tron
The Audi e-tron is starting to come into its own as an electric vehicle…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hawaii’s Kauai island has agreed on a large-scale solar PV system with pumped hydro energy storage.
The UK’s electricity system sees the best year on record for green energy in 2020.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Yelp shows user reports of places not following COVID-19 guidelines; Google should too
January 13, 2021
As COVID-19 rages on, tech is helping people stay safe and informed. Today, Yelp announced that it would allow customers to report on businesses that aren’t following COVID-19 guidelines such as employees lacking masks, and it’s something Google should also be doing.
Outside of Google, Yelp is one of the biggest sources of crowd-sourced reviews and information about local businesses, and now…
In 2019, Samsung announced a partnership with AMD to beef up the GPU in its mobile devices. Today, at the launch event for the new Exynos 2100 processor, Samsung provided an update on that GPU, saying that the AMD chip will be in the company’s “next…
There is no homescreen replacement on Android quite as popular and revered as Nova Launcher. It’s a staple, a stalwart of customization, but it has received its biggest update in recent years, courtesy of the Nova Launcher 7 beta.
Old habits die hard, and changing from…
Tesla has incorporated a new Indian business unit ahead of an upcoming launch in the important South Asian market.
There are also rumors of Tesla building a factory in India.
Tesla and India
Tesla had a long history of flirting with the idea of entering the Indian market.
In 2016, CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla had plans to enter the Indian market, but those plans have been delayed.
Jay Vijayan…
Fujifilm GF 120mm F4 Macro sample gallery updated
January 13, 2021
A hundred megapixels is a lot of resolution, no doubt about that, and such resolution places extraordinary pressure on lenses. Good thing the GF 120mm F4 Macro is up to the challenge. We’ve just had the chance to update our lens gallery with shots from the GFX 100 so…
Tesla Model Y aces crash test, watch impressive NHTSA video
January 13, 2021
Tesla Model Y has aced its NHTSA crash and safety test, obtaining a 5-star safety rating in the process.
You can watch watch the impressive crash test video below.
Tesla and safety
While Tesla is known for being a technology-forward automaker and emphasizing the “fun”…
While Chromeboxes haven’t caught on in the same way as Chromebooks, they are ideal for some use cases. The most notable aspect of a new “Fanless” Chromebox from Asus is frankly a design that heavily borrows from Wi-Fi routers.
Asus touts a “new fanless aluminum-chassis design” for this Chromebox that’s roughly book-sized (207 x 148 x 32mm) with two sizable antennas sticking out of…
