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Northvolt chooses Quebec for its next battery gigafactory – a giant $5 billion project

September 28, 2023
Northvolt has announced that it has selected a location in Quebec, on the south shore of Montreal, to build a new $5 billion battery gigafactory. Northvolt is a battery startup founded by two former Tesla executives who worked on Tesla’s first Gigafactory in Nevada with Panasonic. The company planned to recreate the “gigafactory” concept of having a giant battery factory producing in the…
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Jeep's first fully electric SUV racks up over 40,000 orders

September 28, 2023
Jeep’s first 100% electric SUV, the Jeep Avenger, is creating a buzz in Europe. The Avenger has received over 40,000 orders since launching, as momentum picks up into the second half of the year. Orders for Jeep’s first electric SUV are picking up The rugged SUV maker gave us a glimpse into its future electric lineup last year, previewing three new EV models set to debut by 2025. Jeep has…
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Gear in this story

September 28, 2023
Nikon’s Nikkor Z 135mm F1.8 S ‘Plena’ is the company’s second Z-mount lens with a unique moniker, which seems to suggest they think it’s something special. Nikon has described the lens as a must-have light-gathering beast for photographers, one…
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September 28, 2023
The Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S ‘Plena’ is Nikon’s second named Z-mount lens, following in the footsteps of 2019’s Nikkor Z 58mm f/0.95 S ‘Noct.’ Photo credit: Nikon Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S ‘Plena’ lens, a mid-telephoto portrait prime for Nikon’s Z-series cameras. This turns out to be the product teased in a video last…
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT access to the entire internet

September 28, 2023
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been an undoubtedly powerful and interesting tool since its release in November 2022, but it has been limited with the domain of its knowledge — which only included information up to September 2021. But that changes today. OpenAI just announced on X…
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Here's how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023's brutal summer heat

September 28, 2023
Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down. Texas is a solar powerhouse Researchers from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) crunched data from ERCOT, which operates the Texas grid. The researchers found that from June 15 through September 15 – Texas’s…
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