It’s official: Yesterday the European Parliament voted to make Europe the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, with the sales of new ICE vehicles to be illegal from 2035. Since most auto manufacturers are planning to go all-electric by this deadline, the new policy feels like too little, too late, and way too much compromise.
Yesterday in Strasbourg, France, the EU voted to prohibit the…
As a zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV), Nikola Corporation’s Tre BEV truck has qualified for yet another state incentive program for fleet customers. The American automaker announced that the battery electric Nikola Tre is eligible for the New York Truck Voucher Incentive…
The White House announced today a plan to develop new standards for what they have been describing as the “first-ever national network of 500,000 electric car chargers.”
While many potential EV buyers were hoping Build Back Better Act to pass for the new EV…
Tesla is launching an effort to ‘revolutionize’ service and aiming to be 10 times better than the competition. CEO Elon Musk elaborates on the effort during a company-wide meeting.
Earlier this week, we reported on Musk’s announcement that Tesla is working on service in North America and how Telsa is aiming to make the majority of appointments same-day repairs. As we noted, it is much…
NHTSA announced today that its investigation into Tesla Autopilot has been upgraded to a step closer to a possible recall.
Last year, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it is launching an investigation into Tesla Autopilot after…
Leica has announced a new limited edition analog camera kit, the Leica M-A “Titan.” Paired with a Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, the camera is set to retail for $20,000 and is limited to 250 pieces worldwide.
The all-mechanical Leica M-A pairs with the Summicron…
A new book by historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris explores the work of pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, whose groundbreaking work changed the lives of soldiers that had been seriously wounded in trench warfare during the First World War.
Warning: Some of these images show graphic facial injuries and may be considered not safe for work.
Gillies is known as the “grandfather of…
Camera gear manufacturer Meike continues to expand into the stills lens market with a new wide-angle 12mm f/2 APS-C manual focus lens.
The new optic is fully manual and is available for Sony E-mount APS-C cameras, Canon EF-M, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, and Micro Four…
These cameras do not exist. As real as they might appear, they were created using an artificial intelligence system called DALL-E 2, which can make realistic images based only on text descriptions.
These strange and insane-looking cameras were created using DALL-E 2…
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Introduction
Editor’s note: Corrected an error with the weight and pricing we mentioned in one of the slides. That has been corrected.
Two weeks ago, Fujifilm announced its new XF 150–600mm F5.6–8 R LM OIS WR lens, a super telephoto zoom that offers the longest focal length to date for Fujifilm X-series cameras. Now, after spending some time with the…
