Mercedes brought us out to Stuttgart, Germany this week to check out the latest developments in their DRIVE PILOT Level 3 autonomous software and hardware. After testing other beta autonomy products, I found Mercedes’ latest software/hardware bundle to be quite…relaxing.
To set the scene, we were in Mercedes’ huge Immendingen proving grounds outside of Stuttgart, and all the vehicles in…
Auckland, New Zealand-based Invisible Urban Charging (IUC), which offers “end-to-end charging as a service,” is going to roll out more than 6,000 EV chargers in Florida, mostly at commercial sites and parking lots.
Once the EV chargers for all models are fully…
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla’s (TSLA) earnings results, Tesla Supercharger V4, the Chevy Blazer EV, our first real Mercedes Drive Pilot test and…
CATL chief scientist says energy dense M3P batteries are already in production, debut next year
July 22, 2022
Following reports out of China earlier this month, battery behemoth CATL has confirmed the production of its M3P batteries that will deliver next year. Although the chemistry may be similar, CATL has said the M3P batteries vary from Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cells.
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd., aka CATL, is a global energy technology company and the leading EV battery…
A longstanding legal battle that surrounds photographs of Pablo Picasso’s paintings has just had a fresh twist after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court’s ruling that reproduction of the images was fair use.
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Canon has published a series of firmware updates for the R5, R6, and R3. The most notable improvement is to the R3, which can now shoot photos at a blistering 195 frames per second.
Canon R3 firmware version 1.2 adds a new custom high-speed continuous shooting…
Traditionally, camera-based technology has been used to track facial movements in real-time. But now, researchers at Cornell University have developed a wearable earphone device — or “earable” — that bounces sound off of a human’s cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of that person’s entire moving face.
The device performs as well as camera-based face tracking…
Gear in this story
July 22, 2022
Canon has announced firmware updates for its EOS R3, EOS R5 and EOS R6 full-frame mirrorless camera systems, bringing an array of new and improved features and functions.
Firmware version 1.2.0 for the EOS R3
Canon’s EOS R3 is already a capable mirrorless camera…
WhatsApp beta v2.22.16.12 is adding the ability for users of the cross-platform messaging app to hide their online status from everyone.
The ability to hide your online status is an extension of the ability to adjust a similar setting in the form of the “Last seen”…
Galaxy Watch 5 Pro tipped to be one of the only Wear OS watches with 3-day battery life
July 22, 2022
One of the biggest problems with Wear OS smartwatches has always been battery life, but it seems the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is going to make a big effort to avoid that problem, with claims of three-day endurance being thrown around.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 5 series is roughly a month away from hitting our wrists, and while it appears to be a minor upgrade overall, the “Pro” model seems quite…
