Uber announced that 15,000 Tesla vehicles are already in the hands of its drivers in more than 30 US cities through its deal with Hertz to expand access to electric vehicles.
Last year, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to be delivered over the next year.
Shortly after, Hertz announced that on…
Rivian electric bikes inbound? Former Specialized CTO moves to Rivian signaling e-bike advancement
June 28, 2022
California-based automaker Rivian is best known today for its electric trucks, but could tomorrow’s Rivian be an electric bike? That possibility is looking much more certain now that the former CTO of a major bicycle brand has joined Rivian’s development team.
We’ve…
The world’s largest carbon direct air capture facility has started construction in Iceland, run by Swiss startup Climeworks AG.
When construction finishes in 18-24 months, their facility, named “Mammoth,” will be able to remove 36,000 tons of CO2 from the air per year…
Photos of Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 have leaked in advance of its June 29 reveal, showing a swoopy, aerodynamic shape for the upcoming EV sedan.
Update: Hyundai has now officially released photos and a press release.
So far we have no specs for the upcoming vehicle, only the shape. But the Ioniq 6 will be built on Hyundai/Kia’s “E-GMP” platform, the underpinnings of their current generation of…
Insta360 has announced the One RS 1-Inch 360 Edition that was co-engineered with Leica. The camera features dual one-inch sensors that can shoot up to 6K 360-degree video and 21-megapixel photos.
The company says that the camera represents a “major breakthrough” in…
For three nights over the weekend of June 24, a 4.1-mile-long laser light installation depicting the Pride flag stretched down Market Street from the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
The massive art installation was the brainchild and collaboration of San…
Swedish tech company ieye has partnered with Sony in a new kiosk that uses an Alpha camera to scan a shopper’s face to provide a bespoke selection of frames tailored specifically to an individual.
ieye is developing and operating a new network of digitized pop-up eyewear kiosks and stores with the goal of an algorithmic and tech-driven alternative to the analog and traditional optical…
In early June, home security camera company Reolink teased a new camera called the Keen Ranger PT. Now officially launched, the high-resolution, pan/tilt camera trap runs on solar and 4G LTE and is marketed primarily at hunters.
Unlike most trail cameras or camera traps…
DALL-E 2, an artificial intelligence system that can create photo-realistic images based only on a brief description, has been used by a photographer to edit his photos and is able to make an out of focus image sharp.
Nicholas Sherlock, sent the images edited with…
A photographer has paid to put his own images of Californian decline on giant billboards, focusing on the state’s problems with wildfire, drought, and housing.
Thomas Broening’s 35mm project, The End of the Dream, has hit the headlines after Broening paid for his photographs, that depict a bleak and gritty California, to be displayed on billboards.
“I started shooting it a…
