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Lectric XPremium e-bike opens for orders, sets new low price for mid-drive electric bicycle industry

April 25, 2022

Lectric eBikes, the Phoenix-based electric bicycle company that has built its name on budget-priced electric bikes, opened orders today for its newest model: the Lectric XPremium. The recently-unveiled folding e-bike sets a new industry low-price for high-performance mid-motor e-bikes . While we’ve occasionally seen mid-drive electric bikes with lower sticker prices, they’re usually…

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Tesla launches competition to design Cyberquad electric ATV’s battery pack

April 25, 2022

Tesla has launched a new competition to design the Cyberquad’s battery pack as the automaker appears to literally be crowdsourcing R&D for the electric ATV, though it’s more likely a recruiting effort. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, CEO Elon Musk had a…

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Pony.ai becomes first autonomous driving company to receive a taxi license in China

April 25, 2022

Autonomous driving developer Pony.ai announced it has received a license to operate its self-driving taxis in China, the first company to achieve the permit. Pony.ai will soon have 100 robotaxis in operation throughout Nansha, Guangzhou, charging riders fares alongside…

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New Mexico ski resort looks to reach net-zero emissions with help of a 100% electric snow groomer

April 25, 2022

Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico recently became the first North American ski resort to use a fully-electric snow groomer, by putting a PistenBully 100 E into operation. This is just one of several actions the mountain village is taking to promote sustainability and achieve its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The mountain village was originally settled by copper miners in the…

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The Boring Company is finally going to make a full-scale version of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

April 25, 2022

The Boring Company is finally going to make a full-scale version of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop – a new high-speed mode of transportation – and it is coming as soon as this year. Back in 2013, Elon Musk released a white paper describing what he called the ‘Hyperloop’…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially acquires Twitter to take it private – it’s happening

April 25, 2022

Twitter announced that it accepted an acquisition offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk for roughly $44 billion, and it will become a private company once the transaction is closed. This is a surprising turn of events as Twitter’s board had appeared to resist Musk’s effort to…

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Omnar Can Covert Any Lens to M-Mount for Rangefinders

April 25, 2022

Omnar Lenses, a new optics manufacturer based out of the United Kingdom, has announced a partnership with Skylanney Opto-Mechanics to offer a new one-off service that will turn any non-rangefinder lens into a rangefinder coupled M-Mount lens. Omnar launched its first lens in October of last year when it built a rangefinder lens using repurposed Canon AF-10 optical elements called the…

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Lens Hoods: Why, When, and How to Use One in Photography

April 25, 2022

Whenever you buy a new camera lens, you’ll often receive a free lens hood included with your purchase. And while many photographers leave it on without thinking twice about what it does, this handy tool isn’t just for show. Lens hoods can help you achieve the…

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The iPhone 14 Pro to Have a Much Larger 48MP Main Camera: Report

April 25, 2022

For years the iPhone has been stuck with a 12-megapixel camera, whilst arguably still delivering great quality pictures, there has been no upgrade on resolution for multiple generations. A new report says that is changing this year. The iPhone 14 is reportedly set…

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Scientists Capture Brand-New Deep-Sea Jellyfish Species on Camera

April 25, 2022

Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have captured stunning footage of a new species of deep-sea jellyfish. MBARI researchers have published a description of the new discovery in Animals. Its name, Atolla reynoldsi, is in honor of the first volunteer at Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI’s education and conservation partner. “We named this stunning new species in…