Apple is planning a major change for how customers buy hardware products, starting as soon as later this year with the iPhone. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to let users buy iPhone and iPad hardware “similar to paying a monthly app fee.”
The new program is described as Apple’s “biggest push yet into automatically recurring sales.”
Apple currently allows…
Poll: Would you be interested in an ‘Apple hardware subscription’ for the latest iPhone and iPad?
March 25, 2022
What if Apple changed the way you buy the latest iPhone and iPad to a subscription model? According to a report by Bloomberg, this could soon change as the company is planning to let users buy iPhone and iPad hardware “similar to paying a monthly app fee.”
In 2019…
A new report shows that Tesla is spending more in research and development (R&D) per car than any other automaker by a wide margin, and it is spending the least in advertising per car sold.
Tesla is now the biggest automaker in the world by market capitalization…
Columbus, Ohio, headquartered American Electric Power’s 998-megawatt (MW) Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma is now online. It’s the largest single wind farm built at one time in North America.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for…
CATL announces zero-carbon battery plant in China as it looks to achieve global carbon neutrality
March 24, 2022
The world’s largest battery manufacturer, is going green… or at least starting to. Earlier today, CATL announced it has built a zero-carbon battery plant in Yibin, Sichuan province of China. While the current details are scarce, we can expect to learn more following a…
Chinese EV automaker BYD announced it has found an unlikely partner in Shell to expand and promote a good deal of energy and charging technologies together throughout Europe and China. This includes EV charging network services, integrated home energy solutions, electric…
Bianchi is one of the oldest bicycle companies still in existence, but today’s announcement is decidedly new-tech. The storied brand has just unveiled two new electric bicycles in the Bianchi T-Tronik line: The T-Tronik C-Type and T-Tronik T-Type.
The new models, designed as city bikes and touring bikes respectively, make use of Shimano E6100 mid-drive motors to provide electric assist.
That…
Electrify America unveils new charging station with better displays, cable management, solar, and more amenities
March 24, 2022
Electrify America unveiled a new charging station concept today that includes updates to the actual chargers with better displays and cable management as well as updates to the stations themselves with solar canopies and more amenities.
With 731 charging stations and over…
Einride partners with Maersk to electrify over one million shipments over the next five years
March 24, 2022
EV freight technology company Einride has announced a new partnership with Maersk to provide its Freight Mobility platform to the latter’s fleet. The transition will include 300 Einride electric trucks in what the companies are calling the largest operational contract for…
Samyang has announced the second generation 35mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens for both full-frame and crop sensor Sony E-mount cameras. With its launch, Samyang says that the major angles of 50mm and 35mm in its f/1.4 lineup have been updated.
The Promise of High Performance
Samyang says that the AF 35mm f/1.4 FE II has sharp and clear image rendition from corner to corner as well as a fast…
