The US Department of Energy today released a study showing that by 2035, electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will cost the same as or less than diesel trucks.
And by 2030, nearly half of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be cheaper to buy, operate, and maintain than diesel trucks.
Battery electric trucks are expected to become cost competitive for smaller trucks before 2030…
Power plant developers and operators are expected to add 51 gigawatts (GW) of new solar and battery storage projects to the US power grid from 2022 to 2023, which will make up 60% of new generating capacity, according to the US Energy Information Administration…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 7, 2022
March 8, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
After emerging from a courtroom where he was found guilty of assault, United Kingdom rapper Dizzee Rascal was captured on video knocking a photographer’s camera out of their hands, picking it up, and hurling it across the street.
In a video captured by ITV News cameras, Rascall, real name Dylan Mills, can be seen knocking a Canon DSLR out of a PA Media photographer’s hands, picking it up…
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Daimaru Tokyo store, Leica is releasing a special limited edition Raspberry Leather model of the Leica Q2.
Reminiscent of Tokyo Station’s Red Bricks
Leica Japan says the “raspberry” color of the authentic leather is…
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NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays for Trip to Metal-Rich Asteroid
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch.
NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready for its moment…
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Space Station to Host ‘Self-Healing’ Quantum Communications Tech Demo
The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located.
A tiny experiment launching to the International Space Station later this year could set the stage for a future…
EA soft launches Apex Legends Mobile in 10 countries
March 8, 2022
Apex Legends Mobile is getting a soft launch today in 10 countries as Electronic Arts tries to take its popular battle royale to mobile players.
Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends has been a huge free-to-play hit on the PC and consoles. Apex Legends Mobile is now…
What business executives need to know about AI
March 8, 2022
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
Virtually every enterprise decision-maker across the economic spectrum knows by now that artificial intelligence (AI) is the wave of the future. Yes, AI has its challenges and…
Geekbench removes four years of Samsung Galaxy benchmarks following GOS ‘throttling’ debacle
March 8, 2022
Benchmarks are never fully indicative of how a device will actually perform in real life, but they can provide some useful points of comparison between closely matched devices. Geekbench, one of the best benchmarking apps available across platforms, has just announced that it will remove results from the past few years of Samsung Galaxy devices over a recent software debacle.
Last week…
