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BYD introduces a unique looking electric school bus for the US with vehicle-to-grid capabilities

January 28, 2022
Chinese mobility manufacturer BYD has introduced its new “Type A” electric school bus to transport up to thirty US students at a time. Furthermore, the new zero-emission bus is ADA capable up to 800 lbs and can travel 140 miles on a single charge. What may be most appealing to school districts, however, is the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities BYD’s Type A school bus will provide. BYD is an…
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The future is now: After nine years, it’s time to say goodbye to the BMW i3

January 28, 2022
After a production run of nine years and more than 250,000 units sold, the BMW i3, BMW’s first “I” brand EV, will cease production later this summer. Even so, the quirky little compact can go out with its head held high, because the electric future it predicted is finally here. When the BMW i3 arrived as a concept in 2011, along with its “i” stablemate the BMW i8, it was aggressively…
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Monster Adapter Launches Contax N Lens to Sony E-Mount Adapter

January 28, 2022
Monster Adapter has announced the LA-NE1 adapter that supports autofocus, aperture control, and data transmission between Contax N-Mount lenses and Sony E-Mount cameras. Contax N-Mount The Contax N and N-Mount cameras were remarkably short-lived, though the system did have nine lenses produced for it by Carl Zeiss. Two of the Contax N cameras were film SLRs with the only digital camera…
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4K at 4,000 meters: Custom underwater camera records highly-detailed 4K video

January 28, 2022
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) collaborated with DeepSea Power & Light to create the MxD SeaCam underwater 4K camera. The early results from the custom-built camera are amazing. MBARI just published exquisitely detailed 4K videos captured thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface. ‘Seeing the rapid adoption of 4K imaging and recognizing the scientific…
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