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Tesla applies for a new trademark to sell its own audio equipment, like headphones and more

January 20, 2022
Tesla has applied to expand its trademark in order to be able to sell audio equipment under its own brand. Does this mean Tesla has new audio products coming? The automaker filed for the trademark in the new category two weeks ago, but it went unnoticed until an Electrek reader pointed it out to me this morning. Tesla applied for both its “TESLA” and “T” logo trademarks in this new audio…
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Canadian Pacific railroad expands hydrogen train program with fuel cell purchase

January 20, 2022
Canadian Pacific railroad and Ballard Power Systems, a maker of hydrogen fuel cells, announced plans to significantly expand CP’s Hydrogen Locomotive Program, adding eight additional 200 kW fuel cell modules to their initial order. Supported by C$15 million in funding from Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA), Canadian Pacific (CP) is expanding its hydrogen locomotive program from one fuel-cell…
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GM scores huge tax break on $1.3 billion plan to build new EVs in Orion

January 20, 2022
Officials from Orion Township, Michigan approved a 12-year tax abatement for a proposed $1.3 billion investment by General Motors Co. (GM) to build out the Orion Assembly plant in Lake Orion to build the coming wave of electric GM cars. GM requested the maximum 12-year period permitted for the tax abatement on its investment in the Orion plant, plus three years during the planned construction…
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A closer look at the Leica M11 (photo gallery)

January 20, 2022
The new Leica M11 looks about as you’d expect – pretty similar to the M10 variants that preceded it, and not dissimilar to M-series rangefinders going back decades. In this photo gallery we’re taking a visual tour of the M11, and comparing it against two…
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Phantom S991 high-speed camera shoots 4K video at 937 frames per second

January 20, 2022
Vision Research has announced the Phantom S991 high-speed camera. The new specialized camera combines impressive Phantom sensor technology and CoaXPress-over-Fiber (CXFPoF) with CXP-12 to deliver 9Gpx/sec (70 Gbps) throughput to record 4096 x 2304 video at a blazing-fast 937 frames per second. Like other Phantom cameras, the S991 can record much faster than 937 frames per second with reduced…
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