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YouTube rolls out animated Android 12 splash screen [Updated]

November 20, 2021
Every app open on Android 12 is accompanied by a launch animation to make “startup a more consistent and delightful experience.” One aspect of this is an animated icon on the splash screen, with Drive being the first Google app to support this on Android 12. Update 11/19: Version 16.45.36 of YouTube is widely rolling out this evening with the animated splash screen Update 11/11: YouTube is…
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Ford and Rivian cancel plans for joint EV

November 20, 2021
Ford and Rivian had been planning to develop an electric vehicle together, but those plans have been canceled, Ford CEO Jim Farley told Automotive News. Previously, the two companies had been planning to develop an electric Lincoln SUV, but those plans were canceled last…
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GM rolls out software update limiting Chevy Bolt EV charge to 80%, but removes parking restrictions

November 20, 2021
GM announced that it is starting to roll out a new software update to Chevy Bolt EVs as part of its recall due to battery fire risks. It will limit the state-of-charge to 80%, but it will remove other restrictions, like not being able to park inside garages. For months, we have been reporting on the mounting pressure to have GM recall the Bolt EV after several cars caught on fire while…
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Here’s how Alaska’s only electric school bus is performing in temps as low as -40F

November 20, 2021
In October 2020, Electrek reported that the state of Alaska got its very first electric school bus. Here’s how the first and only electric school bus in The Last Frontier is running just over a year later. Alaska’s electric school bus in the extreme cold The electric school bus, which was built by Thomas Built Buses in North Carolina, is picking up and dropping off kids in the town of Tok…
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Podcast: LA Auto Show report, Tesla phantom braking problem, EV incentives, and more

November 20, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including our reported from the LA Auto Show, Tesla’s phantom braking problem, EV incentive update, and more. Need more Electrek in your life? Subscribe to the Electrek Daily here.  Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for…
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