Tesla has updated the solar roof webpage and dropped the claim that its tiles are “3x stronger than standard tiles”.
The company is trying to ramp up solar roof production and installations, but not without issues.
Solar Roof has been one of Tesla’s toughest products to bring to production and one of the main problems has been validating the durability of the tiles.
Since the roof needs to…
EV automaker NIO has just announced that its annual “NIO Day” 2021 event will be held at the Olympic Sports Center in Suzhou, west of Shanghai on December 18. NIO Day 2020 was held in early January of this year, and the event is usually when the automaker introduces new…
Tesla has added back solar panel installation to its referral program with a new $300 award for both referrers and new buyers being referred.
Earlier this year, we reported that Tesla plans to completely revamp its referral program:
“According to a source familiar with…
Electrek was invited to try out the cheapest EV in the world, which is manufactured by Changli. It was hilarious, cute, “cheap” in every way, and a wild exercise for the imagination. Even though it doesn’t retain its famed price tag, the US importers have put great effort into adding back value where the shipping costs took it away.
Changli manufactures these vehicles in China to be used…
Ford announces $316 million UK facility transformation to build first EV components in Europe
October 19, 2021
Ford has announced that its vehicle transmission facility at Halewood in the UK will be transformed to build electric power units for future Ford passenger and commercial EVs in Europe. The £230 million (~$315 million) investment will see a complete revamp to the facility…
Enterprise data intelligence solution provider Alation Inc. has announced the acquisition of data insights and AI vendor, Lyngo Analytics. This deal will enable Alation to scale its data intelligence offerings, help companies to drive their data culture, and elevate the…
The ROI of AI: Will it deliver real value?
October 19, 2021
The enterprise sector is poised to start spending top-dollar on AI next year, but perhaps the most salient question has yet to be answered: Is this going to make money, or just cost money?
The fact remains that there is still a lot of misunderstanding as to what AI actually is, how it integrates into existing processes, and what it can ultimately accomplish. Most potential users are undoubtedly…
Artificial intelligence and machine learning pioneers are rapidly expanding on techniques that were originally designed for natural language processing and translation to other domains, including critical infrastructure and the genetic language of life. This was reported in…
CIRP: iPhone 12 Pro Max was the best selling iPhone in Q3 as buyers avoid ‘smaller, older models’
October 19, 2021
Following last month’s launch of the iPhone 13 lineup, new data from analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) shows that trends suggest iPhone buyers are “replacing phones more quickly,” despite more iterative year-over-year improvements.
The data…
Apple releases iOS 15.1 RC to developers and public beta users
October 19, 2021
Right after Apple’s September keynote, the company introduced iOS 15.1 beta, which reintroduces some features removed from iOS 15.0 and also adds some new ones. Now iOS 15.1 RC (Release Candidate) is available for developers and public beta users.
One of the key iOS 15 features announced at WWDC 2021 in June was SharePlay, which lets users share songs, videos, or even the screen during a…
