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Tesla Model Y to be cheaper police patrol car in just 6-18 months, says Boulder Sheriff

August 17, 2021
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office announced that it acquired a Tesla Model Y to test as a police patrol vehicle. It justified that higher sticker price with gas savings resulting in a cheaper total cost of ownership in just 6 to 18 months. Like many other law enforcement agencies, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is starting to look into electrifying its large fleet of vehicles. Tesla…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 16, 2021

August 17, 2021
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…
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World’s largest solar-powered battery system is now 75% complete

August 17, 2021
The Florida Power and Light (FPL) Company’s Manatee Energy Storage Center, the world’s largest solar-powered battery system capable of powering Walt Disney World for around seven hours, is now 75% complete. World’s largest solar-powered battery system It’s in Parrish in Manatee County, which is is south of Tampa and north of Sarasota, on Florida’s west coast. In March 2019, Electrek…
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GamingNews

Activision teases Call of Duty: Vanguard reveal for August 19 inside Warzone

August 17, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Activision confirmed it will reveal Call of Duty: Vanguard as the latest installment in the shooter series at an event inside Call of Duty: Warzone at 10: 30 a.m. Pacific time on August 19. Numerous leakers have said Vanguard is set in World War II and it involves the various soldiers such as a female Russian sniper…
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Roblox bookings grow 35% to $665.5M for Q2 2021

August 17, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $665.5 million, up 35% from the same period a year ago. The San Mateo…
AI & RoboticsNews

What to expect from OpenAI’s Codex API

August 17, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! This article is part of our series that explores the business of artificial intelligence OpenAI will make Codex, its AI programmer technology, available through an application programming interface, the company announced on its blog on Tuesday. In tandem with the announcement…
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