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Tesla 4680 battery cell: new Panasonic CEO ready to make ‘large investment’ if production test is a success

June 24, 2021
Panasonic’s new CEO, Yuki Kusumi, is officially starting his new role and he says that the Japanese manufacturing giant is ready to make a ‘large investment’ in producing Tesla’s new 4680 battery cell if their current prototype production line is a success. Last year, Tesla unveiled its plan to produce its own new tabless battery cell in a bigger format with a new chemistry. The…
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What It’s Like to Photograph a Global Launch Campaign for Tamron

June 24, 2021
Most people don’t actually know what it means when I say I’m a “travel photographer,” it is usually met with a confused look and followed up by some variation of the question, “do you mean you travel for free?” or “who even pays you to travel?” So to sum it up, my clients are various stakeholders in the tourism industry. These could be hotels, adventure experiences, tourism…
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Two reasons Britain could slow its purchase of the F-35

June 24, 2021
LONDON — The high costs of supporting F-35s and a failure to quickly integrate the MBDA Meteor missile to the aircraft could slow British plans to buy more of the jets, defence secretary Ben Wallace warned June 23. Wallace told Britain’s Parliamentary defence select…
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Florida’s governor just locked ‘Florida into a dirty fossil fuel future’

June 24, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) just signed into law SB 1128/HB 919, “Preemption Over Restriction of Utility Services,” which was pushed through the legislature. It prevents local governments from deciding which energy path they want to take. In other words, Florida towns and cities are now unable to switch to 100% clean energy because they can’t ban fossil fuels. What’s in the new law? SB…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 23, 2021

June 24, 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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EA Originals shows the value of ‘smaller’ games for big publishers

June 24, 2021
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. EA is one of the biggest game publishers in the world, but it has taken an interest in “smaller” games. Sure, titles like Madden and Apex Legends will always be its biggest money makers, but the company sees value in fostering development from tinier studios. That’s why it started the EA Originals…
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