Back at CES in January, PopSockets announced that it would be embracing the iPhone 12’s new MagSafe technology, and now those accessories have officially arrived. The MagSafe compatible and are now available to order in the United States.
In the past, PopGrips have largely relied on adhesive to attach to iPhones and cases, but that changes with the new PopGrip for MagSafe. This attaches to…
Snapchat announced today, during its annual partnership summit, a new iOS video editing app called Story Studio. It’ll give users an editing tool specifically designed for mobile with vertical videos. It also unveiled the next-generation Spectacles with AR support.
Story…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Vermont’s Green Mountain Power is the first US utility to offer the Span Smart Panel in a pilot program.
Chicago-based Energize Ventures leads its first investment in the battery sector.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
Tesla is updating Roadster design, 0-60 mph in mind-boggling 1.1 sec with SpaceX package?
May 21, 2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is updating the new Roadster design, and it looks like it’s going to achieve a 0-60 mph acceleration in a mind-boggling 1.1 seconds with the SpaceX package.
The new Roadster prototype is currently being displayed at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles.
We shared a close look at it with a walk-around video.
It’s a rare opportunity for the public to see…
The Voge ER10 is the latest electric motorcycle import headed for the European market, but this time things could be different.
That’s because unlike many of the 50cc-equivalent Asian electric two-wheelers we have seen reaching the continent, the Voge ER10 is a more…
Meet the HydroFlyer – an electric personal watercraft that seems to combine aspects of hydrofoil boards, surfboards, and jet skis into the most unique water toy I’ve seen in a long time.
The brainchild of Canadian inventor Jerry McArthur and produced in partnership…
Ford gets into battery manufacturing, commits to 60 GWh factory in the US with SK Innovation
May 21, 2021
Ford announced that it is getting into battery manufacturing by committing to a 60 GWh factory in the US as part of a joint venture with Korea’s SK Innovation.
It was only a few years when Ford didn’t see much value in getting into battery cell production, but things have changed.
The automaker is now fully invested in the electric transition, and if you want to produce electric vehicles in…
Alphabet Scoop 123: Android 12 + Material You, Wear OS, and everything at Google I/O 2021
May 21, 2021
This week 9to5Google’s Abner Li, Ben Schoon, and Kyle Bradshaw discuss their thoughts on the items that came out of the Google I/O keynote and what didn’t get mentioned.
Sponsored by NVIDIA GeForce NOW: Real-time gameplay straight from the cloud to any device you own.
As Epic Games and Apple fight over the iOS App Store, Google is opening up Android to work even better with app stores that aren’t Google Play on Android 12 devices.
Google previously teased that it would implement a new method of dealing with third-party app stores on…
Audi invited us to drive the 2022 Audi RS e-tron GT in the Adirondack mountains, a mere 10 minutes from my home north of NYC. How could I pass up that opportunity when I traveled across the country to see it for the first time in 2019? The drive made for a memorable (and inexpensive!) lunch date with my wife to boot.
The Audi RS e-tron GT is a high-performance electric car based on the same VW…
