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Tesla dashcam captures armed carjacking attempt and robber firing shot into electric car

March 11, 2021
TeslaCam, Tesla’s integrated dashcam system using Autopilot cameras, has captured an armed carjacking attempt during which the carjacker fired a shot into a Model 3 electric car. Draper Younce, a Navy sailor and Tesla Model 3 owner, was sitting in his car in Jacksonville, Florida, waiting to pick up a friend when an armed and masked man approached his vehicle, pointed a gun at him, and asked…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 10, 2021

March 11, 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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Google Search stocks card gets modernized look on desktop web

March 11, 2021
Google offers a dedicated Finance portal that shows you news in addition to charts and other trend data. That said, most users make do with entering ticker symbols in Search to find the price of stocks, with Google recently revamping the desktop experience. Just like with weather last month, the stock card in Google Search has been slightly tweaked. The same organization and placement principles…
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Tesla increase prices on its cheapest and most expensive electric vehicles

March 11, 2021
Tesla has increased prices on its cheapest and most expensive electric vehicles in a quiet overnight update to its online configurator. Unlike most automakers who distribute their vehicles through dealerships who ultimately decide the price of the cars, Tesla owns its entire distribution system and has uniform pricing across each market. But that uniform pricing has historically often been…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Optibus launches new AI platform to help cities plan transit routes

March 11, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Real-time transit can be a dilemma for municipalities that lack scalable infrastructure. Tasks like routing, timing, and asset management are tough to optimize without a system for moving the necessary pieces into place. And with the number of heavy-duty transit buses expected to surpass 57,700 in…
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