Cleantech & EV'sNews

Mining for electric car batteries ‘hundreds of times’ better than petrol car emission cycles

March 2, 2021
A new study did a deep dive into the emissions from the full life cycles, from petroleum extraction to mining, of both electric cars and fossil fuel-powered cars. The result is unsurprising but needed to dispel misinformation. One of the oil industry’s favorite ways to try to attack electric cars was to say that they are just as polluting as gas-powered vehicles because they were powered by an…
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MobileNews

Google Home app hints at new Nest Hub clock faces

March 2, 2021
For the majority of their lives, Assistant Smart Displays have had eight clock faces. The last pair was introduced in May of 2019, while small tweaks were made last year. Google now looks to be adding new clock faces to the Nest Hub. A Reddit user this evening has spotted at least three new “Fullscreen clocks” in the Google Home app (Device settings > Photo Frame). We see “Timeless”…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: March 1, 2021

March 2, 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…
DefenseNews

US Army’s newest tracked vehicle will undergo initial operational test in early 2022

March 2, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Army has scheduled the initial operational test for its newest tracked vehicle to begin the second quarter of fiscal 2022, a spokesperson for the program office leading the effort told Defense News. The BAE Systems-manufactured Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) has already begun production qualification testing and has continued live fire testing ahead of the operational…
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DefenseNews

Army Drone Rodeo Will Feature Textron's Vertical Takeoff UAS

March 2, 2021
Textron Systems Aerosonde Hybrid Quad which will be participating in the Army Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System Rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of Textron) Textron Systems is preparing to show off its vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in an Army drone rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia, for companies competing to replace the service’s RQ-7B…
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