To take advantage of the UWB tech in some of its recent smartphones, Samsung is launching the Galaxy SmartTag and SmartTag+ trackers this week.
The standard Galaxy SmartTag works a lot like a traditional Tile tracker. It connects over Bluetooth and tracks any object you attach it to, even if that happens to be a pet. Samsung says the SmartTag lasts for months on a single coin battery.
Bluetooth…
Sodium Cycles shows off 50 mph light electric motorcycle headed for sodium-ion batteries
January 14, 2021
French motorbike company Sodium Cycles took to CES 2021 to show off the latest version of their light electric motorcycle known as the Xubaka.
Sodium Cycles Xubaka
The Xubaka electric motorcycle has been in development since 2018 and looks quite different from most mini…
Tesla explains how it achieves top safety rating on Model Y and ‘lowest rollover risk of any SUV’
January 14, 2021
Tesla released more information on how it achieved a top safety rating on Model Y with NHTSA, including the “lowest rollover risk of any SUV” ever tested.
Tesla Model Y crash test results
Earlier this week, we reported on Tesla Model Y acing its safety test with…
Tesla files to use new ‘millimeter-wave radar’ on its ‘full self-driving’ electric cars
January 14, 2021
Tesla has applied with the FCC for the use of a new “millimeter-wave radar” for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving in its electric cars.
New Tesla Radar
Tesla uses a front-facing radar sensor hidden inside the front fascia of its vehicles as part of its Autopilot/Full Self-Driving (FSD) sensor suite.
Electrek has found a new FCC filing from Tesla in which the automaker applied to get a new…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 13, 2021
January 14, 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…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy a next-generation large surface combatant by the end of the 2030s, but its not being built for a new kind of sensor or weapon system. The newly dubbed DDG(X) is being built for power.
The Navy has, or course, built ships around…
Siemens spin-offs to develop offshore wind turbines that produce green hydrogen – Reuters
January 14, 2021
In an exclusive, Reuters reports that Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy will develop commercial offshore wind turbines that can produce hydrogen via electrolysis. “It is the renewable industry’s most concrete plan yet to capitalize on an expected boom in hydrogen demand.”
Siemens Energy owns 67% of Siemens Gamesa, the world’s largest offshore wind turbine maker. The two companies are…
Do the earliest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers still have legs? The US Navy thinks so.
January 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy has a problem: The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program was too successful.
Between 1991, when the Navy commissioned the USS Arleigh Burke, and 1998, when it commissioned the USS Mahan, the service built the class at a pace of three per year.
NHTSA asks Tesla to recall Model S and Model X over MCU fiasco
January 14, 2021
NHTSA is formally asking Tesla to recall over 100,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over a problem with its media unit (MCU) that can affect many functions inside the vehicles.
The entire issue has been quite a fiasco so far.
Tesla MCU/eMMC Problem
Owners of older Tesla…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s future battle command system that will link sensors and shooters across the battlefield has been cleared for production, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to Defense News Jan. 13.
As part of a long and bumpy road, the Army delayed the production decision for the Northrop Grumman-developed Integrated Battle Command System in November due to administrative issues…
