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Tesla announces that Jerome Guillen transitions to new role leading ‘Tesla Heavy Trucking’

March 16, 2021
Tesla announced today that Jerome Guillen, president of automotive, will transition to a new role focusing on heavy trucking at the automaker. Guillen is best known for being the Model S program director during a crucial time for Tesla’s vehicle program (2010-2013), but prior to joining Tesla, he was a longtime Daimler engineer and led the development of the successful Cascadia truck. He…
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Google prepares to open up Nearby Share to everyone near you, multiple people at once

March 16, 2021
After years of users clamoring for the functionality, Google finally debuted its own version of Apple’s AirDrop last year. Now, we’ve spotted what’s next for Nearby Share — the ability to see everyone around you and to send files to more than one person at once. Nearby Share is already useful in its current form, but there’s plenty of room for improvement. As it stands today, the…
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VW orders $14 billion worth of battery cells from Northvolt’s gigafactory, takes bigger stake

March 16, 2021
Volkswagen Group confirmed that it placed a new order for $14 billion worth of battery cells from Northvolt’s Swedish gigafactory, and it is taking a bigger stake in the battery manufacturer. Northvolt is a battery startup founded by two former Tesla executives who worked on Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 in Nevada with Panasonic. The Swedish startup received investments from several companies…
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The easiest way to solar charge an electric bicycle (even at night!)

March 16, 2021
There’s just something so natural-feeling about charging an e-bike from solar power. E-bikes are already such environmentally responsible alternatives to cars that they make me want to go the rest of the way and charge them in what feels like an environmentally responsible form too – with solar power that I generated onsite myself.  I’ve played with various methods for solar charging my…
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