BMW has unveiled its highly-anticipated iNEXT electric SUV, which now becomes the ‘BMW iX’.
It features a range of more than 300 miles of range and strong performance.
BMW has been hyping the production version of the iNext as Tesla competitor for years now.
Now they finally unveiled the production version, which they are now calling the BMW iX, but the vehicle is still about a year away…
Google Photos ending unlimited free backup next year, cites ‘growing demand for storage’
November 12, 2020
Google Photos launched in 2015 with unlimited backup at a reduced but good enough quality for most users. The company announced today that it’s ending this practice next year, though existing uploads will not be affected.
Starting on June 1, 2021, new photo and video…
EGEB: BP launches first full-scale green hydrogen project
November 12, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
BP and Orsted launch a green hydrogen project at a German oil refinery.
Connecticut releases a statewide green energy jobs study. Here’s what the state found.
This Ted Talk explains how Africa needs to develop energy in…
Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides will count toward storage caps, new auto-delete policies announced
November 12, 2020
In addition to Photos ending unlimited free backup, Google is making a change to how Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other similar files are stored. The company also announced new auto-delete polices for inactive and full accounts.
Starting June 1, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Jamboard files will count toward “your free 15 GB of allotted storage or any additional storage provided…
Here’s what 5 US green energy CEOs said about Joe Biden’s win
November 12, 2020
The green energy industry is obviously delighted about Joe Biden’s US presidential win. Biden wants to rejoin the Paris Accord, rapidly accelerate green energy, and create millions of green energy jobs. Here’s what five CEOs had to say about the president-elect.
Green…
Well, it finally happened. Google today announced that its extremely popular Google Photos app would be losing free unlimited storage next year. With a product that was thrown into the public eye on that promise, is it still worth using now that free storage is a thing of…
Tesla hires the former head of a Mercedes-Benz factory near Berlin just after having fired the head of its Gigafactory Berlin project.
The local union behind the Daimler factory is getting weirdly mad about it.
René Reif was the head of the Mercedes-Benz factory in Marienfelde near Berlin until October of last year.
Now IG Metall, a powerful union in the auto industry in Germany, reports that…
Google this morning announced storage changes that impact several services, though it primarily affects Photos. Pixel phones will notably be exempted from the new Google Photos rules and continue to offer unlimited “High quality” backups.
Starting on June 1, non-Pixel…
Testing the Rad Mobile experience: When the electric bike shop comes to your driveway
November 12, 2020
As Rad Power Bikes has grown to become the largest electric bicycle company in North America, it has invested in broadening its reach beyond just a direct-to-consumer e-bike company.
It began with a push towards more retail locations, something akin to the traditional…
Android users today can enter a “work profile” that partitions personal apps and those required by their job. Google, starting with Calendar, is making the experience less disjointed on Android 11 by surfacing both personal and work data.
Certain applications cannot be “neatly split” into personal and work usage. For example, most Calendar users want to see an overview of their entire…
