After dominating in China, BYD is making an aggressive push into Europe. With another EV plant reportedly coming soon, this time in Germany, BYD is taking direct aim at Volkswagen, BMW, and other domestic OEMs.
BYD wants a third EV plant in Europe, likely in Germany
BYD is already quickly expanding its European footprint with two manufacturing plants under construction. One is in Hungary, and the…
BYD confirms new 1,000V 'Super E-Platform' capable of fast charging 400km in 5 minutes
March 19, 2025
We EV enthusiasts have heard it all from the haters before. “What are you gonna do with all those batteries?” “There’s just not enough range,” and, of course, “Charging takes so much longer than a gas station visit.” As previously teased, Chinese auto…
Renault has released more information about its upcoming Renault 5 Turbo 3E electric rally car, and boy howdy, does it look hot as hell.
For background: auto enthusiasts look very fondly on the rally scene in the 1980s, when there was a serious arms race between auto…
On Tuesday, onchain investigator ZachXBT raised alarms about the growing prevalence and severity of exploits within the cryptocurrency sector, highlighting the recent Bybit breach as a critical example.
‘This Industry Is Unbelievably Cooked,’ Says Investigator
His latest commentary delivers a scathing assessment of the industry’s approach to security, regulatory compliance, and efforts to…
Several U.S. lawmakers have warned that President Trump’s crypto dealings and Elon Musk’s unchecked power endanger financial stability, weaken oversight, and erode public trust in government accountability.
US Lawmakers Sound the Alarm Over Trump’s Crypto Ties and…
Xapo Bank is revolutionizing bitcoin finance with a game-changing loan service—borrow up to $1M in USD without selling your BTC.
Bitcoin-Backed Loans: A New Era of Crypto Credit
Xapo Bank has introduced a bitcoin-backed loan service, enabling qualifying members to secure…
The current AI ecosystem wasn’t built with game developers in mind. While impressive in controlled demos, today’s AI technologies expose critical limitations when transitioning to production-ready games, said Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld AI, in an interview with GamesBeat.
Right now, AI deployment is being slowed because game developers are dependent on black-box APIs with unpredictable pricing…
Mistral AI drops new open-source model that outperforms GPT-4o Mini with fraction of parameters
March 18, 2025
French artificial-intelligence startup Mistral AI unveiled a new open-source model today that the company says outperforms similar offerings from Google and OpenAI, setting the stage for increased competition in a market dominated by U.S. tech giants.
The model, called…
Baidu delivers new LLMs ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1 undercutting DeepSeek, OpenAI on cost — but they’re not open source (yet)
March 18, 2025
Over the weekend, Chinese web search giant Baidu announced the launch of two new AI models, ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, a multimodal language model and reasoning model, respectively.
Baidu claims they offer state-of-the-art performance on a variety of metrics, besting…
Toyota hints at Tacoma and 4Runner EVs for the US
March 18, 2025
The electric Tacoma and 4Runner may not be a pipe dream after all. Toyota is hinting that EV versions of the popular pickup and SUV could be coming to the US.
Is Toyota launching Tacoma and 4Runner EVs?
Toyota took the spotlight this week in Brussels, unveiling three new electric SUVs set to arrive in Europe by the end of the year.
Although the event was heavily focused on its European lineup, we…
