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Jaguar Land Rover to retrain over 60% of its technicians to support rapid EV transition

September 28, 2022
Jaguar Land Rover revealed its new program Wednesday called the “future skills programme,” aimed at retraining 29,000 of its workforce to acquire the skills to develop, manufacture, and service modern luxury electric vehicles. The British luxury automaker has significant plans to introduce all Jaguar Land Rover vehicles in EV form by 2030, making it critical that its employees are on board for…
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Tesla hikes Supercharger prices in California

September 28, 2022
Tesla has announced a Supercharger price hike in California that is adding to the price increases throughout the last year. It’s still not the price of a tank of gas, but it is now starting to get expensive. One of the biggest advantages of electric vehicles remains that…
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Maker of long-duration CO2 Battery partners with wind giant Ørsted

September 28, 2022
Italian startup Energy Dome yesterday announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Danish wind giant Ørsted. Together, they will run a feasibility study on the deployment of a 20 megawatt (MW)/200 MWh energy storage facility using Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery technology at one or more Ørsted sites. The partnership’s aim is to use long-duration energy storage to provide baseload…
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Tesla (TSLA) adds Airbnb co-founder to its board

September 28, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it appointed Joseph Gebbia Jr., best known for being an Airbnb co-founder, to its board of directors. Earlier this year, Tesla announced that billionaire Larry Ellison is leaving its board of directors. At the time, the automaker said it…
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Google Phone app appears to be testing a new ‘bottom bar’ in-call UI on Pixel phones

September 28, 2022
The Google Phone app that handles calls and the dialer for Pixel phones appears to be testing a redesigned in-call UI that has a sort of “bottom bar” interface. Earlier this year, the Google Phone app rolled out a new dialer design that had clear Material You inspiration, but the app has been mostly silent in the months since. Now, another design update seems to be revamping the in-call…
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Nintendo's 'Splatoon 3' widgets put stats and stages on your phone screen

September 28, 2022
Nintendo’s approach to online gaming has sometimes been awkward (having to use your phone just to chat, for example), but it just took an important step forward. The Verge reports Nintendo has updated the Switch Online apps for Android and iOS with Splatoon 3 home screen widgets. You can quickly review your recent game stats, gaze at your screenshot album and check the stage schedule to see…
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