Tesla has been spotted gathering a massive number of Megapacks outside its Gigafactory Nevada. Is it a backlog due to supply chain issues or a new giant battery is in the work?
Drones are often flying over Tesla factories to try to document progress.
These days, they mostly fly over Gigafactory Texas and Gigafactory Berlin, Tesla’s latest factories, which are still growing as the automaker is…
As several companies across the globe move closer to delivering scaled production of solar EVs, a team in China has taken sustainable transportation a step further by creating a solar vehicle that runs entirely on energy from the sun. Introducing the Tianjin solar car.
With a tremendous number of bespoke EVs that have already arrived this year, there has never been a more exciting time to switch to go all-electric. A number of factors will play into your EV decision, regardless of whether it’s a lease or a purchase. Aside from the…
The new belt-drive Honbike U4 electric bike looks so good, you’d think it was a purely pedal bike
July 8, 2022
Electric bikes are great for a lot of things. They get you where you’re going faster than a traditional bike, cut through traffic faster than a car, and are more fun than both. But the downside is that they can often be rather chunky looking. Some are even downright chonks. But not the Honbike U4, as this is one new e-bike that looks so sleek and elegant that you’d never guess it had an…
2,000 Expert Soldier Badges Have Been Awarded in 3 Years. But Do Non-Combat Units Want It?
July 8, 2022
A U.S. Army soldier stands in formation with their newly earned Expert Soldier Badge May 20, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gabrielle Pena)
The Army has awarded the Expert Soldier Badge 2,000 times since it was introduced in 2019, according to…
Phase One has teased an update to its XT camera system, a field camera-inspired medium format body that melds the feeling of classic film photography with modern hardware and software.
The company plans to release an update to the XT camera, but it doesn’t…
NASA as revealed the cosmic objects that will be shown when it releases the first full-color photos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12.
The space agency says that the five targets listed below represent the first wave of full-color scientific images and spectra that the James Webb Space Telescope has gathered and will mark the official beginning of the observatory’s…
2021 Was Leica’s Best Financial Year Ever
July 8, 2022
Leica has announced that 2021/22 was its best financial year in its more than 100-year history. It increased revenue by 16% to 450 million euros.
The financial year was between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022 which resulted in the best business result in the…
A rare collection of 405 vintage film cameras will go up for auction where it’s expected to sell for over $30,000.
Leica, Rolleiflex, Hasselblad, Zeiss Ikon, Kodak, Pentax, Mamiya, Minolta, Exakta, Contaflex, are the brands among the exotic collection that span…
If there was one word to describe 2022’s camera sales trends so far, it would be “pivotal.” When I say pivotal, I mean it to say that it seems as if a switch has been flipped and the market has turned on its head.
Earlier this year, I reported on what a transformative year 2021 was for manufacturers as production kicked back in, demand ramped up, and component shortages played…
