Tesla has laid off about 200 people working at its San Mateo offices as it closes the location. Most of the employees were working as Autopilot data labelers – a critical project for Tesla to achieve self-driving capability.
LinkedIn is flooding with posts from now former Tesla employees working at its San Mateo office after the automaker let them know yesterday that it would be shutting down…
Samsung SDI is reportedly setting up a new pilot production line to build 4680 battery cells for Tesla. It will be the third manufacturer to try to secure a volume contract to supply Tesla with the new battery cell format.
Korea’s TheElec reports that the Korean…
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Nintendo revealed that the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is real, and it’s…
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One of the new announcements during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini was of a Square Enix game called Harvestella. A farming sim/RPG hybrid, it looks like a fantasy twist on Stardew Valley or Story of Seasons. It…
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CCP Games launched the AIR Career Program, a part of its revamp of the Eve Online player…
ARM’s newest flagship GPU will offer hardware-based ray tracing, a first for the company. Announced today, the Immortalis-G715 promises a 15 percent performance boost compared to the firm’s previous generation of premium Mali GPUs. The performance improvement is courtesy…
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said he believes that Tesla’s decision to ramp up 3 Gigafactories simultaneously will weaken the automaker and help VW catch up in the race to dominate the EV space.
Tesla and the Volkswagen Group are widely recognized as the leaders in electrification, especially in their respective home markets of the United States and Europe. But, Tesla is still the clear leader…
US electric vehicle jobs exploded in 2021, clean energy jobs grew – and fossil fuel jobs shrunk
June 29, 2022
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2022 US Energy and Employment Report (USEER), which reveals that 2021 saw electric vehicle jobs increase by a whopping 26.2%, or 21,961, new jobs.
US electric vehicle jobs led 2021 energy sector growth
The 2022 USEER…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 28, 2022
June 29, 2022
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Nikon has announced the compact Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S super-telephoto prime lens for its mirrorless Z-mount cameras and it says that this new optic is the lightest in its class.
The new full-frame lens for the Nikon Z Mirrorless system weighs about 2.55 pounds (1,160 grams, excluding the tripod collar), and is about 9.2 inches (234.5 millimeters) long, which is touted as light and…
