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Aptera wants to adopt Tesla’s charge connector for its solar electric car

Aptera wants to adopt Tesla’s charge connector for its upcoming solar electric car and believes that the entire US EV market should do the same. When Tesla started making electric cars, there was no dominant charging standard and therefore, Tesla developed its own. Things have changed a lot since then, and now, CCS has become the global standard. While CCS has now been globally adopted, it…
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Tesla dominates the list of most American-made cars

Tesla dominates the list of most American-made cars, now with the Model Y taking the top spot on the 2022 list. Until somewhat recently, there were still many people who don’t even know that Tesla is an American automaker. There would be, semi-regularly, someone who…
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Dress rehearsal for NASA’s deep-space rocket cut short by mere seconds

After three previous aborted attempts, NASA successfully fueled its new massive deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, for the first time on Monday — completing a critical milestone ahead of the vehicle’s first flight. However, there was a shadow over the achievement. The fueling was part of an elaborate dress rehearsal that ended 20 seconds earlier than NASA had planned, and it’s…
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Moment’s New Adapter Turns Any Lens into an Anamorphic Lens

Moment has announced the 1.33x Anamorphic Lens Adapter, which it says can change any optic — vintage or modern — into an anamorphic lens. According to the company, the new Lens Adapter — which mounts onto the front of existing lenses — is easier to use than anything else on the market and can turn any modern or vintage camera lens into a 1.33x anamorphic optic with widescreen aspect…
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Light Lens Lab shows off prototype 50mm F1.2 ASPH lens for Leica M-mount cameras

Obscure optics manufacturer Light Lens Lab has shared the first product shots and sample images for its new 50mm F1.2 ASPH ‘1966’ lens for Leica M-mount camera systems. As reported by Photo Rumors, the lens shown off in the images is a prototype, but it’s probably safe to assume the image quality won’t change much from now to the production version – for better or worse. No detailed…
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