The Biden administration announced this week that it will cut the cost of building wind and solar on US public land by 50%.
In a statement, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced:
The new policy will reduce rents and fees substantially and enhance rate predictability for wind and solar developers. On average, the [Bureau of Land Management] expects rents and fees to decrease by over 50%…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed into law SB 193, an air-quality bill which among other things creates a $65 million grant program for electric school buses in the state.
A number of states and cities have committed to buying electric school buses, with thousands…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 2, 2022
June 3, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
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Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30 – the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Last month, Musk announced ‘Tesla AI Day #2’ with ‘many cool updates’ on August 19.
The original “Tesla AI Day” held last year was an event focused on the company’s self-driving program. The automaker…
Resident Evil 4 remake announced for March 2023
June 3, 2022
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Capcom revealed the first footage of the long-rumored Resident Evil 4 remake at the June…
Organizations are increasingly deploying edge computing capabilities for a growing number of use cases where AI will play a pivotal role.
Among the many vendors eyeing a piece of the artificial intelligence (AI) edge pie is Lenovo. It recently announced the availability of…
Android Auto is an excellent platform, but as it’s evolved, it’s also removed some of its features. Over the past week, it’s become clear that Google is ready to say goodbye to the Android Auto for Phone Screens experience in its entirety.
Android Auto for Phone Screens ‘will stop working soon’
Over the past week, reports on Reddit and reviews in the Google Play Store have brought light…
The latest first-party app to get an Android tablet-optimized redesign is Google Clock with version 7.2 today. This follows Google Lens and Calculator, which widely rolled out earlier this week.
As briefly previewed during I/O 2022 last month, the big change to Google Clock…
In an upcoming update to ChromeOS, the Gallery app is gaining a handy option to edit images and videos in Google Photos.
On ChromeOS today, there are a handful of image editing tools built into the default Gallery app. With one click, you’re able to crop & rotate…
Did you know you could change your vehicle in Google Maps to the Street View car? Here’s how
June 3, 2022
Can you believe it? It’s been 15 years since the development and rollout of the Google Street View car, that awesome little vehicle with a 360-degree camera attached to the top like a big lollipop. To celebrate, Google Maps has added a new Street View car mode that lets you cruise around as – you guessed it – the Google Street car. Here’s how you can activate and use it as your personal…
