General Motors marque GMC recently shared that it has received over 65,000 reservations for its electrified Hummer pickup and SUV, much higher than the American automaker’s initial expectations. As a result, GMC is expediting Hummer EV production to keep up with the growing consumer demand. That being said, the SUV version of the Hummer is not scheduled to deliver until 2023, and new pickup…
US school bus maker Blue Bird receives its largest-ever order of electric school buses
March 29, 2022
Macon, Georgia-based bus maker Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history.
California’s Modesto City Schools ordered 30 Blue Bird All American Type D electric school buses to…
The first electric vehicle to go on sale with Android Automotive is getting another major update, as Polestar 2 is rolling out its Android 11 update.
Detailed on Polestar’s software updates page, software version P2.0 is now available for the 2021 and 2022 model years of…
UK-based sports car manufacturer, Lotus Cars, has officially unveiled details of its long-teased “Type 132” electric SUV. Today, the brand announced the EV will be dubbed the Eletre (pronounced “El-etra”) – calling it the “world’s first hyper-SUV.” We now have a slew of new specs and features to ponder.
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Lotus goes electric
Lotus officially unveils Eletre…
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station on early March 30th, coming back in a Russian Soyuz rocket along with two Russian cosmonauts. His scheduled journey back to the planet has been an ongoing source of…
Moment is taking the advantages of MagSafe well beyond what Apple offers with the launch of an accessory cage for mobile filmmaking that uses a more powerful proprietary magnet array to keep an iPhone secure.
The Moment Mobile Filmmaker Cage
The Moment Mobile…
Photographer Tom Hegen has captured a stunning series of aerial photos showing what sprawling solar power plants look like from a bird’s-eye view. The project is titled The Solar Power Series.
Hegen is a German photographer who has focused his career on capturing aerial photos that offer insights into the traces humans are leaving on Earth’s surface.
Hegen “provides an overview of…
Thingyfy has announced the Pinhole Pro Max, what it claims is the most advanced pinhole lens in the world thanks to its variable 18-36mm focal length and six apertures.
Since the launch of its first Pinhole Pro lens in 2016, Thingyfy says that it has “conquered”…
Image credit: Lensrentals
The team at Lensrentals rents a lot of camera equipment. This gives the team an interesting perspective and provides them with a large enough sample size to notice if any cameras or lenses are more likely to exhibit certain issues. Even good…
Rare 0-Series Leica camera owned by Oskar Barnack expected to fetch over $2.6M at auction
March 29, 2022
The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner and to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, Leica is auctioning off an extremely rare unit, a Leica 0-Series camera owned and used by Oskar Barnack, the man who more or less invented 35mm still photography.
This year’s auction will be held at Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany, on June 11, 2022. While other cameras, lenses…
