Not do be outdone by the United States Postal Service testing out electric bikes as a viable alternative to mail trucks, UPS is doing its own US-based testing of e-bikes for package delivery.
They may look vaguely like a UPS van or truck, but the design actually uses an electric bicycle mid-drive motor paired to a set of bicycle pedals, making this more of a quadricycle. The official name of the…
A new study found that more than one out of four public charging stations in the Bay Area were nonfunctional when tested. Depending on your own experience that may sound like a lot, or a little…
As an electric car driver, there’s nothing more frustrating than showing…
Sony and Honda have officially signed a joint venture agreement to establish a company to build electric cars together. The new company will be called “Sony Honda Mobility Inc.,” notably giving Sony top billing over the established automaker.
The company will also…
Tesla is sending some of its employees who are not in service and are untrained to work on cars into service centers to fix vehicles. It looks like Tesla’s service issues are bigger than we thought.
Earlier this month, we reported on CEO Elon Musk’s announcement that Tesla is working on service in North America and how Telsa is aiming to make the majority of appointments same-day repairs.
Tesla expands Supercharger pilot program for non-Tesla EV owners to a large part of Europe
June 16, 2022
Tesla expands Supercharger pilot program for non-Tesla EV owners to Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
The program to give access to the Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric car owners is now in most of Europe.
Over the last year, we have been…
Tamron Launches a 17-70mm f/2.8 for Fujifilm X-Mount
June 16, 2022
Tamron has announced what it is calling the world’s first wide range 4.1x standard zoom lens for Fujifilm X-mount, the new 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD.
The lens is an X-mount version of the company’s 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD that was released in January…
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will jointly release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast on July 12 at 10:40 AM EDT.
The trio of space agencies plans to release the images one by one and the broadcast will serve to kick off the scientific operations of the largest and most…
Camera+ app, which allows manual control of the iOS camera, is moving to a monthly subscription service and has announced new features such as a 48MP AI-driven image upscaler.
As one of the first third-party camera apps for the iPhone, Camera+ by LateNite Soft has…
Creatively Simple Abstract Photos Made with Food
June 16, 2022
When asked to present food in a natural yet humorous manner, photographer Dwight Eschliman and his team brought the concept to life through a series of well-lit, colorful, and styled photos for the supermarket chain Lidl.
From the Concept to the Photo…
Gear in this story
June 16, 2022
Tamron has announced the launch of the 17–70mm F2.8 Di III-A VC RXD, a standard zoom lens for Fujifilm X-mount camera systems based on the same lens announced for Sony E-mount camera systems back in January 2021.
The lens offers a 25.5–105mm full-frame equivalent field-of-view and is constructed of 16 elements in 12 groups, including two Glass Molded Aspherical (GM) elements and one hybrid…
