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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs rejoining Google as part of urban sustainability product efforts

December 17, 2021
In 2017, Alphabet announced plans to create a futuristic city in Toronto, Canada, via Sidewalk Labs. The company, after abandoning those plans last year, will soon be folded back into Google. Sidewalk Labs was the Alphabet company focused on building smarter cities and urban infrastructure. A full-scale city was supposed to be a large test of that technology and concept. Located in the Quayside…
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OnePlus 10 Pro rumored to hit 80W fast charging and launch with Android 12

December 17, 2021
The OnePlus 10 series will be the first big launch since the Oppo merger, and there are a lot of questions surrounding the release. Thanks to a new leak, we’ve got a good idea of what to expect from the specs, charging speed, and launch software of the OnePlus 10 Pro. Digital Chat Station, a known source on Weibo, reports that the OnePlus 10 Pro will be packing a few key upgrades over its…
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Rivian announces a new $5 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia

December 17, 2021
Rivian announced a new $5 billion electric vehicle factory just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The electric automaker plans to start production at the new plant in 2024. Rivian has just started production of its first electric vehicles – the R1T electric pickup truck and R1S electric SUV, at its factory in Illinois – and it still has a long way to ramp up production. But the automaker wants to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 16, 2021

December 17, 2021
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. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Rivian confirms first R1S electric SUV deliveries, lost $1.2 billion last quarter

December 17, 2021
Rivian has released its first earnings report since going public and revealed a lot of interesting new information in the process, including that it started deliveries of the R1S electric SUV. In November, Rivian went public with an IPO on the NASDAQ. In the process, the electric automaker raised an incredible $13 billion to accelerate its plans to produce electric vehicles. At the same time, it…
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