In an announcement this morning, General Motors (GM) has unveiled plans to expand its newly formed Ultium Charge 360 program to include commercial fleets. GM’s holistic approach to charging infrastructure and acceleration of electrified fleets already has five partners onboard, including EVgo.
GM’s Ultium Charge 360 program was first introduced in April as a simplified charging experience…
Tamarind is a tropical fruit consumed worldwide, and its bulky shells take up a considerable amount of space in landfills. So a team of scientists found a way to convert the tamarind shells, which are rich in carbon, into carbon nanosheets, a key component of…
Ford creates a premium gas fragrance for electric cars in bizarre attempt to help EV adoption
July 16, 2021
That’s not a joke headline. You are not on the Onion. Ford surveyed drivers and found that most of them would “miss the smell of petrol” if they go electric.
The automaker then came up with a Mach-Eau (get it?) scent to help those drivers transition to electric…
Generally speaking, getting overexcited about a concept car is a one-way ticket to bitter disappointment. Why? Because firstly, it may not even make it to production. And secondly, even if it does, it’ll probably look very “different” – aka “worse.” Goodbye massive rims, butterfly doors, and wacky interior with joysticks in place of a wheel. Hello softened edges, cheap plastics and…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 15, 2021
July 16, 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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Valve has a new handheld, and I’m shocked by its price more than anything else. The Steam Deck is launching this December starting at $400. And that price gets you the 64GB…
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Neural machine translation (NMT), or AI that can translate between languages, is in widespread use today, owing to its robustness and versatility. But NMT systems can be manipulated if provided prompts containing certain words, phrases, or alphanumeric symbols. For example, in 2015 Google had to fix a…
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Technology industry veterans Tom Davenport and Tom Seibel have seen firsthand how data, analytics and artificial intelligence have changed business models over the past three…
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At Transform 2021, Sarah Pearson, AI/ML for DoD spoke with Jonathan Rosenberg, CTO and Head of AI at Five9, Christian Kitchell, AI solutions executive & head of Erica at the…
Spain Consumer Protection Organization accuses Apple of slowing down newer iPhones after iOS 14.5 update
July 16, 2021
Apple could soon be hit with another lawsuit over alleged iPhone planned obsolescence. The Spain Consumer Protection Organization has sent a letter to the Cupertino company on behalf of users who say Apple is slowing down iPhones 12, 11, XS, and 8 with recent iOS 14.5, 14.5.1, and 14.6 updates.
As reported by Spanish website iPhoneros, the Consumer Protection Organization (OCU in Spanish) sent a…
