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Honda JV becomes the first foreign partnership to launch a new EV brand in China

Dongfeng-Honda, the Japanese automaker’s joint venture (JV) in China, launched a new electric vehicle brand, “Lingxi,” this week. With Lingxi, Honda’s JV became the first foreign partnership in China to launch a completely new EV brand. Honda JV launches new “Lingxi” EV brand in China Although several automakers, including Volkswagen, Toyota, and others, have joint ventures in China…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How much energy does AI use compared to humans? Surprising study ignites controversy

AI’s carbon footprint is no open-and-shut case, according to scientists from the University of California-Irvine and MIT, who published a paper earlier this year on the open access site arXiv.org that shakes up energy use assumptions of generative AI models, and which set off a debate among leading AI researchers and experts this past week.  The paper found that when producing a page of text…
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CryptoNews

Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Drops Under $1,600, BTC Consolidates Below $27,000 – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Ethereum continued to slip lower on Friday, as the cryptocurrency fell below the $1,600 level in today’s session. Crypto markets have mostly consolidated since the Federal Reserve opted to keep rates unchanged earlier this week, with the global market cap down nearly 1%, as of writing. Bitcoin continued to trend lower. Bitcoin After falling to its lowest point since Monday late in yesterday’s…
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DefenseNews

GAO blasts contractor-led F-35 maintenance as costly, slow

WASHINGTON — A lack of spare parts and technical data, poor training of maintainers, and a lagging effort to expand repair depots are dragging down the U.S. military’s ability to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the air, a government watchdog said in a report…
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Podcast: Tesla Model Y AWD disappears, Tesla software, Chevy Equinox EV, and more

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Model Y AWD disappearing from Tesla’s lineup, a bunch of Tesla software updates, the Chevy Equinox EV, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on . As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an…
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