Waymo and Daimler have announced a new partnership to bring the former’s autonomous driving technology to the latter’s semi trucks.
Recently, a widely shared report from Germany suggested that Mercedes-Benz is “giving up” on autonomous driving following the news of Waymo starting its self-driving, ride-hailing service in Phoenix, and Tesla releasing its Full Self-Driving Beta…
Tesla has mysteriously removed the option for drivers to control the strength of the regenerative braking capacity for new cars.
The reason behind the change is not clear.
Regenerative Braking
Regenerative braking, which uses an electric vehicle’s electric motor to convert…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 27, 2020
October 29, 2020
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…
China plans 2035 gas car ban that doesn’t actually ban gas cars
October 29, 2020
China plans to require that all new cars sold after 2035 be eco-friendly “new energy vehicles” according to Nikkei Asia. The plans were announced in a future road map for new energy vehicles and will be regulated under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The specifics of the plan state that as of 2035, 50% of new cars sold in the country will be either electric, plug-in…
George Hotz, CEO of comma.ai, argues that Tesla should sell its self-driving computer chip and create some competition to Nvidia in the process.
Hotz rose to fame through his hacking feats as a teen, but more recently, he has become a highly respected programmer and he…
F-35 to move into full-rate production later than expected
October 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will have to put off moving the F-35 program to full-rate production due to another delay in starting critical simulation tests.
Before the Defense Department’s top weapons buyer, Ellen Lord, can clear the F-35 for full-rate production, the…
OxygenOS 10.5.9 rolls out for OnePlus Nord w/ October patch, new Fnatic mode tweaks, more
October 29, 2020
OxygenOS 10.5.9 has now started rolling out for the original OnePlus Nord — not to be confused with the as-yet-unavailable N10 and N100 — bringing with it the October 2020 security patch plus some other notable new features.
As always, the OxygenOS 10.5.9 update was confirmed over on the official OnePlus Forums, with a sizeable changelog compared to previous minor patches. Let’s talk…
SEOUL — Research on the long-awaited upgrade of Chinook helicopters flown by the South Korean military shows it would be cheaper to buy new aircraft, according to a local lawmaker.
Rep. Min Hong-chul of the ruling Democratic Party revealed the result of the latest…
Raytheon laying off 20,000 amid commercial aviation slide
October 29, 2020
WASHINGTON ― Raytheon Technologies is cutting 15,000 staff and 4,000 contractor positions, largely at the company’s Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace divisions, due to decreased commercial aerospace sales from COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Greg Hayes said Tuesday on the…
The 4-year-old Galaxy S7 receives September 2020 security patch
October 29, 2020
Samsung’s recent solid track record of keeping devices updated with the latest patches continues as the now 4-year-old Galaxy S7 is getting a rare update in the form of the September 2020 security patch.
Although now officially unsupported, the Galaxy S7 is getting a patch after what was thought to be the very last patch in May 2020. It’s worth noting that Samsung will update devices if a…
