Volvo’s owner will offer its ‘transformative’ EV tech to competitors

Sep23
by on September 23, 2020 at 2:01 pm
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It’s not uncommon in the car industry for competitor brands to work together to develop common technologies. However, in the following case, it seems that Geely, the Chinese carmaker that also owns Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus, is just going to sell its tech directly to its rivals. According to a Financial Times report, Geely has created a new process for building electric vehicles, which it hopes will be one of a handful of platforms that will dominate the industry in the coming years. The report says the new BEV (battery electric vehicle) platform could offer ranges of up to 700…

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Apple finally figured out what the fuck its Watch is for

Sep22
by on September 22, 2020 at 2:22 pm
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This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Apple revealed something interesting last week. No, not the products themselves (although I found those totally acceptable), but how they presented one of them. What I’m saying is Apple finally figured out what the fuck its Watch is for. A task, friends, that only took it five years. Let’s think about that for a moment. Five years. That’s longer than the World Cup cycle (that reference is for all you ‘football’ people out there, hope you enjoyed it). That’s about half the…

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Bolt adds zero emission, no cost travel option: Walking

Sep21
by on September 21, 2020 at 2:40 pm
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If you didn’t know, it’s Zero Emissions Day today. ZeDay is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the impact we have on the world in terms of burning fossil fuels, creating emissions, and contributing to the climate crisis. As part of an attempt to drive awareness of the cause among its users, Estonian ride-hailing app Bolt has added an emission free, no cost option to its service. It’s called walking. The app’s co-founder Martin Villig took to Twitter earlier today to tout the news. Today is #ZeroEmissionsDay. @BoltApp introduced new category: Bolt WALK! Try walking today and consider more…

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