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Tesla Semi will be incredibly affordable with US’ revamped EV tax credit

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Long-range all-electric trucks like the Tesla Semi will not come cheap. Battery costs are declining quickly, but even Tesla still lists its 300-mile Semi variant with an estimated starting price of $150,000. I really expect Tesla to raise prices on the Semi, its too cheap at this point.

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SpaceX VP says Starship is already winning commercial launch contracts

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A SpaceX executive says that the company’s next-generation, full-reusable Starship rocket has already secured multiple commercial launch contracts. As of today, SpaceX’s Falcon rockets have become a spectacularly successful revolution in cost-effective launch through reusability and vertical integration, among other things.

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The i4 EV is now the cheapest lease in BMW’s entire lineup

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Photo: BMW The all-electric BMW i4 is currently the most affordable car to lease in the German automaker’s lineup – gas cars included. BMW is a luxury automaker, so the i4 isn’t a cheap car. That puts the effective monthly cost at $627. Kaufman compares the i4’s cost to its gas-powered counterpart, the 4-Series.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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But if you want it, it's there—as long as you're able to afford it, of course. KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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Portable Analyzer Brings Blood Testing to Rural Areas

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Seeing the need for a more transportable system that can analyze blood samples in rural and remote areas, two researchers in India have developed a new design that is simple, affordable, and easily deployed anywhere where a source of electricity is available. This prototype offers a cheap way to analyze blood samples remotely.

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SpaceX is building launch pad tanks out of Starship parts and that’s a big deal

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For SpaceX to design and build its own custom bulk commodity storage tanks instead of buying what is arguably a fairly routine and cheap off-the-shelf technology, Starship production has to be DIRT CHEAP. link] — Eric Ralph (@13ericralph31) April 6, 2021.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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This proliferation of satellite constellations coincides with the emergence of off-the-shelf components and software-defined radio—both of which make the satellites more affordable, but perhaps less secure. That may be because one of the temptations of LEO is the ability of relatively cheap new hardware to do smaller jobs.

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