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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. At Sonoma Raceway, it also provided an on-the-road look at part of that future with mass-market tire technology that will likely go into production in 2025. It’s a technology challenge on multiple fronts. Michelin 45% sustainable tire.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

Cars That Think

Connectivity usually comes at a premium, and it also usually involves buying a brand new whatever it is, because new hardware and software and services are required. IoTIZER is a prototype of a mechanical hijacking device (MHD), designed to replace human manipulation of existing products. Or, that was the idea, anyway.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Car Wash Soap?

The Truth About Cars

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meager income. Actually, it’s a decent idea to kick this article off with a note about car washing techniques.

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

Baua Electric

But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. And hey, having foot pedals as a backup on a boat like this probably isn’t a bad idea! I’m no stranger to collecting weird Alibaba electric vehicles, and that includes aquatic vessels.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

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We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Accenture Labs are putting this idea to the test with the design of a wireless heater that can warm up whatever’s placed inside of it when the heater is placed on a standard wireless charging pad.

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U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

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based startup began toying with the idea. Mercury is otherwise found as a by-product of other processes, such as the burning of coal. But then a company hit on the idea to use it as a spacecraft propellant. And it’s cheap—there’s not a lot of competition with anyone looking to buy mercury. Still, with a U.S.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! We would need to look to low-volume, high variability products which require quick adaptation. The elephant in the room is the application ideas, which are frankly ridiculous. Tesla would benefit a lot from collaborating with the community. BACK TO TOP ↑ ].

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