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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular? I can just send the whole picture to the cloud and keep it forever.

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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? And these “superchargers” aren’t just DC fast chargers – they can charge EVs to 80% in just 10 minutes. As Electrek reported in April , BYD received direct government subsidies of “at least” $3.7 Get started here. –

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

At $7,299, the bundle doesn’t come cheap. GM has partnered with home EV charging installer Qmerit. The Silverado will be equipped with V2H bidirectional charging technology. GM says it will continue to roll out V2H bidirectional charging technology across its Ultium-based EVs by model year 2026. Get started here. –

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

Baua Electric

BMW is a luxury automaker, so the i4 isn’t a cheap car. ad* If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Get started here. –ad*

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Mercedes-Benz addresses Stage 3 legalities; attorneys say suspicion lingers

Baua Electric

If a automobile with Pressure Pilot in demand moves and kills a pedestrian, the human motorist the usage of the device as directed, “would not have the legal culpability to be charged with a crime,” Smith mentioned. “At the same time, it is not clear Mercedes would be charged with manslaughter either.”

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QA With Luca Guala of Systemica on Masdars Personal Rapid Transit System

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress had an opportunity to follow up with Luca Guala of Systematica to learn more about the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system being applied in Masdar. The initial system is likely to be expensive because of prototyping issues but the final PRT system promises to be rather cheap compared to mass transit. Earlier post.)

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

Teslarati

The Porsche whistleblower explained that the Taycan’s 800V high-voltage onboard charger used today does not control the charging process well enough and can overcharge some battery cells, causing them to overheat. The problem occurs when the batteries are charged at a low AC speed of up to 7.5 Credit: Porsche Newsroom/Twitter ).

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