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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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In the story below (originally published 18 June 2018), we describe the RPlate and its potential uses; most of these details—other than the pricing structure—haven’t changed. Reviver Auto is making the so-called Rplates, and they aren’t cheap—the plates are listed at US $700, plus an $8 a month subscription fee. [ That’s so last year.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

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But the Sport is a wake boat, a more specialized type of boat, and it’s a downright steal compared to that model, starting at the low-low price of $258,000. The Sport is also capable of 225kW CCS DC charging, for the few marinas that have installed DC fast chargers (there’s one in Tahoe ).

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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Every time my wife and I drove up to our Lake Tahoe ski cabin on Friday nights after work, we’d have to keep our snow jackets on until the next day. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. I got married, had kids. I was busy. Really pissed.

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