A couple weeks ago, people made a big deal about Apple’s possible continued work on an electric car. Production was supposedly planned around 2024, with talk of a revolutionary “monocell” battery that could change the whole industry.
Liquidstar wants to revolutionize the off-grid electricity market with its Decentralized Autonomous Utility (DAU) platform. By taking out the expensive bits (the powerlines and power reticulation systems), Liquidstar’s ‘wireless’ battery-powered sustainable ecosystems aim to solve energy access challenges for some of the powerless 1.1 billion.
There was plenty of hoopla last week over Apple’s latest iPhone launch. Meanwhile, in automotive circles, many are calling Tesla’s Model 3 something akin to the iPhone of cars.
Tesla raised the bar for the in-car infotainment experience with its massive 17″ displays in the Model S and X, then flipped things on their side with a 15″ landscape display in the Model 3. The large, responsive touchscreens brought the familiar interface from all of our smart devices into the car while allowing almost endless opportunities to innovate through future software updates.
ChargePoint has announced new functionality that allows customers to start a charging session from a smartphone or smartwatch with a new feature called “Tap to Charge.”
The same stories come out over and over again as new technologies arrive, start to get popular, and then sweep across the mass market. It happened with the washing machine, with flat-screen TVs, with cell phones and iPhones, and now with electric cars and Teslas.
Speaking at Apple’s Monday ‘Loop You In’ event, the company’s VP of environment, Lisa Jackson, claimed 93% of Apple’s facilities worldwide run on renewable electricity. Apple has been targeting the running of all its facilities — stores, data centers, manufacturing facilities — from 100% renewable energy for a couple of … [continued]
Full Disclaimer — I am an owner of Tesla stock (and a Model S). I’m in it for the long run and have been reviewing / critiquing / drooling over Tesla long before I had any financial skin in the game. Consumer Reports has had a love-hate relationship with Tesla, … [continued]
A new official Tesla Motors video shows off the current state of the Tesla autopilot suite and asks/teases/challenges viewers to “Revolutionize Your Commute.” The engaging video walks through a day in the life of an autopilot-enabled Model S and demos many of the newly added autopilot features, like: Summon, Autosteer, Auto Lane … [continued]
When the iPhone first came out, it was carrier locked to AT&T, meaning that anyone locked into a contract with T-Mobile or another carrier couldn’t use the iPhone. It’s a far cry from the situation today, where the phone is available on pretty much every carrier on almost every continent, … [continued]
