Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate and the owner of JLR, has decided to base its future EV battery gigafactory in the United Kingdom. Tata said it would invest over $5.16 billion (4 billion pounds) to build a 40-gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery cell plant in the UK – its first such factory outside of India. The investment will…
Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call was a bit of a weird one, at least compared to previous calls, which made analysts a bit worried about what’s going on behind the scenes at the Austin-based EV maker. During the call, CEO Elon Musk uncharacteristically said that he wanted to temper expectations regarding the upcoming Cybertruck production ramp,…
In her 2009 essay “On the Frontier,” Ursula K. Le Guin took stock of an abstraction endemic to both the American West, where she was raised, and her chosen genre of science fiction. Interplanetary wars, galaxy-spanning empires, brave men bounding toward their next conquest — all this action rests on a notion of the future…
Kaiser Permanente health care workers were finishing a three-day strike on Friday, and were expected to return to work early Saturday morning without a new contract. No new negotiation sessions were scheduled until Thursday, Oct. 12, and Friday, Oct. 13. Union officials warned another walkout was possible. The two sides had not yet come to…
China’s huge demand for advanced semiconductors to power new artificial intelligence (AI) development projects has created a fast-growing market for graphics processing units (GPUs). China’s semiconductor imports dropped 14.6% (year-on-year) in the first nine months this year amid tightened US export controls, the media reported on Saturday. China imported 355.9 billion units of integrated circuits…
New light vehicle registrations in California during the first nine months of 2023 amounted to 1,354,302, which is 14.3 percent more than a year ago. The market continues its slight rebound from a relatively weak 2022. According to the California New Car Dealers Association’s (CNCDA) data and estimates, the growth of plug-in electric car sales significantly…
Fireflies are the romantics of the insect world. In the summer months, they emerge from the ground with love on the brain. They only live for two to three weeks once they’ve become full adults and in that time they don’t even eat. They’re too busy flirting. Fireflies — or lightning bugs, depending on where…
In a space race between two businesses started by Jeff Bezos, it appears that his e-commerce company, Amazon, will beat his rocket company, Blue Origin, to orbit. Two Amazon prototype satellites are sitting on top of an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. They are part of Project Kuiper, a…
Want to try the electric vehicle life, but not sure it’s something you want to be locked into for years? Electric performance car brand Polestar is about to go the extra mile for you with a flexible lease deal that lets you return the car after a few months if it’s not for you. Dubbed…
Folks often face the issue of Scheduled Charging that either doesn’t work at all or operates at the wrong time. It usually happens due to software issues or third-party apps restricting it. This can also fail if you haven’t set it up right, there’s an issue with home location, or Off-peak Charging is turned on….
