Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving (FSD) driving assistant system has been at the center of several legal battles and it’s frequently cited by enthusiasts as a feature that sets the maker of the Model Y and its siblings apart from all the other EV manufacturers out there. With this being said, the very costly option (it’s…
Wang told reporters that it was her understanding the waiver extension had been extended for TSMC too, though she did not give details. Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC has received from the United States a waiver extension to supply U.S. chip equipment to the company’s factories in China, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Friday. Last…
Zapmap, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has published new statistics for charge point installations in 2023. The new figures not only show that the number of high-power charging hubs in the UK has more than doubled since September last year, but demonstrate encouraging growth in two key areas of the country’s charge point…
Climate and Ukraine take center stage at the U.N. The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, convened a special summit yesterday in New York designed to shine a spotlight on the most ambitious global leaders on climate policy. The leaders of the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest polluters, did not get a turn at the…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that the 2024 Genesis G80 and Electrified G80 earned TOP SAFETY PICK+ recognition. With this designation, the Genesis G80 and Electrified G80 join the Genesis SUV lineup of GV60, GV70, Electrified GV70, and GV80 with top honors in safety. “At Genesis, our entire product portfolio is engineered…
Super blue moon makes rare appearance Super blue moon makes rare appearance 00:37 As millions of stargazers around the world looked at the sky Wednesday night, they saw a full moon appearing larger than average. It was another “supermoon” — the second one in August 2023, making it a “blue moon.” What is a blue…
Nunam Technologies will play a pivotal role in extending the life of Orxa’s flagship electric motorcycle Mantis batteries, offering a second life in the form of renewable energy storage systems. Orxa Energies, an electric vehicle (EV) and energy systems startup, has partnered with Nunam Technologies, a startup specializing in the reuse of EV batteries in…
The Ford F-150 Lightning Flash might sound like a special version of the electric pickup that accelerates quicker or charges faster. But it’s merely a new trim level of the Lightning lineup. The 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash is pitched as a “tech-focused” proposition for shoppers, and positioned between the XLT and Lariat trims, with…
The European Union recently opened an anti-subsidy probe into Chinese EVs sold in Europe, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arguing that Chinese EVs with “artificially low” prices enabled by “huge state subsidies” are distorting the EU market. In response, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce described the investigation as “protectionist,” adding that the…
In October, new passenger car registrations in the United Kingdom increased by 14 percent year-over-year to 153,529, which marks the 15th month of consecutive growth. After ten months of 2023, the total number of new registrations amounted to 1,605,437 (up almost 20 percent year-over-year). The plug-in electric car expansion is even faster, which means that…
