Quick Charge Podcast: January 18, 2024

  • January 18, 2024
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee […]

SafeAI builds first-ever electric, autonomous Caterpillar haul truck conversion

  • January 18, 2024
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The autonomous mining experts at SafeAI have collaborated with Japanese Obayashi Corp. to build a first-of-its-kind, self-driving battery electric haul truck, paving the way for other companies to upgrade their existing equipment assets to reach their sustainability goals. It’s important to note here that this really might be a “first-of-its-kind” conversion. While autonomous drive and […]

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Apple finds workaround on reinstated ban of Apple Watch sales

  • January 18, 2024
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced it would uphold the ban instituted by the International Trade Commission’s exclusion order on sales and imports of Apple’s Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S.  The tech giant, however, has found a way to keep the Watches on shelves […]

A $2-3 billion battery factory for electric trucks is headed to Mississippi

  • January 18, 2024
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Daimler Trucks, Accelera by Cummins, and truck maker PACCAR will build a huge battery cell factory for electric trucks in Mississippi. The companies have selected Marshall County, Mississippi, southeast of Memphis, for the joint venture’s factory, which will localize battery cell production for commercial electric trucks. It’s expected to create more than 2,000 US manufacturing […]

Watch a Rivian R1T pull a stuck Ford F-150 Raptor out of the snow [Video]

  • January 18, 2024
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Who said electric vehicles can’t perform in the cold? A recent video shows a Rivian R1T successfully pulling a stuck Ford F-150 Raptor out of the snow. The ultimate Adventure Vehicle? Rivian’s R1T continues to prove itself to be the ultimate electric “Adventure Vehicle.” The EV maker claims its Adventure Vehicles are “designed and engineered […]

The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

  • January 18, 2024
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Photo: BLM The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have determined that 700,000 acres of federal lands will be needed for solar farms over the next […]

Estes just offset nearly 100% of its energy needs with rooftop solar

  • January 18, 2024
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The largest privately owned freight carrier in North America has finished installing rooftop solar panels at its 4th and 5th trucking terminals, and announced plans to add solar installations at two more of its locations, furthering its commitment to solar transformation. Estes has partnered with Dynamic Energy on the PV installations at the two terminals […]

How App Modernization Supports Healthcare’s Digital Transformation

  • January 18, 2024
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With the recent rise of telemedicine and the expansion of remote collaboration, the borders of healthcare delivery have stretched beyond hospital walls. Patients can consult specialists through virtual visits, and beside nurses can receive support from virtual nurses. Making all of these digitally connected services work are likely a dozen or more applications running behind […]