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Thomas Ricker

Thomas Ricker

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    The scale of China’s EV program is mind boggling.

    Two things stood out in this New York Times piece exploring the price wars in China resulting from EV overcapacity and excessive competition:

    • Last year, 129 brands in China were selling cars that ran mainly or entirely on electricity.
    • In each of the last five months, battery-powered and plug-in hybrid cars made up more than half of all cars sold.

    Chinese manufacturers now export a fifth of their production, creating problems for manufacturers in the US and Europe.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Tesla Model Y window is risk to body parts.

    7,301 2025 models in Australia will receive a software update to correct the issue affecting the driver’s side automatic window, according to the regulator:

    If a body part is in the window space when the driver’s side window is closing, it can increase the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    AI fish tank.

    Dangbei is launching the Smart Fish Tank 1 Ultra at the IFA show in Berlin next week. Here’s all the company is willing to say for now:

    A first-of-its-kind smart aquarium with AI-powered feeding, real-time water monitoring, and studio-grade lighting for a self-sustaining ecosystem.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    A record 30th.

    We’ve grown so accustomed to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launching and landing after deploying Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, or sending real astronauts and cargo to the ISS, that it’s almost become dial tone — you just expect it.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Tesla down, BYD way up.

    European registrations for new Tesla cars were down 40 percent in July compared to the same month last year, while EVs from BYD were up 225 percent. It’s the seventh consecutive month of declines for Musk, in a month that saw sales of EVs grow, according to ACEA data.

    EcoFlow’s Rapid power bank is the fastest yet

    Recharges at 320W — charges two high-end laptops at 140W, simultaneously.

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