EVs: Ford contracts to use Tesla charging network and connector
This is big: Ford Tesla EV charging deal puts pressure on GM (cnbc.com)
AI: “AI is taking the computer age from ‘the bicycle to the steam engine’”
Uhh, does this mean AI is a bunch of hot air? 🙂 OpenAI will start using Microsoft’s Bing as the default search experience for ChatGPT, Microsoft CEO announces Source: Microsoft’s…
Follow up: Trevor Jacob and his [faked] plane crash
The original stunt: Trevor Jacob and his plane crash – Coldstreams Skeptic As of May 2023, Trevor Jacob admits it was a faked stunt for a promotional opportunity. He also…
Business: Brightline rail building private sector passenger rail services in the U.S.
Seems to be doing very well too: Brightline is the beginning of U.S. high-speed rail, says Fortress Investment co-founder Meanwhile, California government’s own “bullet train” is at $128 billion, way…
EVs: GM to end Chevy Bolt EV and EUV production
And will replace the production line with giant EV pick up trucks: General Motors Co. will end the seven-year run of the Chevrolet Bolt compact EV and its Bolt EUV…
Climate, Aviation: Travel may become unaffordable to most
Climate compliance: No More Cheap Flights Is the New Reality for Air Travel – Bloomberg Way down in this link is an item saying “Quadruple-digit plane tickets are about to…
EVs: Current EV batteries have issues
EV batteries have a significant environmental cost. Recycling them has its own set of human and environmental problems. The bigger problem is that we still insist on using cars for…
EVs: 1 in 5 EV public charging stations do not work
And the failure rate is increasing: Roughly one in five public charging attempts fails, with 72% of them attributed to equipment issues. “Just adding stations isn’t the answer … we…
Less than 1 in 5 Americans think their next vehicle will be an EV
Nearly 80% of the public cite the lack of charging infrastructure as a primary reason for not purchasing an electric vehicle. Source: Nearly half of Americans say unlikely they’ll buy…
Business: Frontier Airlines pays $10 bonus to staff for each carry-on they reject
Dyana Villa shared a video of her experience traveling with Frontier , in which she and her friends can be seen fitting their bag into the baggage sizer. She later…