Aug 29
Honda is partnering with LG to solve one of the biggest issues that electric car manufacturers are facing: lithium-ion battery production.
Aug 29
Quite a few rumors about Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headsets have circulated over the past months, and now we finally know the names of the products.
Aug 29
Despite its slow speed, the Mustang II brought Ford, and the rest of U.S. automakers, into the modern day.
Aug 29
The solution for Wordle’s August 30 puzzle isn’t often used during everyday conversations. With these hints, though, you can easily figure it out.
Aug 29
France is preparing to launch a new electric vehicle subsidy program that would give people the ability to lease an EV for €100 ($100) per month. Budget Minister Gabriel Attal announced the plan over the weekend on the country’s LCI news channel, reports Bloomberg. “We know that for many French [EVs] remain very expensive,” he said, adding that the government was working to figure out how quickly it could implement the measure.
Under a subsidy scheme that’s similar to the one introduced by the US Inflation Reduction Act, French car buyers can currently receive as much as €6,000 off electric vehicles that cost less than €47,000. Consumers can also take advantage of a federal trade-in program to get money for their old combustion-engine cars. Despite those incentives, EVs only accounted for 12 percent of new vehicle sales in France during the first seven months of 2022.
For context, France is significantly behind on that front compared to countries like Norway. Last year, battery-electric and hybrid vehicles made up nearly two-thirds of all new car sales within the Nordic country. Much of what’s driving adoption there is a subsidy scheme that allows car buyers to avoid taxes that are found on internal combustion engine cars.
Attal’s announcement follows months of extremely hot weather across France as Europe and the world feel the brunt of worsening climate change. After enduring multiple heatwaves throughout June and July, parts of Paris saw temperatures rise to 36 degrees Celsius (nearly 100 Fahrenheit) earlier this month.
Aug 29
Ah Netflix, we love to loathe ‘ya, but on your 25th birthday, we at Gizmodo have decided to celebrate you. While you may have axed some of our favorites ahead of their time (you’re seriously going to do that to Archive 81?), you have blessed us with some of our favorite content. As a staff, we have compiled a list of…
Aug 29
Tesla Can't Prevent Its Employees From Wearing Union Logo at Work, National Labor Board Ruled
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled it “unlawful” for Tesla to prohibit its employees from wearing union t-shirts or buttons at work, criticizing a company policy that required factory workers to dress in plain, black t-shirts or ones that bear the Tesla logo.
Aug 29
FTC Accuses Data Broker of Letting Anyone Track Millions of Americans for Free
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The Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit Monday against a major data broker, accusing it of offering services that allow for the tracking of Americans at sensitive locations, such as addiction clinics or domestic violence shelters.
Aug 29
French Tax Authorities Used Google AI to Snuff Out More than 20,000 Undeclared Swimming Pools
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They say the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. That seems especially true in France where tax authorities have begun deploying artificial intelligence to snuff out thousands of undeclared swimming pools reportedly worth around $10 million in uncollected tax revenue. The country could soon expand its…
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