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If you drive an electric car and would rather not venture into the garage (or wade through a phone app) to start charging, you can now rest easy. ChargePoint has introduced Alexa support to its Home system, giving you voice control over your EV charging. You can start charging, stop charging or find out whether […]
Some Galaxy Note 8 owners have been reporting that they couldn’t charge or turn on their handsets after the batteries ran dry — a problem that plagues other phones as well. While Samsung reps have been trying to address individual issues, a company spokesperson told Engadget that it has received “a very limited number of […]
Two days ago, Energous announced that its “wireless 2.0” non-contact charger had been approved by the FCC. Today, two new Apple wireless power patent applications were published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Coincidence? Perhaps. But it looks like we might finally get truly wireless charging devices in 2018. VentureBeat exclusively reported last year that […]
– Ten years after launching Fisker Automotive, a company that once sparred with Tesla for California electric-vehicle supremacy, its founder is back with a new company as well as a new electric car, the all-wheel-drive EMotion. It won’t be officially introduced until next month at CES in Las Vegas, but it’s already priced for pre-orders at […]
Volkswagen has committed to building an EV charging network in the US. By 2019, VW’s Electrify America division plans to install 2,800 charging stations in 17 of the country’s biggest cities, according to Reuters. It’ll cost the automaker some $ 2 billion, with California getting almost half of the investment. That might sound like a […]
Scott Keyes of Scott’s Cheap Flights has traveled around the world. Here’s his trick for paying what the locals pay when flying out of the country. Following is a transcript of the video. Scott Keyes: My name is Scott Keyes. I’m the CEO and co-founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights. Let’s say you’re looking to go both […]
It’s not how I expected to be cruising on Woodward Avenue, boulevard of traditional Detroit muscle, on a gorgeous fall day. I was on the sidewalk, going about 8 or 9 miles an hour, headed for a restaurant miles away but laser-focused on an area about 20 feet in front of the Urb-E Sport GT’s […]
It seems like everyone is building in Alexa or Google Assistant smarts to their speakers, thermostats and cars these days. If you haven’t yet had enough of devices you can talk to, the Olie lamp over at Indiegogo might interest you. It’s a cute little desk, floor or table lamp that will have a voice […]
A new ultra-fast electric car charging network is set to be introduced which will drastically slash recharging times for EV cars. The move is part of the joint venture IONITY that will help drivers across Europe have better and more efficient access to EV charging. BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen […]
Commercial fast-charging systems are starting to look less like laboratory experiments and more like, well, like what Tesla has been offering for a few years with its Supercharger network: a user experience that is simple, consistent, intuitive, and doesn’t require tutorials every step of the way. – Charging hardware maker ABB announced this month that […]
