Many drivers already expect their next car to be electric. So why are some people so firmly—and vocally—opposed to EVs?

Tim Burrows of EV Society speaks with Max Fawcett, lead columnist at Canada’s National Observer and a National Newspaper Award-winning writer, about how electric vehicles went from an emerging automotive technology to a political and cultural flashpoint—and whether that may finally be starting to change.

Max explains why EVs began threatening established interests once governments set firm transition policies, how culture-war politics turned a vehicle into a symbol, and why many legitimate concerns about range, charging and performance are being addressed. They also discuss Alberta’s oil-and-gas identity, North America’s emotional attachment to traditional car culture, why Max describes the EV as a technology of freedom, and how electric vehicles could eventually send power back to the grid.

Ford's Executive Chairman has issued a massive reality check to the US auto industry: America cannot rely on tariffs to keep Chinese electric vehicles out forever! In a candid warning, Bill Ford admitted that Chinese EV manufacturers like BYD and Geely have built a devastating competitive advantage in technology, software, and low-cost manufacturing. Rather than hiding behind political trade barriers, he argues that legacy American automakers must learn how to aggressively compete on global merit or risk being permanently left behind. In this video, we break down Bill Ford's blunt comments, explore how fast Chinese EV brands are advancing globally, and discuss what this means for the future of Ford, Tesla, and the broader US automotive market. Will Chinese cars ultimately take over American roads?

https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3361119/alibaba-says-newest-qwen-ai-model-second-only-anthropics-claude-fable-5

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9068688

Deep in the vast Gobi Desert near Turpan, NW China’s Xinjiang, a massive “blue sea of solar panels” with a total installed capacity of one million kilowatts is rapidly expanding across the landscape, introducing intelligent robots to handle the highly repetitive installation of photovoltaic modules.

The smart robots, equipped with tracked mobile chassis and multifunctional robotic arms, can accurately grab, lift, and secure the panels in one seamless motion across rugged terrain with millimeter-level accuracy, forming a new construction paradigm of automated pile foundation, cable laying, and human-machine collaboration.

Volkswagen chose not to develop a modern electric Beetle, leaving the door open for Chinese automakers to reinvent the iconic compact car with affordable EV technology and retro-inspired styling. The shift highlights how China's EV industry is rapidly filling market gaps that legacy brands have overlooked.

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Kimi K3, the new model released from a Chinese startup company is so good that it surpasses frontier US Ai models on several benchmarks.

It is nearly a Fable level Ai.

For context Fable was recently restricted by the Trump administration due to national security concerns, that's how good it is.

The best part is, the Kimi team is releasing the model to the public so that anyone can run it independently. This completely undermines the business model of Anthropic and Openai, and rocked the US stock market.

I'm trying to work on writing an OS in Rust just for funsies, but the compiler is among the most uncooperative software I've dealt with. I've got it set to build core for my specified target, but I'm getting arcane errors. The top of the error output says no lowering implemented for i686 and towards the bottom I get

#0 [fn_abi_of_instance_no_deduced_attrs] computing unadjusted call ABI of 'ffi::va_list::_::c'
#1 [eval_to_allocation_raw] const-evaluating + checking 'ffi::va_list::_'

I have scoured the internet for any information regarding this error, and the only things actually addressing the error and not musing about how Rust has an unstable ABI is the AI overview which completely changes it's answer every time I slightly alter the search terms, and none of its answers are remotely helpful. Hell, I even tried typing at Gemini, and it could not conjure up anything vaguely helpful.

https://futurism.com/future-society/lapd-abandons-flock-contract-false-alarm

The news comes just days after our sister publication The Drive‘s Joel Feder reported how he was suddenly swarmed by armed cops while test driving a Range Rover with his wife in Minnesota. Officers said they had been tracking him for days using Flock’s AI-integrated cameras, which had erroneously tagged his car as stolen.

After the latest Flock contract news broke, 404 Media revealed that a July 10 audit by the LAPD Office of the Inspector General caught the department’s ALPR cameras generating 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months — each one ending with officers pulling over an innocent driver. Factoring in 337 alerts which “resulted in the recovery of stolen vehicles,” the LAPD’s cameras carry an error rate of 32.3 percent, effectively giving officers a one-in-three chance at pulling an innocent person over.

“During the review period, officers acknowledged 161 alerts as accurate license plate matches; however, subsequent investigations determined the vehicles were not stolen,” the report reads. “In addition to creating an inconvenience for vehicle owners, these inaccuracies can affect individual liberty interests, erode public trust, and potentially create substantial legal and financial liability concerns.”

The OIG report notes that officers are required to “attempt to verify all records prior to conducting an investigative stop,” though it didn’t disclose how many of the 161 wrongful stops were the result of an officer’s failure to do so. Instead, investigators blamed license plate records it says were “not updated in a timely manner,” which “may” lead cops to “act on inaccurate or outdated information, increasing the risk of unnecessary enforcement actions, including vehicle stops and wrongful detentions, or a confrontation with serious consequences.”

LMAO. It's not our fault, we did nothing wrong!

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9061397

Geely has just unveiled what could be the most efficient EV drivetrain ever made, achieving an incredible 93.8% efficiency and setting a new benchmark for electric vehicle technology. In this video, we break down how Geely’s latest electric powertrain works, why efficiency matters more than battery size, and how this breakthrough could deliver longer range, lower energy consumption, and reduced charging costs. We’ll also compare Geely’s new technology with Tesla, BYD, XPENG, Hyundai, and other leading EV manufacturers to see who is winning the race for next-generation electric vehicle performance. If you're interested in EV technology, battery innovation, electric cars, and the future of transportation, this is a must-watch.