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Kvdbil stoppar exporten av bonusbilar

Begbilsjätten Kvdbil har bestämt sig för att sluta sälja begagnade elbilar och laddhybrider till utlandet. Genom det vill Kvd bidra till en föryngring av den svenska fordonsflottan.
Grönt ljus för nytillverkning av DeLorean DMC-12 – så blir den

Orderböckerna öppnades på glänt redan 2016 och en nyproduktion av 1980-talsklassikern DMC-12 planerades till 2017. Sedan hände ingenting. Tills nu.
BMW 225xe Active Tourer mot Mercedes B 220 d Sports Tourer

Får det lov att vara en MPV? De flesta svarar nej och tackar ja till en suv i stället. BMW 2-serie Active Tourer och Mercedes B-klass Sports Tourer är två MPV-modeller som gör sitt bästa för att stå emot trycket från suvarna, vilken är bäst?
Renault Twingo blir elbil senare i år

Renault bekräftar att lilla Twingo kommer i helt eldrivet utförande senare i år och att den blir en av två eldrivna Renault-modeller som ska lanseras under året.
Nu går det att beställa Lucid Air i Sverige

Om du har 1 000 dollar som ligger och skräpar kan du beställa en Lucid Air. Amerikanska elbilstillverkaren Lucid Motors har öppnat orderböckerna på utvalda marknader, och Sverige är en av dem.
Mitsubishi misstänks för dieselfusk

Nu riktar tyska åklagare misstankar mot Mitsubishi. Den japanska tillverkaren misstänks ha fuskat med utsläppen från sina dieselmotorer.

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Vivo beats Samsung for 2nd spot in Indian smartphone market

Samsung, which once led the smartphone market in India, slid to the third position in the quarter that ended in December, even as the South Korean giant continues to make major bets on the rare handset market that is still growing. 158 million smartphones shipped in India in 2019, up from 145 million the year before, according to research firm Counterpoint. Chinese...
Sonos clarifies how unsupported devices will be treated

Smart speaker manufacturer Sonos clarified its stance when it comes to old devices that are no longer supported. The company faced some criticisms after its original announcement. Sonos now says that you’ll be able to create two separate Sonos systems so that your newer devices stay up to date. If you use a Zone Player, Connect, first-generation Play:5, CR200, Bridge...
As autonomy stalls, lidar companies learn to adapt

Lidar sensors are likely to be essential to autonomous vehicles, but if there are none of the latter, how can you make money with the former? Among the industry executives I spoke with, the outlook is optimistic as they unhitch their wagons from the sputtering star of self-driving cars. As it turns out, a few years of manic investment does...
This ultrasonic gripper could let robots hold things without touching them

If robots are to help out in places like hospitals and phone repair shops, they’re going to need a light touch. And what’s lighter than not touching at all? Researchers have created a gripper that uses ultrasonics to suspend an object in midair, potentially making it suitable for the most delicate tasks. It’s done with an array of tiny speakers that...
Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, FarmWise and Pyka

Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test bed for sophisticated robotic solutions to problems farmers have had for millennia. Learn about the cutting edge (sometimes literally) of agricultural robots at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI on March 3 with the founders of Traptic, Pyka and FarmWise. Traptic, and its co-founder and...
Your Sonos system will stop receiving updates if you have an old device

Smart speaker manufacturer Sonos has announced that the company is going to drop support for some of its products. Sonos stopped selling these devices a few years ago. While nothing lasts forever, dropping support is going to have a lot of implications and shows once again that the connected home isn’t as future-proof as expected. Sonos points out that 92%...