Mercedes will use Tesla’s EV charging standard on North American cars

Another European car manufacturer is adopting Tesla’s charging technology. Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it will use the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on new North American EVs starting in 2025. Drivers will initially get access to the Tesla Supercharger network before through a CCS-to-NACS adapter arriving in 2024. This won’t affect Mercedes’ plans to deploy … Read more

Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka receives suspended prison sentence for insider trading

Yuji Naka likely won’t face prison time over his insider trading. Tokyo judge Madoka Hiruta has given the Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator a suspended 2.5-year prison sentence, deferred for four years, as well as two fines worth the equivalent of $1.1 million and $14,000. Naka’s actions hurt the “fairness and soundness” of the stock market … Read more

All the questions we still have about Threads, Meta’s Twitter killer

Threads, Meta’s text-based Twitter rival, is finally out in the world (most of it, anyway). Compared with other would-be Twitter challengers, Threads has absolutely exploded. By the morning after its launch, the Instagram offshoot had already attracted more than 30 million new sign-ups, according to Mark Zuckerberg. The momentum seems to have spooked Elon Musk, … Read more

VW will start testing self-driving cars in the US this month

Volkswagen is no stranger to testing self-driving cars, but now it’s finally bringing those experiments stateside. The car maker is rolling out its first US fleet of autonomous test vehicles in Austin this month. The 10 modified ID.Buzz electric vans will use longtime partner Mobileye’s Level 4 self-driving system (that is, full autonomy in some … Read more

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