BYD is surging in production, sales, and profits as it challenges most of the world's major automakers in more than 70 countries.

The post BYD May Soon Be Selling More Vehicles Than Ford appeared first on CleanTechnica.

While many of us were focused on the election, BYD announced that the YangWang U9 went 391.94 km/h (243 mph). Auto-translate under subtitles helps. This was not a one-off. No track-only equipment (other than a roll cage, for safety reasons), rockets, or gimmicks. It was a street-legal car using street ... [continued]

The post A YangWang U9 Recently Went 243 MPH — What It Says About BYD appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Weird things are happening in the Australian auto market at the moment. In recent weeks, we have seen the launch of several new electric vehicles: the BYD Shark EREV ute (see here), the fully electric Jeep Avenger, and the Deepal SO7 SUV made by Changan from China. Not only that, ... [continued]

The post Something Weird in the Neighbourhood — Australian & New Zealand EV Market October Update appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Stellantis is the latest US electric vehicle stakeholder to firm up its EV supply chain with synthetic graphite produced in Tennessee.

The post The Domestic EV Supply Chain Is Getting A Big Dose Of Synthetic Graphite appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Following Hurricane Helene, I had difficulty getting a dual-motor e-bike shipped to me in Asheville that I so wanted to review. So, as it went back to the company after more than a week of not being able to be delivered in devastated Western North Carolina, they shipped me another ... [continued]

The post The Extraordinary Traction & Torque of LANKELEISI MG740PLUS Dual-Motor Electric Bike — CleanTechnica Tested appeared first on CleanTechnica.

What difference would it make to be able to unlock ocean data at scale? How would deploying hundreds of marine sensing platforms improve marine weather predictability and accuracy? A company named Sofar is answering some of those questions these days due to their capacity to use real-time data to improve ... [continued]

The post How Networks Of Ocean Sensors Can Improve Marine Weather Predictability appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Solar panels between the rails of train tracks is a new idea being tested in Switzerland by start-up Sun-Ways.

The post Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks appeared first on CleanTechnica.

This is the second of a five-part series of articles (you can check the first part here), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. There are plenty of good EVs right now, but one of the main challenges continues to be their price and how ... [continued]

The post Best Value for Money EVs — Subcompacts (B Segment) appeared first on CleanTechnica.

This year, the U.S. has faced extreme weather, including record heatwaves and intense hurricanes, like Idalia, causing widespread disruptions and power outages. In August 2024, Hurricane Idalia alone left over 2.4 million homes and businesses without power​. As these natural disasters become more frequent, the vulnerability of traditional electricity grids ... [continued]

The post BLUETTI Unveils Elite 200 V2 Power Station: 17-Year Battery Life for Resilient Backup During Extreme Weather appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Waymo is growing its ridership by leaps and bounds, and opening up to more and more riders almost every week it seems. It’s also working on its PR, looking to score brownie points for helping different disadvantaged groups. Or maybe it’s just trying to do good in the world — ... [continued]

The post Waymo Supporting Single Mothers & Vulnerable Road Users appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Steve Hanley wrote a great article about some nonsense lobbying Toyota is already engaged in following the results of the US election. I found Toyota’s complaining to be insidious, ridiculous, and laughable, so I decided I’d follow up on Steve’s piece with a quick op-ed of my own. For some ... [continued]

The post People Have A Hard Time With Change — But Electric Vehicles Will Dominate By 2030 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

After some recent contributions from Larry Evans and big news coming from BYD itself, I started digging into BYD’s monthly production and sales reports. The big business is the passenger vehicle business. However, BYD also reports production and sales of its buses (electric) and production and sales of its other ... [continued]

The post BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Up 49% appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Arches National Park in Utah recently announced that rangers are looking for comments on a proposed plan to deal with congestion. For over a decade, the National Park Service (NPS) has struggled to keep the park from becoming a gridlocked traffic mess as outdoor recreation has become more popular while ... [continued]

The post E-Bikes Could Solve A Big Problem For Arches National Park appeared first on CleanTechnica.

2024年10月31日、電子コミックのプラットフォームWEBTOONを提供するWEBTOON Entertainment社が、触って楽しむことのできる電子コミック（tactile digital comics）を韓国のベンチャー企業Dot Inc.と共同で作成したと発表しました。

発表によると、これは視覚障害者向けに画像を点字に変換して表現するDot Inc.の技術を活用した取組です。今回作成されたのは電子コミックシリーズ“Yumi’s Cells”と“Hooky”の2タイトルで、Dot Inc.の点字ディスプレイDot Padで利用可能となる予定とあります。

WEBTOON Entertainment and Dot Inc. Release World’s First Tactile Digital Comics（WEBTOON, 2024/10/31）
https://about.webtoon.com/press-release/164

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2024年11月8日、NPO法人知的資源イニシアティブ（IRI）は、7日に図書館総合展で開催されたLibrary of the Year 2024最終選考会の結果を発表しました。

選考の結果、大賞は沖縄県立図書館“Finding Okinawan Roots” Projectが選ばれました。また、会場投票によるオーディエンス賞も同時受賞しました。

Library of the Year 2024 大賞およびオーディエンス賞決定！（IRI, 2024/11/8）
https://www.iri-net.org/loy/library-of-the-year2024result/

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2024年11月12日、カナダの出版団体BookNet Canadaが、カナダの英語書籍の出版状況に関する調査報告書“The State of Publishing in Canada 2023”を公開しました。

同調査はカナダに拠点を置く出版社を対象とした包括的な調査であり、隔年で実施され、2023年で8回目となります。

主な調査結果として、以下が挙げられています。

・ ほとんどの出版社は、2022年から2023年にかけて収益が僅かに増加した。
・ AIの活用が最も検討されている分野は、マーケティングであった。
・ 調査対象となった出版社のほぼ半数（44%）が、2022年から2023年にかけて電子書籍の収益が増加すると予想した。
・ 2023年にはカナダの出版社の半数以上（58%）がオーディオブックを制作し、2021年の53%から僅かに増加した。

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2024年11月8日付けでプレプリントサーバーarXivに、大規模言語モデル（LLM）のGPT-4oを用いたウェブアーカイブのメタデータ作成に関する記事“Web Archives Metadata Generation with GPT-4o: Challenges and Insights”が掲載されています。著者はシンガポール国立図書館庁（NLB）のAbigail Yongping Huang氏らです。

記事では、NLBが提供するウェブアーカイブ“Web Archive Singapore”を対象として、ウェブサイトのタイトルや抄録等のメタデータをGPT-4oを用いて自動生成する実験を行った結果がまとめられています。

GPT-4oを用いることで、コスト削減や効率化が実現できる一方、人が作成したメタデータの方が品質や精度が優れていること、大規模言語モデルは人間のカタロガーを代替するものではなく補完するものとして捉えるべきであること等が指摘されています。

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Apple has sought to maintain its run of record iPhone sales with a series of new models that boost battery life and feature advanced cameras.