Tesla CEO Elon Musk Compares 350 kW Supercharger, V3 Charger To A Children's Toy

To boost sales of its Model S, Tesla rolled out an all-encompassing Supercharger network for users to charge their Tesla vehicles on for free. This was a genius move for the company, as one of the underlying worries inherently part of owning a Tesla vehicle is that it seemingly wasn't ideal for long car trips and possibly even lengthy commute times because its battery might die mid-transit.

Expanding The Supercharger Network
The past few years saw Tesla greatly expand its Supercharger network, and today there are now more than 769 of them stationed across the United States and other locations outside the country. Seeing as Tesla has never been complacent on its own success, words is now circulating that the company has ambitious plans in store to drastically beef up the overall Supercharger experience.

An Improved Supercharger
Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, has recently responded to a tweet that queried about forthcoming Supercharger enhancements. Not only was Musk able to hint at the possible integration of solar arrays into Supercharger stations, but he also teased that the third-generation Supercharger is poised to surpass its predecessor and contemporaries by leaps and bounds.

To offer a perspective about the power capacity of the forthcoming third-generation Supercharger, Elon Musk said than even 350 kW would be like a child's toy. Keep in mind that most Supercharger stations today only have a capacity of 120 kW.

Supercharger stations have been more crowded of late because Tesla has been selling more vehicles in recent years. The company introduced a fix, sort of, last month that promised to give 1,000 miles worth of Supercharger credits for Tesla vehicles to be purchased in 2017. Afterward, the owners would have to pay for access to Supercharger, though its cost is almost negligible. For comparison's sake, Musk has noted that Supercharger access costs less than filling up the tank of a non-electric vehicle.

But the real shocker here is Musk calling 350 kW more fitting for a child's toy. Normally, EV fast charging for non-Tesla vehicles is at 50 kW. There is, however, a 350 kW Combined Charging System standard set in place, and the first 350 kW charging station is under construction in the United States, though it's not clear what models can take advantage of this technology.

Elon's response suggests a far more powerful charging system, and while no concrete plans have been elaborated by the consummate entrepreneur, his vision, more often than not, comes into fruition.
It remains to be seen what becomes of this third-generation Supercharger, but the only sure thing is that it holds power at an extremely greater scale than current standards.

Tesla is an American independent automaker and energy storage company helmed by Elon Musk, who manufactures electric vehicles, some of which at affordable prices for the average consumer. It has installed Superchargers across North America, Europe, and Asia. It also offers a "Destination Charging" program for owners of its vehicles, wherein shops, restaurants, and other establishments offer fast chargers for customers.

Source: ttechtime

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Innovation: ABU student makes drone as final year project, names it "Hope For Chibok Girls" (photos)

 A student of Physics department in faculty of physical science Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria Shettima Ali Kyari made a drone as his final year project and named it 'Hope For Chibok Girls." This is innovation! See amazing photos after the cut.

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg meets African tech leaders in Nigerian Today

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meet with African tech in Nigeria. His unannounced trip was on air Tuesday when he visited Co-Creation Hub (Cchub) innovation center in Lagos. With social media photos of his visit, it became known to the public that his in Nigeria.

 Zuckerberg visited Andela, a software developer accelerator, in which he and his wife’s foundation invested $24million earlier this year.

It become a pondering question, what could be the reason while one of the world’s most recognized tech executives visit Nigeria? “I’ll be meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup ecosystem…” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.

As far as any new Africa business commitments, “We are not announcing anything,” Facebook spokesperson Sally Aldous told TechCrunch via email. And for the rest of his visit, several Nigerian startup heads said they’d been invited to a Facebook town hall and Q&A with Zuckerberg on Wednesday.

Aldous would not confirm the event, but did say, “This is a trip about listening and learning and understanding the challenges.”

R EVIEW: Operate Google's Compact Nexus 5X With One Hand

 Google's inexpensive Android phone adapted for 2015

New Nexus for 2015 comes in two sizes, and this 5.2-inch phone is for those non-giants out there who literally can't handle a 5.7-inch Nexus 6P and last year's 6-inch Nexus 6 phablets.

Meaty paws need not apply, and neither does a big budget. Nexus 5X is a powerful Android phone for the starting price of $379 (£339). The Nexus 6P costs $499 (£449) and Nexus 6 started at $650 (£499).



The Nexus 5X is more than just a normal-sized phone at a smaller price. Its 12.3MP camera is able to capture quality low-light photos, and the rest of its specs are faster than ever.

Its reversible USB Type C port provides quicker charging, its fingerprint sensor on the back is yet another way to effortlessly unlock a your phone and it's pre-loaded with Android Marshmallow.

Compromises and competition do get Nexus 5X from being for everyone. The more powerful Nexus 6P is meant for two hands, but isn't a literally stretch to hold in one, making the size difference tighter and its all-metal design tempting.

The Nexus 5X, made of plastic, also faces stiffer competition than the Nexus 5 did two years ago, namely from the Samsung Galaxy S6, LG G4 and iPhone 6S, all on our best phones list.

Easy-to-hold, priced right and feature-packed, this is the Nexus 5 reborn as the Nexus 5X. But is it still a worthy choice for anyone who wants stock Android on a smaller phone? Let's dive into the review.

Design

The Nexus 5X looks and feels like the Nexus 5 adapted for modern times. It's lightweight and, with a 5.2-inch display, my fingers can barely reach all the way across the screen.

It appropriately pushes the limit of a one-handed phone with dimensions of 147 x 72.6 x 7.9mm, making it taller and broader, but ultimately skinnier than the phone from two years ago.

That's exactly what I want. A screen size that's maximized, but still operable in one hand. The 5X strikes the right balance, and it's light, too, at 136g. That's a modest gain from 130g.

I don't exactly want a camera bulge around back due to the center-located rear snapper, but I'd rather have that than a weaker camera. It's a fair trade-off.

Thankfully, the camera protrusion isn't as significant as we saw in leaked prototypes, and it at least gives us a landmark when trying the find the new, oddly-placed fingerprint sensor on back.

The 5X owes its lightweight design to LG sticking to a polycarbonate back and thin metal frame. This bucks the trend of moving away from plastic and going with all glass or strictly aluminum.

For this reason, it doesn't feel different from the hard plastic of the Nexus 5, although you won't find the soft touch coating of the black Nexus 5 here. It's more of an egg shell texture.

There are three Nexus 5X colors again, but this time it's Carbon Black, Quartz White and Ice Blue, doing away with red from two years ago. All three come with a black front, however.

This makes my white Nexus 5X review unit look like a delicious ice cream sandwich more than a phone. While not as stylish as Motorola's curved Moto X design, it's mostly flat and functional.

In fact, the only glaringly impractical design choice here are the power button and volume rocker located on the right side. They're small, feel cheap and the power button isn't riveted.

That's a design choice I appreciate in recent phones like the Moto X Style and Nexus 6P. At night, it's easier to tell a power button accent with rigids from a smooth volume rocker.

There is a pulse notification light here. It hasn't been omitted, it's just tucked inside the speaker grill located at the bottom front of the phone and, rudely, turned off in by default.

Whether or not you're ready for USB Type C, the Nexus 5X includes the port on the bottom of the frame instead of micro USB, and it's joined by a never-changing 3.5mm headphone jack.

As future-proof as the this Android phone tries to be, it doesn't take advantage of Gorilla Glass 4 like the Nexus 6P does. Instead, it sticks Gorilla Glass 3 like the curved LG G4.

The LG G4 gets away with this in my book because of its protective, curved design. The Nexus 5X only has a small lip around its display bezel, so you may want to opt for a case.

Luckily, the Google Play Store is ready in this department. I'm more of a fan of the official Nexus 5X cases with a microfiber back and what looks like the Amazon Web Service logo (awkward).

I have this official Nexus 6P case, but got stuck with the Speck CandyShell case for my 5X. It has military grade drop protection, but really drives the point home that it's unflattering rubber.

Source: techeaadar

Apple Is Continuing To Tease Its Automotive Ambitions (Car Industry)

Apple Boss predicts ‘massive change’ in car industry

Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJD Live conference in San Francisco on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook predicted there would be “massive change” in the automotive industry in the coming years — but didn’t comment on rumours about Apple’s electric-car project.

Right now, it’s clear that Apple is working on developing a car. It has made numerous high-profile hires in the auto space — it recently forced a motorcycle startup to close down after poaching many of its employees — and has been scouting out potential test sites for self-driving technology.

According to The Wall Street Journal, it is now a “committed project” with a tentative shipping date of 2019, though this may yet change.

At WSJD Live, Cook played up the use of software in vehicles. “When I look at the automobile, what I see is that software becomes an increasingly important part of the car of the future,” he said. “You see that autonomous driving becomes much more important.”

The Alabama-born CEO framed Apple’s interest — at least in the short term — in this software. The Cupertino company already offers CarPlay, a kind of mobile operating system for car infotainment systems. “We’d like people as they enter their car to have an iPhone experience in their car … I don’t know what kind of car that you have today, but the interface provably isn’t in the top-10 list of what you love about your car,” Cook said.

He added: “The industry is at an inflection point for massive change … not just evolutionary change.”

In early October, Cook was asked point-blank about Apple’s car plans, apparently codenamed Project Titan. NPR host Robert Siegel asked: “Is there going to be an Apple car?” Cook was evasive, repeatedly asking whether Siegel had any other questions.

But an Apple car does gel with executive interests. Jony Ive, now promoted to the newly created position of Apple chief design officer, has been complaining about American cars for years. Ive owns numerous classic cars, according to a New Yorker profile earlier this year, and feels “disappointed with most modern cars.”

Ive is joined in his distaste for modern cars by his old friend Marc Newson, a legendary designer. Newson has previously designed a concept car for Ford — and in autumn last year he finally joined Apple. In an interview in August, he said the American car industry was “at the bottom of a trough.”

In an interview last year, Cook said “there are products we’re working on that no one knows about … And part of some of those are going to come out and be blow-away probably.”

And speaking at the Re/code tech conference in May, Apple executive Jeff Williams said the car was “the ultimate mobile device” in response to a question about which industries the company was exploring.

Williams went on to frame his comment as relating to Apple’s in-car media platform CarPlay, so it’s not a cast-iron confirmation that Apple is looking into automotive technology. But the Cupertino company was also making similarly vague statements about the wrist long before the Apple Watch was officially announced. Same thing with the wallet, which presaged the launch of Apple Pay.

The late Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs always wanted to build a car, telling The New York Times before he died “that if he had more energy, he would have liked to take on Detroit with an Apple car.”

Source: Business Insider