A Polestar-Tuned Polestar 2 is the best Polestar
The chassis department just couldn’t help itself. Enlarge / You can tell this Polestar 2 is a bit more special than most Polestar 2s by the great big stripe and the large number two. (credit: Roberto Baldwin) Polestar.....»»
Polestar CEO commits to continued CarPlay support: ‘Important for our customers to have the choice’
While Polestar has taken a lot of steps to deepen its relationship with Google for in-car infotainment, the company says it’s still committed to CarPlay as well. In an interview at CES 2024 this week, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath explained that it.....»»
Polestar, Costco Auto Program team on limited CPO EV incentive
Costco Auto Program hopes a holiday incentive on certified pre-owned Polestar 2s will help it measure members' interest in CPO electric vehicles......»»
Chemists create organic molecules in a rainbow of colors that could be useful as organic light-emitting diodes
Chains of fused carbon-containing rings have unique optoelectronic properties that make them useful as semiconductors. These chains, known as acenes, can also be tuned to emit different colors of light, which makes them good candidates for use in org.....»»
For its next trick, Gaia could help detect background gravitational waves in the universe
Ripples in a pond can be captivating on a nice sunny day as can ripples in the very fabric of space, although the latter are a little harder to observe. Using the highly tuned Gaia probe, a team of astronomers proposes in a paper posted to arXiv prep.....»»
What is the true nature of the "Matildas effect"? New research shows it is profound, but uneven
No event in Australian history has captured the country's imagination like the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. From coast to coast, Australians tuned in to witness the Matilda's historic tournament run, reaching the semi-finals for the first time in the.....»»
Caught in living cells: How bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves
For the first time, it was shown in living cells how the bacterium E. coli regulates genes that help it survive in a new environment. Biochemist Fatema Zahra Rashid managed to do this using a technique she fine-tuned. Her research into changes in 3-d.....»»
Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse—but their basic math may be wrong
One of the most startling scientific discoveries of recent decades is that physics appears to be fine-tuned for life. This means that for life to be possible, certain numbers in physics had to fall within a certain, very narrow range......»»
Polestar will begin testing StoreDot’s 5-minute charge battery
A Polestar 5 prototype with StoreDot cells will begin testing next year. Enlarge (credit: StoreDot) There's a lot to like about electric vehicles. They're quiet, reliable, and about twice as efficient as the most frugal.....»»
Polestar 4 output expands to South Korea in 2025
The move allows the Geely-controlled Polestar to avoid a steep 25 percent U.S. tariff imposed on China-built vehicles......»»
Polestar, Israeli startup StoreDot seek to slash time to charge EVs
Israeli startup StoreDot will demonstrate new charging technology, capable of adding 100 miles of range in five minutes, in a prototype Polestar 5 performance sedan next year......»»
Polestar trims delivery forecast, halves margin target
Polestar expects to achieve a gross margin of 2 percent in 2023, down from its prior 4 percent forecast......»»
2024 Polestar 2 review: a standout EV, for better and worse
The 2024 Polestar 2 gets a major overhaul for the new model year, including a bigger standard battery pack, but the competition is also stiffer......»»
Tesla Model 3 vs. Polestar 2: Which electric sedan reigns supreme?
The Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2 are both excellent cars, but which one is actually better? We put the two electric sedans head to head to find out......»»
Polestar prepares to raise up to $1 billion for EV sales push
The Geely subsidiary has been struggling to gain market share due to software delays and competition from rivals such as Tesla that are selling battery-powered models at lower prices......»»
The open-source alternatives to GPT-4 Vision are coming
LLaVA 1.5 combines several generative AI components and has been fine-tuned to create a compute-efficient model that performs various tasks with high accuracy. LLaVA 1.5 combines several generative AI components and has been fine-tuned to create.....»»
Microalgae: An environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to fish
The volunteers participating in a tasting study at the University of Hohenheim tested a new food: microalgae. The taste is reminiscent of fish and the recipe is still being fine-tuned. From a nutritional point of view, the single-cell organisms are v.....»»
Scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability
If you could sink through the Earth's crust, you might hear, with a carefully tuned ear, a cacophany of booms and crackles along the way. The fissures, pores, and defects running through rocks are like strings that resonate when pressed and stressed......»»
Guide stars found as Euclid"s navigation is fine tuned
Euclid has found its "lost" guide stars as a software patch has solved its navigation woes and the next six years of observation schedules have been redesigned to avoid stray sunlight: it's the end of an interesting commissioning phase and Euclid wil.....»»
Physicists coax superconductivity and more from quasicrystals
In research that could jumpstart interest into an enigmatic class of materials known as quasicrystals, MIT scientists and colleagues have discovered a relatively simple, flexible way to create new atomically thin versions that can be tuned for import.....»»
Researchers dynamically tune friction in graphene
The friction on a graphene surface can be dynamically tuned using external electric fields, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign led by Professor Rosa Espinosa-Marzal of the Department of Civil and Environmental Eng.....»»